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Indonesia’s FitHappy secures pre-seed funding from East Ventures
FitHappy, an Indonesian-based healthtech startup, announced Monday that it has secured an undisclosed amount of pre-seed funding from East Ventures, with participation from other investors.
How SaaS-based ESG solutions are making an impact in the region
The challenge businesses are often faced with when starting with ESG is “where do I start?” and once they kickstart and embark on their ESG journey, the question then becomes “where do I go from here?”.
Singapore’s Navigate Commodities raises $378,000 seed funding from Stellar James Management and Palmm
Singapore-based commodities intelligence startup Navigate Commodities said Friday it has bagged SGD$541,000 ($378,045) in a pre-Series A seed funding round joined by Stellar James Management Pte Ltd and Palmm Pte Ltd.
SGTech sees Singapore’s digital trust to grow to $3.36B in next five years
SGTech, the premier trade association for the tech industry in Singapore, on Friday launched a holistic and comprehensive landscape report into digital trust, which details how Singapore could grow the digital trust sector by nearly three-fold by 2027 – from S$1.7 billion ($1.19 billion) currently to S$4.8 billion ($3.36 billion).
Indonesia’s Runchise raises seed funding led by East Ventures
Runchise, a restaurant management startup and culinary franchise in Indonesia, announced Friday the completion of seed funding led by East Ventures.Other investors participating in this funding round include Genesia Ventures, Arise MDI Ventures, Init6, Prasetya Dwidharma, Alto Partners, and angel investors.
Indonesia’s Xurya receives additional funding from Mitsui to top $33M Series A
PT Xurya Daya Indonesia (Xurya), a solar power rental and installation startup, has received additional series A funding from global trading and investment company Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Mitsui) and PT Surya Semesta Internusa Tbk (SSIA). Its total funds obtained through series A reached 33 million US dollars following the raise.
This startup allows you to reunite with deceased loved ones using AI technology
DeepBrain AI, a company specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) and reviving dead parents as AI avatars, aims to become an AI unicorn as it expands into the US and China markets following a fundraise in August.
BEYOND Expo | Is investment in Web3 a hype or science?
Three guests from Web3 and investment companies spoke with moderator ShinWei Teh, an Investment Banker at Credit Suisse, about whether Web3 investment is all hype or based on science, as well as how to evaluate the performance of Web3 companies and other Web3-relate questions at the BEYOND Expo 2022 tech conference, held online in BEYOND Metaverse.
Singapore’s AUM Biosciences plans to go public via SPAC merger
Singapore-based biotechnology company AUM Biosciences (AUM) plans to go public on Nasdaq via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) merger with Mountain Crest Acquisition Corp.
Malaysia’s K-One to conduct cloud computing business in Vietnam
Malaysian technology solutions provider K-One Technology Berhad (K-One Tech or K-One Group) plans to establish a joint venture in Vietnam to conduct cloud computing business.
