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McDonald’s Hong Kong launches McNuggets® Land experience in The Sandbox
The Sandbox, a decentralized gaming virtual world and subsidiary of Animoca Brands, has been selected as the platform to build the first Web3 experience for McDonald’s Hong Kong.
Malaysia’s WORQ partners DE Rantau to bring high-value jobs to Malaysia worth over $79M
WORQ, a Malaysia-based coworking and flex space provider, has announced its collaboration with Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)'s DE Rantau to launch the WORQ with DE Rantau program. The program is estimated to inject MYR 360 million ($79.07 million) into the Malaysian economy by supporting 6,000 highly skilled workers to the workforce as well as…
Philippine Salmon secures $20M of financing from Argentem Creek Partners
Philippine-based consumer fintech Salmon has on Thursday announced it has secured a $20 million debt facility from U.S. emerging-markets specialist investment firm Argentem Creek Partners, enabling the firm to further scale its lending operations across the Philippines.
Malaysia grants licence to Elon Musk’s Starlink to bring Internet services to rural areas
Currently, 97 percent of populated areas in Malaysia have Internet access. However, the remaining 3 percent face challenges due to geographical locations, such as remote rural areas or isolated islands, making network infrastructure development difficult.
Public relations cowboys: How to spot fake coverage and fraudsters
Your #PR goals might be to build #brand awareness in a target region, to establish credibility within your industry vertical, or maybe to catch the attention of a specific target audience such as your user base, potential partners and/or investors. If that’s the case, use the above tips and tricks to make sure your money is being spent effectively to…
Grab acquires Singapore’s third largest taxi operator Trans-cab through its GrabRentals arm
Grab Holdings Limited and Trans-cab Holdings Ltd have on Thursday announced the signing of an agreement for Grab Rentals Pte. Ltd. to acquire 100 percent of the shares in Trans-cab. Trans-cab has a combined taxi and private-hire-vehicle (PHV) fleet of more than 2,500 vehicles, and is accretive on a net income basis to Grab’s business.
Alibaba injects $845M into Southeast Asia unit Lazada- report
Founded in 2012, Lazada Group is one of the leading eCommerce platforms in Southeast Asia. It is available in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
LINE MAN Wongnai acquires Thai POS startup FoodStory
Thailand-based e-Commerce platform LINE MAN Wongnai said Thursday it has reached an agreement to acquire FoodStory, a Thai startup specializing in restaurant point-of-sales (POS) systems, in order to expand its merchant solutions business to every restaurant segment in Thailand.
Indian cyber security startup PingSafe launches from Stealth with $3.3M to outsmart attackers
PingSafe, an India-based cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) platform powered by attacker intelligence, has on Thursday announced its emergence from stealth mode with $3.3 million in seed funding. The funding round was led by Sequoia Capital India & Southeast Asia's (now known as Peak XV Partners) Surge.
