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In general, businesses understand it is imperative for social responsibility, productivity, and profit to go hand in hand.

East Ventures, a sector-agnostic venture capital firm in Indonesia, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) Net Zero Hub and World Resources Institute (WRI) Indonesia for the strategic partnership and collaboration in advancing commitment towards net zero targets.

Bigo Live, a Singapore-based social live streaming platforms, has partnered with TripleA, a Singapore-based licensed crypto payment gateway, to enable users to pay with cryptocurrencies.

MOGUL.sg, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI)-driven property portal, has raised S$9 million ($6.58 million) in its first-ever funding round. The lead investor is Nech Capital.

Web3Re Technologies Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based blockchain-as-a-service (BAAS) solutions company, has launched the country’s first curated metaverse ecosystem - Goya Universe, premised on demonstrating how blockchain can be used for good.

Working freelance and being a digital nomad means everything – absolutely everything – is your responsibility. Keeping track of your finances, deciding where to work from and when, finding clients, and meeting data privacy requirements … it’s all down to you.

KKR, a leading global investment firm, and Privy, a leading digital trust provider in Indonesia, announced Monday the signing of definitive agreements under which KKR will participate as the lead investor in the $48 million Series C funding round of Privy.

Bank Indonesia (BI), Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), and Bank of Thailand (BOT) have agreed to strengthen and enhance cooperation on payment connectivity to support faster, cheaper, more transparent, and more inclusive cross-border payments.

Funding Societies, Southeast Asia’s largest small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) digital financing platform, is collaborating with Malaysia's national car maker Proton to provide credit facilities for Proton dealers to finance the purchase of cars for floor stocking.

Evidently, in every connected city that is driven by data and information, a reliable, secure, and scalable network is required.