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Sweden’s development finance institution Swedfund said Monday it is investing $15 million in Excelsior Capital Vietnam Fund II to boost Vietnamese private sector development and growth, and thereby job creation.

Salesforce, the global firm in artificial intelligence (AI) customer relationship management (CRM), is strengthening its regional leadership in ASEAN with the appointment of new country leaders for Thailand and Indonesia.

Valtor Solutions, Inc., a Southeast Asia-focused construction sourcing and procurement firm, announced Tuesday it has raised $700,000 in Pre-Seed funding led by leading climate-tech venture build VC Fund Wavemaker Impact.

MoneyHero Limited, a personal finance aggregation and comparison platform and a digital insurance brokerage provider in Greater Southeast Asia, announced Monday the company’s board of directors promoted Danny Leung to Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective October 1, 2025.

Dtcpay, a Singapore-based licensed major payment institution (MPI), announced last Wednesday a strategic partnership with WalletConnect, the connectivity layer for the financial internet, to advance onchain payments and stablecoin adoption.

FLOW Digital Infrastructure (FLOW), a Singapore-based data center developer and operator in Asia Pacific, has appointed Ken Marron as Chief Technology Officer, effective immediately.

Singapore’s digital economy grew by S$12 billion ($9.27 billion), expanding to a total of S$128.1 billion ($98.98 billion) in 2024, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said Monday.

Nanyang Biologics Pte. Ltd. (NYB), together with its subsidiaries, announced the signing of a business combination agreement with RF Acquisition Corp II, a publicly listed special purpose acquisition company, to pursue Nasdaq listing.

In 2025, the maritime sector stands at a crossroads: digitize securely or risk amplified losses.  Modern digital solutions – from connected vessels to autonomous systems – must adopt  "secure by design" from inception, embedding cybersecurity into hardware, software, and processes rather than bolting it on later.

Vietnamese electric vehicle carmaker VinFast has on last Sunday unveiled its EB 8 and EB 12 electric bus models at Busworld Europe 2025.