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ByteDance’s enterprise arm backs Soonshot’s AI-powered bite-sized K-dramas
Soonshot, the international short-form K-drama platform, has teamed up with BytePlus, ByteDance's enterprise arm, to fuse premium Korean storytelling with artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
Singapore’s Synthesys raises $11M funding to scale next generation infrastructure
Singapore-based tech firm Synthesys (formerly known as Equitize) has raised $11 million, in combined seed and strategic funding to build next-generation infrastructure for tokenized securities globally.
Singapore’s Kilde secures $1.5M in funding led by Purple Ventures
Kilde, a Singapore-based private credit investment platform, has closed a $1.5 million Pre-Series A financing round led by Purple Ventures with participation from existing investors.
Singapore’s iSense Global secures strategic investment from DNAKE
ISense Global, Singapore’s smart city internet of things (IoT) provider, announced Monday a strategic investment from DNAKE (Xiamen) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., a publicly listed Chinese smart intercom and building automation firm.
Brookfield, Solarvest partner to deliver 1.5+ GW of renewables in Malaysia
Brookfield, a global investment firm founded in Canada, has entered into a joint investment framework agreement with Malaysian clean energy firm Solarvest Holdings Bhd to jointly develop, construct and operate at least 1.5 GW of utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects in Malaysia over next three to five years.
Beware the distributed monolith: Why Agentic AI needs Event-Driven Architecture to avoid a repeat of the microservices disaster
EDA for agentic AI systems is crucial because it promotes loose coupling, allowing agents to operate independently and communicate asynchronously. This approach prevents the same architectural pitfalls that plagued early microservices, which were characterized by brittle, tightly-coupled, and fragile point-to-point connections. Organizations that embrace…
Workato launches AI Institute Alliance to accelerate talent development, innovation in Singapore
Workato, the global agentic orchestration firm, announced Monday the launch of the AI Institute Alliance in Singapore.
The climate tech paradox: Why Asia’s biggest market gets the least capital
As Southeast Asia faces compounding risks from rising emissions, heat, and extreme weather, the real question is not whether the region will be transformed by climate change. It will. The question is whether it will also lead in developing the technologies that define the global response. For founders equipped with the right frameworks, Asia's friction can…
EUV Tech opens first international office in Singapore
EUV Tech, the global extreme ultraviolet (EUV) metrology equipment firm, announced last Friday the opening of its first international office: EUV Tech Singapore Pte. Ltd., located at Mapletree Hi-Tech Park, Singapore.
Investigate VC targets to exceed $1B in AUM over 5 to 8 years as it challenges traditional fund structure [Q&A]
One of the key features of the new fund is its "5+5 year dual-fund design," which offers investors an option for liquidity after five years. Pomerleau, in an interview with TNGlobal, explained the rationale behind this innovative structure. He pointed to a "massive liquidity issue" in the VC industry, with many funds failing to fully liquidate even after 12…
