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Generation Prime launches to make fertility services more accessible in Asia
Generation Prime, a startup that wants to make IVF and other fertility services more accessible to patients in Asia, is launching its first two clinics in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. The company also an
Singapore-based BandLab Technologies raises $25M at $425M valuation
Updated with more information from BandLab Technologies’ CEO. Correction also made to the valuation amount in headline. Singapore-based BandLab Technologies, the parent company of social music
Insurtech bolttech gets $196M at $1.6B valuation from investors like MetLife
Embedded insurtech is still hot, as the $196 million in funding landed by bolttech proves. The company, which started in Singapore but now has operations around the world, said it is now valued at $1.
Singapore’s Ora takes a vertically integrated approach to telehealth
According to the founder of Singapore-based telehealth platform Ora, 90% of its patients are less than 39 years old and have not been treated for their conditions offline. That puts the onus on Ora to
Jenfi raises more funding for its ‘growth capital as a service’ platform
Jenfi, a “growth-capital-as-a-service” platform, can provide online businesses with revenue-based financing in as little as a day. The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised $6.6 mi
Backed by Sequoia Southeast Asia, SquareX protects web users with disposable browsers
Much of our computer time is spent in a web browser, where we check emails, create documents, transfer files, carry out online banking, shop or stream entertainment. This leaves us vulnerable to secur
WhatsApp now allows Singapore-based users to pay businesses within the app
After India and Brazil, WhatsApp is launching the ability to pay businesses within a chat in Singapore. Meta has partnered with Stripe to roll out the feature in the region. WhatsApp has built this pa
Mercu meets deskless workers where they are
Many employee engagement and retention tools were created with the assumption that workers spent most of their time at desks. But the majority of the global workforce is deskless, meaning that they ar
ZEBOX, an incubator for supply chain startups, launches its Asia hub in Singapore
ZEBOX, an international accelerator network founded by shipping conglomerate CMA CGM to introduce more tech innovation into the supply chain industry, announced today the launch of its APAC headquarte
Betterdata uses synthetic data to keep real data safe
Betterdata, a Singapore-based startup that uses programmable synthetic data to keep real data secure, announced today it has raised $1.55 million. The seed round, which it says was oversubscribed, was
Tencent backs Singapore’s Horizon Quantum Computing in $18M round
Horizon Quantum Computing's tools can automatically construct quantum algorithms based on programs written in classical programming languages.
Temasek’s Sheares Healthcare backs Asia-focused mental health startup Thoughtfull
Thoughtfull, a digital mental health platform focused on Asia, has raised $4 million in a pre-Series A round led by Sheares Healthcare Group.
Kempus wants to be the ultimate app for sharing college hacks
Remember poring over reviews on Rate My Professors to find out which prof is good-looking and who gives easy As? The professor and class ratings site is one of the few web 1.0 sites that are still wel
India and Singapore link UPI and PayNow in cross-border payments push
India and Singapore have linked their digital payments systems, UPI and PayNow, to enable instant and low-cost fund transfers in a major push to disrupt the cross-border flow of money between the two
Singapore-based Transcelestial uses lasers to build affordable internet networks
Transcelestial is on a mission to make the internet more accessible by building a network of shoebox-sized devices that send lasers to one another, creating a fiber-like network. Today, the Sin
Singapore-based neobank Aspire raises $100M from Lightspeed and Sequoia SEA
Aspire, the Singapore-based neobank that wants to become the financial operating system for SMEs, has raised an oversubscribed $100 million Series C round. Investors included Lightspeed and Sequoia Ca
Singapore’s PixCap draws $2.8M to power web-based 3D design
A clutch of startups is trying to topple Adobe’s dominance in three-dimensional modeling and do more than Canva. A freshly funded player is PixCap, which is entering the fray with a no-code, we
Sequoia Capital India backs Freightify’s vertical SaaS platform for freight forwarders
For freight forwarders, procuring pricing data for their customers usually involves going to multiple sources, and then consolidating information into spreadsheets. That’s time-consuming and complic
Good Meat approved to sell serum-free cultivated meat in Singapore
Good Meat announced today it has received regulatory approval from the Singapore Food Agency to use serum-free media for the production of its cultivated meat. The brand, which is the cultivated meat
Locad lands Series A to expand its “logistics engine” across Southeast Asia and Australia
When Constantin Robertz was working at Zalora, he was involved in moving warehouses six times as the e-commerce company outgrew its logistics infrastructure. This inspired him to co-found Locad, a log