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HealthCRED, an India-based business to business (B2B) healthcare financing startup, announced Monday that it has raised $1.2 million in a seed funding round.

Officiated by Chang Lih Kang, Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation (MOSTI), the event underscores Malaysia's commitment to advancing technopreneurship. It brought together technopreneurs, academics, tech industry experts, government officials, and other professionals from across the Asia-Pacific region.

Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat) Group and Google Cloud have on Monday announced an expanded partnership to deliver next-generation sovereign cloud and edge cloud services in Indonesia that meet the country’s most stringent data residency, security, and privacy requirements.

TNGlobal, in collaboration with BEYOND Expo and supported by Techsauce Global Summit, successfully hosted the BEYOND Expo x TechNode Networking Night: Thailand Edition.

Alibaba Cloud, the digital technology and intelligence backbone of Alibaba Group, has harnessed the power of its cloud technologies to drive multiple initiatives throughout the Olympic Games Paris 2024 (Paris 2024).

Philippine Central Bank Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has approved the lifting of the moratorium on the grant of new digital banking licenses starting January 1, 2025 and allowed a maximum of ten digital banks to operate in the country.

Malaysian clean energy firm Solarvest Holdings Berhad announced Friday it has secured five separate Corporate Green Power Agreements (CGPAs) with a Malaysian multi-asset exchange, two global leading semiconductor manufactures, and a leading global data center service provider under the Corporate Green Power Program (CGPP).

Malaysia's electric vehicle (EV) charging firm EV Connection (EVC) and clean energy firm Gentari have become the first parties to receive licenses for public installation of EV charging systems in Sabah from the Energy Commission of Sabah (ECoS).

Decentralized finance (DeFi) has experienced significant growth in 2024, with total value locked (TVL) more than doubling its value since the previous year. According to CoinGecko, the DeFi ecosystem boasts over $91.76 billion in locked assets as of June 2024, demonstrating a shift in market sentiment toward increased trust and adoption. Among the…

Global impact investors International Finance Corporation (IFC), Asian Development Bank (ADB) and DEG have announced an investment of $275 million into India's leading renewable energy solutions platform, Fourth Partner Energy (FPEL).