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Quantified Energy (QE), a Singapore-based deep-tech company, announced its Series A fundraise led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India on Tuesday.

StraitsX, a Singapore-based digital payment infrastructure provider, announced Tuesday the launch of its Singapore dollar-backed stablecoin, XSGD, on the XRP Ledger (XRPL), a decentralized layer-1 blockchain.

Investigate VC, a Singapore-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on high-growth startups with defensible network effects, has announced the launch of its new fund series - Fund 2 (I-III).

Vietnam-based information technology (IT) firm FPT Corporation has signed a strategic partnership agreement with China-based banking solutions and services provider Sunline to accelerating digital transformation in banking sector.

The National Payment Corporation of Vietnam (NAPAS), in collaboration with global payment technology company Mastercard, officially announces the launch of Vietnam’s first co-badged card with six leading banks: Agribank, BIDV, TPBank, Nam A Bank, PVcomBank and Vikki.

PHASE Scientific International Limited, a Hong Kong-based biotechnology company, announced Tuesday the successful completion of a $34 million Series A funding round.

MilikiRumah, a Singapore and Indonesia social impact PropTech firm and participating general partner and manager, announced Monday the maiden private equity fundraise of $50 million for its inaugural MilikiRumah Rent-To-Own Fund 1 with a first close of $10 million.

Whale, a Singapore-based enterprise artificial intelligence (AI) company, has announced the successful completion of two consecutive funding rounds — Series C1 and Series C2—raising a total of over $60 million.

Betamek Berhad, a Malaysia-based original design manufacturer (ODM), has partnered with SiGenex Global Holdings Pte. Ltd. (SiGenex), a Singapore-based technology firm, for artificial intelligence (AI) genomics diagnostic and sequencing solution.