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Indian direct-to-consumer (D2C) companies raised about $6 billion in equity funding across 2,000 rounds between 2021 and 2026 (year to date), Tracxn said on Wednesday.

Singapore scam and cybercrime cases fell by 17.9 percent to 18,391 cases, compared with 22,397 cases in the same period in 2025, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said on Wednesday.

Singapore and Guangdong are deepening collaboration in the digital economy, with artificial intelligence (AI) emerging as a key area of shared interest, Enterprise Singapore said on Tuesday.

Singapore's enterprise AI progress will depend on practical workforce development, clear governance and workflow redesign, writes Toh Ser Khoon of Singapore Polytechnic.

Bioactivx, a Singapore deep-tech startup developing synthetic materials for wound care, has raised $3 million in a pre-Series A funding round co-led by the venture firm Cocoon Capital and Martin Krupp, managing director of the Swiss family office ContInvest, with other new and existing investors.

As Asian trading volumes and market-data demands rise, firms need to examine whether their backup connectivity can survive the same disruption as their primary routes.

Fujitsu has outlined a cyber defense lifecycle strategy combining enterprise monitoring, a virtual nerve center and planned AI security services.

Google Cloud has launched preview editions of Gemini Enterprise for financial services and legal teams with specialized agents and connectors.

Alibaba has opened the international edition of QwenWork, its workplace AI agent platform, in public beta through web and desktop apps.

Vietnam's technology giant FPT broke ground on a 10.5-hectare education complex in Dien Bien province, northwestern Vietnam on Tuesday, focusing on technology fields such as semiconductors and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).