Fave collaborates with affiliate marketing platform Involve Asia

The partnership adds FindShare loyalty programme to Fave
Though this users can get cashback and spend it across Fave’s offerings  

Fave is collaborating with Involve Asia to integrate FindShare, a cashback and rewards program platform provider in the Philippines. 
Chen Chow Yeoh (pic), Co-founder of Fave, said, “Involve Asia’s expertise in affiliate marketing…Continue Reading

Global VC investment remains muted, falling to US.4bil across 7,783 deals in Q2’23

KPMG Private Enterprise’s Venture Pulse shows AI startups still hot
VC deals in Asia drop from US$22.9bil across 3.1k deals to US$20.1bil

Chock full of data professional services firm KPMG issued its Venture Pulse Q2’23 report of the state of global venture capital investment with the headline figure showing that VC funding…Continue Reading

UAE Regulation Lab signs MoU with Malaysia’s Futurise to accelerate regulatory innovation

Fast-track emerging solutions through regulatory sandboxes and other initiatives
Agreement lets both sides explore cross-border collaboration and R&D initiatives

The UAE Regulation Lab (RegLab), under the General Secretariat of the UAE Cabinet, has joined forces with Futurise, a Malaysian company under the purview of the Ministry of Finance, to create a legislative environment for regulation…Continue Reading

Catcha Digital raises US.5 mil for growth and expansion

Final step in its regularisation plan, GN2 status expected to be lifted
Launched i-Gov to develop solutions for Malaysian government

Catcha Digital announced that it had raised US$6.5 million (RM29.7 million) from the Rights Issue exercise to grow and expand its business. This is the final step in its regularisation plan, and its…Continue Reading

The Radical Fund secures first close for investments in climate solutions for Southeast Asia

Will be announcing first investment this quarter
Fund will invest USD250-800k in pre-seed, seed & pre-series A startups

The Radical Fund announced that it has secured the first close of its target US$40 million (RM182 million) fund. The Fund is investing in early-stage ventures in Southeast Asia that are scaling solutions across climate…Continue Reading

Fintech Salmon sets record for largest Series A debt financing in Philippines with USmil facility

Deal positions Salmon as one of SEA’s fastest-growing fintechs
Funds will enable firm to scale lending operations across Philippines

Consumer fintech Salmon announced that it has secured a US$20 million (RM91 million) debt facility from US emerging-markets specialist investment firm Argentem Creek Partners.
In a statement, the startup said this enables it to further scale its…Continue Reading

Malaysia remains top three in terms of phishing attacks in Southeast Asia 

Loss of US$5.9 mil recorded as of February 2023
Delivery services recorded highest % of clicks on phishing links 

Data from Kaspersky shows that email phishing attacks in Malaysia remain at an alarming rate. The firm said that in 2022, its Kaspersky Anti-Phishing System blocked 8,267,013 attacks.
According to Cybersecurity Malaysia, 4,741 cyber threats…Continue Reading

Exabytes encourages businesses to leverage cloud technology for IR4.0 sustainability

Aims to address sustainability, efficiency in digital era, focusing on digital transformation
Attendees got practical solutions for optimising supply chains & embracing ESG principles

Southeast Asia’s all-in-one cloud, digital, and e-commerce solutions provider, Exabytes Group, recently organised the Cloud-Powered Industry 4.0 Revolution conference with Amazon Web Service (AWS). The conference aimed to create awareness for businesses to…Continue Reading