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DBS, Heritas Capital close Asia Impact First Fund with over $20M raised
Singaporean bank DBS and Singaporean investment firm Heritas Capital have on Wednesday announced the successful first close of the Asia Impact First Fund (AIFF) with over $20 million raised.
Saudi Arabia’s Nuqtah raises seed funding from Animoca Brands and Polygon
Nuqtah, Saudi Arabia’s non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace platform, has on Wednesday announced that it has raised a seed round of funding led by Animoca Brands with participation from Polygon and regional investors.
Taiwan’s funP Innovation raises $3.12M to fuel smart retail and cloud drive into the Indonesia market
FunP Innovation Group, the Taiwan-based digital advertising sales, and advertising technology conglomerate, has on Wednesday announced it had secured $3.12 million from Ennoconn Corporation, a global leader in integrated cloud management services, industrial internet of things (IoT), and embedded technology.
Microsoft-backed OpenAI announces ChatGPT successor GPT-4 that accepts image, text inputs
It is worth noting that GPT-4 can accept a prompt of text and images, which—parallel to the text-only setting—lets the user specify any vision or language task.
Malaysia’s largest lender Maybank introduces financing solution for electric vehicle
Malaysian bank Maybank has introduced Malaysia’s first-of-its-kind integrated automobile financing solution for electric vehicle (EV) and hybrid customers.
Germany’s vision hub GHARAGE expands to Singapore to back travel and retail start-ups in Asia
Germany's vision hub GHARAGE has announced the launch of GHARAGE APAC in Singapore to back travel and retail start-ups in Asia.With the new Singapore based office, GHARAGE will expand its investing capabilities to Asia, looking to back Pre-seed to Series A startups in the region.
Indonesia launches metaverse collaboration initiative to boost metaverse industry
Indonesia has made a significant move towards becoming a major player in the global metaverse industry with the launch of its Indonesia Metaverse Collaboration Initiative on 1 March 2023, in conjunction with the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona.
IHH Healthcare invests in digital mental health company Intellect
IHH Healthcare, a Malaysia-based international healthcare provider, has invested into Intellect, a digital mental health company based in Singapore.
