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Rukita acquires Infokost.id to strengthens its position as market leader in Indonesia’s Prop-Tech industry

Rukita is strengthening its position as a market leader in the prop-tech industry by officially acquiring Infokost.id. It had relaunched Infokost.id to the public in February 2022.

Indonesia’s RRQ teams up Alterra to launch RRQ Guild to build and support play-to-earn communities

Rex Regum Qeon (also known as RRQ) on Tuesday launched its new project RRQ Guild, in collaboration with tech startup Alterra, to expand blockchain based play-to-earn communities globally through its fanbase and online-to-offline (O2O) presence. RRQ teamed up Alterra to leverage the latter’s technology expertise and O2O presence in over 90 cities in…

Malaysia Aviation Group partners with hoolah for travellers in Malaysia, SG, HK to pay for flights over time

Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) announced Tuesday a regional partnership with hoolah to provide a seamless and convenient payment option for travellers. Through this collaboration, travellers in Malaysia, Singapore and soon Hong Kong, can now book their getaway with MAG’s main airline, Malaysia Airlines online and pay for their flights via hoolah’s flexible…

The power of the human brain, on a chip

This is a paradigm shift in the way we think of computing and how we build applications for this platform.

East Ventures becomes Indonesia’s first venture capital firm to sign UN Principles for Responsible Investment

East Ventures has officially become a UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI) signatory as part of its commitment to creating responsible and sustainable investment and ownership decisions. It becomes Indonesia's first venture capital firm listed as a signatory; which further strengthens its belief that the implementation of the environmental,…

Gojek integrates MoMo’s e-wallet on the Gojek app in Vietnam

Two super apps Vietnam's MoMo and Indonesia's Gojek, announced Monday a strategic partnership, which will see MoMo become the first e-wallet to be integrated in the Gojek app in Vietnam. Gojek and MoMo will combine the technological strengths and wide-reaching ecosystems of the two platforms, aiming to accelerate the use of cashless payments and provide a…

Singapore’s MedTech startup Stratificare plans to raise $12M Pre-Series A round

The Pre-Series A funding round came after its Seed round in October last year. StratifiCare has secured close to S$1 million ($734,634) in an oversubscribed Seed round from investors including Asian Development Bank Ventures, Sprout, PatSnap CEO Jeffrey Tiong, and Carousell CEO Quek Siu Rui.

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Income tax will apply to NFT transactions, says Singapore Finance Minister – report

This will apply to individuals who derive income from NFT transactions or from trading in NFTs.

AirAsia Parent Capital A unable to get $120M govt-guaranteed loan

Capital A is exploring other available debt financing alternatives with acceptable terms suitable to the operations and financing requirements of the company.

AWS launches two global accelerator programs to help startups solve challenges in the cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced Thursday the launch of two global accelerator programs to help startups address some of the world’s most pressing challenges in space and sustainability while building successful, cloud-based businesses.