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Paktor merges with Taiwan-based 17 Media to form a social entertainment company

Dating app Paktor is leaving no stone unturned to be the leading…

East Ventures partners with SGInnovate to facilitate an easier collaboration between startups

Indonesia’s East Ventures has teamed up with government agency SGInnovate to enable…

Ratan Tata-backed SeedPlus outdoes the targeted corpus of $18Mn for its first fund

Ratan Tata, one of India’s most revered businessmen and now also one…
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iFashion Group plans to go public by year-end, looking to raise $10Mn via IPO

Singapore-based iFashion Group is looking to raise an IPO by this year-end.…

Singapore-based oBike becomes the first bike-sharing service to debut in Malaysia

Bike-sharing service oBike has launched its bike-sharing service in Malaysia’s Klang Valley.…

Lazada, Redmart, Netflix and Uber team up ahead of Amazon’s highly anticipated arrival in SEA

Amazon has not stepped into Southeast Asia yet and it has already…
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Ant Financial takes over Lazada’s payment platform to boost expansion of Alipay in SEA

In a move to strengthen Alipay’s brand and presence in Asia, Ant…

HR tech startup EngageRocket secures S$450K to scale operations to meet growing demand

Singapore-based EngageRocket has secured $322K (S$450K) in an angel round of funding…

Procter & Gamble to infuse $100Mn in its first digital innovation centre outside the States

American consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble, in partnership with Singapore Economic…

Japanese billionaire Taizo Son relocates to Singapore, gears up to invest $100Mn on SEA startups

Taizo Son, the founder of gaming studio, GungHo, is relocating to Singapore…

iCandy acquires mobile game developer Inzen Studio for $4.4Mn to deepen its presence in SEA

iCandy Interactive, an ASX-listed mobile games company has announced that it has…

impress.ai secures funding to make recruiting efficient and simpler with a Virtual HR assistant

impress.ai is an automated platform for screening and assessing candidates with an…

Rocket Internet’s ZEN Rooms nabs $4.1Mn in series A to gain a stronger foothold in SEA

ZEN Rooms, a platform known for its best value-for-money accommodations, has raked…

Data startup Percipient secures $713K to bolster its R&D efforts

Singapore-headquartered Percipient has raised $713K in a seed round of funding led…

Saleswhale raises $1.2Mn to hire more engineers for its automated sales assistants

Singapore-based Saleswhale has secured $1.2 million in a seed round of funding…

Driverless public buses to hit the streets of Singapore by 2020

Singapore has been rolling out several key initiatives as a part of…

MetroResidences, a serviced apartments platform, secures $2.8Mn to expand into Japan and Hong Kong

MetroResidences is a platform that enables business travelers to find quality rental…

Chinsay AB secures $4Mn to integrate its online contracts platform into Asian trade ecosystem

Singapore-based tryb Capital has made a strategic investment of $4 million in…
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Firms to get advanced technological assistance with the opening of SME Digital Tech Hub

The IMDA will establish the SME Digital Tech Hub to provide tech…
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Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus pre-orders to go live on April 7 in Singapore

Oh yes! Singaporeans, get that internet working and pre-order the latest released…

AdAsia rakes in $12Mn to step into new Asian markets and increase focus on AI

Singapore-headquartered AdAsia Holdings has raised $12 million in series A round of…