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Thailand joins ASEAN Venture Council to bolster growth of the regional VC industry

The ASEAN Venture Council (AVC), an umbrella organisation consisting of venture associations…
Note 7, Samsung

Samsung Electronics Announces Refunds for Galaxy Note 7 Customers in Australia and Singapore

Shortly after announcing that it will be permanently discontinuing the production and sales…

Travel e-commerce platform KKday officially launches its service in Singapore

Launched in 2014, Taiwanese travel e-commerce platform KKday allows users to connect with…

BEAM secures a six-digit seed funding from Tinkbig Venture to scale operations in Southeast Asia

In December 2015, BEAM was formed with a simple mission to empower…
Monetary Authority of Singapore

MAS fines UBS, DBS and orders Falcon Bank to shut its operations in Singapore over 1MDB Scandal

Singapore’s central bank, Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and The Swiss Financial Market…

Singapore’s PM Lee introduces cybersecurity strategy to protect government systems from online threats

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong today launched Singapore’s Cybersecurity Strategy at the…

Singapore Govt.’s new agency ‘GovTech’ to make online services more user-friendly

The Singaporean government yesterday launched Government Technology Agency (GovTech), a government body specifically aimed…
xiaomi, xiaomi china

Xiaomi expands offline reach beyond China, opens its first retail outlet in Singapore

Xiaomi, known as the Apple of China, has gained immense praise for…

SaaS firm Welltok mints $33.7Mn in series E round of funding from EDBI and others

Welltok, the leading consumer health enterprise SaaS firm, has raised $33.7 million in a…

Temasek appoints Goldman Sachs’ John Vaske to supervise its operations in North America

Singapore’s state-owned investment firm, Temasek Holdings has appointed Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s…

Philippine-based Xurpas shells out $45Mn to acquire mobile ad network ‘Art of Click’

In a disclosure filed after the stock market closed, Xurpas said it has…

AI startup Nugit secures $5.2Mn in fresh funds to ramp up research and development

Singapore-based Nugit was founded in 2013 with an aim to to help marketers…
microsoft, surface hub

Microsoft brings its first combined Transparency Center and Cybersecurity Center in Singapore

The joint facility will for the first time bring together Microsoft capabilities…

500 Startups announces second Durians fund worth $50 million to focus on Southeast Asia

Global venture capital seed fund and accelerator 500 Startups today announced that it has…

Golden Equator Capital officially launches second Technology and Innovation Fund

Asset management and private equity investment firm Golden Equator Capital is set to…

Payment performance of Singaporean companies declined strongly in Q3, 2016: Report

As the third quarter got over, Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau (SCCB) came…

Singapore to trial autonomous wheelchairs, plans to complete the project by March 2017

In the recent times, there have been numerous breathtaking developments with people…

EDBI participates in series D round of cybersecurity startup Shape Security

Automated threats are responsible for millions in fraud losses per day, targeting…
Grab

Grab inks deal to allow its partner drivers to officially join National Private Hire Vehicles Association (NPHVA)

The partnership is NPHVA’s first industry partnership with Grab, in its efforts to champion…

Trunomi to upgrade its consent based data sharing platform with newly raised $3Mn funds

Trunomi is revolutionizing the way financial institutions financial institutions share, manage and validate customer data.…

Digital property agency Greyloft secures $1.1m seed round from DSG Consumer Partners and others

Singapore-based Greyloft, a full-service technology-enabled property agency, has successfully raised a round of…