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Singapore’s Novo Tellus gets nod for SPAC listing on SGX – report

Novo Tellus could be among the first wave of sponsors looking to list SPACs in Singapore after the regulators introduced a framework in September last year, according to Bloomberg.

For Tier One Entertainment’s Alodia Gosiengfiao, we are in a golden era of play-to-earn games [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

"I think the major trend nowadays is that Asian Market is entering a golden era of Play 2 Earn (P2E) games that kick-started because of Axie Infinity and we are super excited for the opportunities that it will bring to the industry."

Singapore crypto media platform Chain Debrief raises $900,000 seed funding to expand its platform

Chain Debrief has closed a US$900,000 seed funding round. The round is led by angel investor Sim Jian Hong and supported by institutional investors QCP Capital, Gecko Ventures, Double Peak Group and Coinhako, Senior executives from Defiance Capital, Xfers, Mintable and other individual investors in the crypto space also participated in the funding round.…

Tribe launches hacksingapore to drive innovation in technology

Tribe announced the launch of hacksingapore, in partnership with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), Enterprise Singapore, Government Technology Agency and Temasek, a ground-up initiative to drive innovation in technology and solve some of the challenges that Singapore may potentially face in the coming years.

Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou sells $10+M worth of NFTs to rank 4th place globally next to Cryptopunk

Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou has recently released an non fungible token (NFT) series called Phantabear, which is currently among the top four most sold NFT series on Opensea. Over 10,000 NFTs, each costing more than 1,000 USD, were sold in less than five minutes, banking them over $10 million and breaking the record for the fastest selling NFT in the world…

Singapore healthtech startup Smarter Health raises $3.8M led by East Ventures

Singapore-based healthtech startup Smarter Health announced Monday that it has secured S$5.15 million ($3.81 million) in Series A funding led by East Ventures, with the participation of Orbit Malaysia, Citrine Capital HMI Group, and Emtek. The funds will be used primarily for product development and market expansion in Southeast Asia.

Winning in a volatile crypto market: Top trading and DeFi strategies to consider [Panel discussion podcast]

Down to the fundamentals, the best strategy is to first understand what you want to achieve from crypto. After clarifying what your goals are, finding which strategy works best is easier to accomplish.

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Singapore cloud storage firm CyberHash raises $20M in Lemon-led round

CyberHash has recently raised $20 million in an early stage funding round led by venture capital firm Lemon, with participation from technology investor Alex Zhu. It intends to use the funds raised in the round to expand its cloud storage facility, which helps to provide a stable、secure and efficient solution to its distributed storage services. The funds…

Pakistan health-tech startup Healthwire raises $3.3M to fuel expansion

Healthwire, has closed $3.3 million in funding. The round drew participation from 47 Ventures, Habib Bank Limited, Dilsons Private Limited and angel investors from Silicon Valley. The startup intends to use the funding to further fuel its growth and become the healthcare super app of Pakistan.

Singapore and Boston based fintech startup Almond Finance closes funding round of $2M

Almond Finance has closed a seed funding round of $2 million. The fundraising, led by Morningside Group, will drive hiring, product development and compliance requirements for multiple markets.