The cost of inaction: Why cybersecurity could make or break your business
During the Committee of Supply debate in February, Minister for Communications and Information Josephine Teo underscored the importance of digitalization, highlighting the importance of cybersecurity as part of national security.
Cybersecurity is an essential aspect of business survival that small -medium enterprises (SMEs) often ignore. They cannot afford to. With 40 percent of cyberattacks…
Singapore’s Advance Intelligence raises $80M funding led by Warburg Pincus, Northstar
Advance Intelligence Group, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI)-driven technology company, has on Wednesday announced it has raised $80 million from an investor consortium led by existing investors Warburg Pincus and Northstar Group.
The fundraising follows the group’s previous Series D round of over $400 million in 2021, Advance Intelligence said in a statement.
In total, the…
Jim Lim joins Zühlke Group as Head of Health & Medtech in Singapore
SINGAPORE, April 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Zühlke Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Jim Lim as Head of Market Unit (Health & Medtech) at Zühlke Asia. Based in Singapore, Jim will lead the organisation's regional efforts to serve the healthcare industry and continue to expand Zühlke's healthcare expertise and offerings to the ecosystems of healthcare providers, pharmaceutical and…
Indonesia’s eFishery sets to be a unicorn as firm “in advanced talks” to raise $100M – report
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Indonesia-based agritech startup eFishery is said to be "in advanced talks" for a funding round that would boost its valuation to $1.2…
CoachHub Introduces AIMY™, First Conversational AI Career Coach
Global digital coaching leader leverages generative AI to create AI-powered coaching sessions with multilingual voice recognition.
TOKYO, March 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- CoachHub, the leading global digital coaching platform, today unveils AIMY™, a personalized conversational AI career coach. AIMY™ is powered by the latest version of OpenAI's ChatGPT and engages in dynamic, personalized coaching…
Born2Global Centre’s Global Tech Joint Venture Support Programs Bear Fruit
Tangible outcomes produced from matching Korean deep-tech startups with overseas partners Centre's win-win partnership models prove effective and sustainable
SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Deep-tech startups are finding new ways to spur growth through binational partnership models introduced by Born2Global Centre, the startup incubation and acceleration agency under the…
FORMER META AND VIACOM EXECUTIVES, KIRTHIGA REDDY AND SAURABH DOSHI CLOSE OVERSUBSCRIBED $8M SEED ROUND FOR WEB3 STARTUP VIRTUALNESS
NEW, MOBILE-FIRST PLATFORM MAKES BLOCKCHAIN AND WEB3 ACCESSIBLE FOR CREATORS TO ENABLE UNIQUE EXPERIENCES FOR FANS AND UNLOCK MONETIZATION
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtualness, a mobile-first platform designed to help creators and brands navigate the complex world of Web3, announced today it has secured over $8M in seed funding. The fundraise was led by Blockchange Ventures,…
CoachHub Opens New Office In Tokyo, Triples Japanese Coach Headcount Over Last Quarter
The SoftBank Vision Fund 2 backed global digital coaching company supports leading enterprises like Twitter, Fujitsu, Asics, TDK and Japan Tobacco International to enhance productivity, performance, and leadership development
TOKYO, Oct. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CoachHub, the leading global digital coaching company, today announced the opening of their new office in the heart of Tokyo's business…
Singapore’s ADVANCE.AI partners Visa to strengthen credit decisioning for unbanked and underbanked in Southeast Asia
ADVANCE.AI, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence (AI) and big data company in Asia, is partnering with Visa to strengthen better credit decisioning to help unbanked and underbanked segments get access to credit across Southeast Asia.
The strategic data partnership will see ADVANCE.AI integrate Visa’s innovative Cardholder Transaction Score (CTS) into its core suite of services comprising…
Plume’s Latest Market Report Reveals Major Shifts in Smart Home Usage
— Key changes 1H 2022 vs. 1H 2021: Globally, data consumption on home networks increased by 11%; Fitness bike category usage down 23%; Average home has 17 connected devices, up 10% —
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Plume®, the personalized communications services pioneer, today released its first biannual Plume IQ Smart Home Market Report, providing groundbreaking and…