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Indonesia sees consistent improvement in EV-DCI up to 2023, says East Ventures
Indonesia's East Ventures - Digital Competitiveness Index (EV-DCI) has increased for four consecutive years with the median score of 38.5 in 2023, said Singapore-based venture capital firm East Ventures Wednesday.
Toku acquires customer engagement firm Activeo Singapore to boost APAC businesses
Toku, a Singapore-based dedicated cloud communications provider, has on Tuesday announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Southeast Asia operations of Activeo, a leading customer experience (CX) consulting firm headquartered in France.
Oracle opens second cloud region in Singapore to meet growing cloud services demand
American technology firm Oracle has on Tuesday announced its plans to open a second cloud region in Singapore to meet the rapidly growing demand for its cloud services in South East Asia.
Swiss fund manager SUSI Partners invests in solar developer Asia Clean Capital Vietnam
Swiss fund manager SUSI Partners, through its Asia Energy Transition Fund (SAETF), has agreed to invest in Asia Clean Capital Vietnam (ACCV), a developer and operator of rooftop and ground-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) projects for commercial and industrial end clients in Vietnam.
Malaysia’s Soft Space raises $31.5M Series B1 funding led by Southern Capital Group
Soft Space Sdn. Bhd., a Malaysia-based financial technology (Fintech) player, has on Thursday announced it has raised $31.5 million in its latest funding round. Southern Capital Group (SCG) Pte. Ltd, led the funding round.
Singapore’s agritech firm Archisen eyes expansion to cities in APAC & Middle East while expanding capacity at home market [Q&A]
In just a short span of six years, Archisen’s 7,000 sq ft farm has grown to account for the production of about 1 percent of leafy vegetables grown locally by producing up to 100 tonnes of vegetables a year.
Malaysia, China explore blockchain technology for PCO to facilitate Malaysia’s exports to China
Malaysia and China are exploring blockchain technology for preferential certificate of origin (PCO) to better facilitate Malaysia's exports to China.
Malaysian healthtech startup Qmed Asia raises $1.16M in equity crowdfunding for regional expansion
Malaysian health-tech startup Qmed Asia has successfully raised MYR5.1 million ($1.16 million) through an equity crowdfunding (ECF) campaign on Leet Capital for regional expansion.
Funding Societies partners Food Market Hub, Supply Bunny to launch financing program for F&B in Malaysia
Funding Societies, the Singapore-based small and medium enterprise (SME) digital financing platform, has partnered with Food Market Hub and Supply Bunny, two solution providers for food and beverage (F&B) supplies in Malaysia, to launch a new business-to-business (B2B) embedded financing program.
Calls to pause development of AI ‘more powerful than GPT-4’ won’t solve the challenges ahead, says Bill Gates
The technologist-turned-philanthropist also said in the Reuters' interview the details of any pause would be complicated to enforce.
