Why Sustainability Matters

Big gap within fully understanding problems around sustainability plus ESGTech & digitalisation play big part in helping businesses & society adjust Information is key much more crisis. The monetary press in the U. K., for example , grew at a time when the economic climate was in crisis. What we should…Continue Reading

AC Ventures doubles down on Indonesia’s EdenFarm in latest US.5 mil deal

Seven other firms participated in this funding round
Funds will used to deepen penetration across Indonesia, improve customer experience EdenFarm, a food service-focused startup based in Indonesia, has secured US$13.5mil (RM57.3 million) in its latest Pre-Series B bridge round led by Telkomsel venture arm – TMI, AppWorks and AC Ventures. Decart Ventures,…Continue Reading

MyIX seeks more investor-friendly policies, including reinstatement of cabotage exemption policy

Exemption for telcos & data centres on potential increase in power tariffs
MyIX lowered port pricing by 33% last year to further benefit country ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence (AI) may be the hottest tech trends sweeping across the world but in Malaysia, the digital economy and increasing utilization of the internet are the…Continue Reading

WhyQ secures US.08 mil in extended Series A2 funding round led by Kairos Capital Group

To expand digitalisation platform, improve existing products
Closed initial US$2.7mil Series A2 from 4 investors in 2021  WhyQ, a digital innovation startup focused on helping micro-SMEs (MSMEs) digitise their business, has successfully secured an additional US$1.08 million (RM4.6 million) in an extension to its Series A2 funding round. 
In a statement, the firm said…Continue Reading

Luno Malaysia Assures Customers Operations Remain Unaffected Following Parent Company Layoffs

Layoffs has not affected ops in Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia “Important to reiterate to everyone that customer funds are safe” Digital asset exchange Luno’s recent announcement of the layoffs for roughly a third of their staff globally is the result of “an incredibly tough year”, but will not affect operations in the…Continue Reading

Indonesia’s iSeller Raises US mil Series B

Aims to be profitable within 3 years by focusing on expanding reach
In last 2 years, had an over four-fold increase in merchant acquisitions, revenue iSeller, Indonesia’s solutions platform for merchants, today announced the completion of a US$12 million (RM51.4 million) Series B round of financing led by Intudo Ventures, with participation from KVision (Kasikornbank), as…Continue Reading

Delivering business impact with Cloud FinOps

Gain new expertise internally, improved productivity of IT team FinOps is exercise of driving visibility and bringing economic accountability ÂTo remain ahead of the competition, organisations need to relook in how they can increase productivity and operational efficiencies. Today, organisations within Malaysia are more and more  turning to cloud to deliver…Continue Reading

Cybersecurity firm Blackpanda closes US mil Series A funding round

Aims to further develop its cybersecurity insurtech platform 
Funds will go towards expanding services, deepen presence in Asia   Singapore-based cybersecurity firm Blackpanda has raised US$15 million (RM64.6 mil) in its Series A funding round co-led by Primavera Venture Partners and Gaw Capital Partners. San Francisco based WI Harper, also participated in this…Continue Reading