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The airasia Superapp and foodpanda have jointly announced a groundbreaking partnership, combining the strengths of both platforms to offer better value and greater convenience to users across Asean and beyond.

Southeast Asian tech startups raised $10.4 billion in 2022, the third strongest year on record and on par with the pre-pandemic investment levels, said a report revealed by Momentum Works and Cento Ventures on Tuesday.

Ripplr, an India-based tech distribution and logistics platform, has announced that it has raised $40 million in a Series B round from new and existing Investors. The round was led by Fireside Ventures.

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Wibmo, a subsidiary of PayU, has partnered with MobilityOne, a Malaysia-based payment firm, to support the issuance of Mastercard prepaid cards through its prepaid platform Wibmo Hexa. The duo are set to foray into the Malaysian prepaid card market and offer various prepaid programs catering to consumer, corporate, government and the health sector.

Hong Kong-based gaming firm Animoca Brands has announced a licensing partnership with ALTAVA Group, a Singapore-based luxury fashion brand that brings culture-defining brands into the metaverse, to make use of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in Animoca Brands’ portfolio.

Actis, a United Kingdom-based global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has launched Nozomi Energy, a new $500 million Japan-focused renewables platform. Nozomi will target 1.1GW of onshore wind and solar power generation by 2027.

Singapore-based tech-enabled coffee chain Flash Coffee has announced the successful completion of its Series B financing round led by White Star Capital, raising a total of $50 million following its latest closing.

Doceree, a global platform building solutions for healthcare professional marketing (HCP) programmatic marketing with proprietary data tool, has on Wednesday announced its long-term partnership with Singapore-based health tech firm Hello Health Group.