Ukraine brings IMF, World Bank back to Bretton Woods roots

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal’s and Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko’s participation at the IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings last week in Washington in effect returned the multilateral organizations to their Bretton Woods origins, the 1944 agreement signed at a New Hampshire resort to rebuild the world economy after World War II. The International Monetary […]Continue Reading

Thai Insurtech Roojai Raises USmil In Series B round

In 2022 Roojai’s premium income in Thailand grew by 25%
US$32mil from direct injection, US$10mil from secondary share transaction Roojai, a Thai-based online B2C insurtech, announced a US$42 million Series B funding round on 28 March, led by HDI International, the International Retail Insurance division of the German Talanx Group, with additional participation from existing investor,…Continue Reading

Ukraine investment safer bet than Silicon Valley

Investing in Ukrainian private companies, especially in existing dynamic small-to-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), is becoming a safer bet than chasing venture-capital startups and the next unicorn à la notorious serial VC investor Marc Andreessen after the collapse of Santa Clara, California–based Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). While shareholders and bondholders of the $200-billion-plus bank financing high-risk venture-capital […]Continue Reading

Inaugural DisruptInvest Summit attracts leading names from Malaysia’s startup ecosystem

Successful & innovative founders, investors, corporate leaders gather
Opportunity for attendees to learn, be inspired, make valuable connections  NEXEA and Digital News Asia (DNA) will host the inaugural DisruptInvest Summit, a startup ecosystem event for corporates and investors, taking place on Thurs Mac 16. The strategic partnership sees both parties bringing their strengths…Continue Reading

Aerodyne Group executes 21st M&A with stake in Italian drone services company, Aiviewgroup

Italian commercial drone market to grow to US$595mil in 2026
Expands Europe presence, after Germany, Austria, Switzerland Aerodyne Group, the world’s leading drone solutions provider, announced its twenty-first global M&A today, entering the Italian market directly through a strategic investment in Aiviewgroup, the top drone service provider in Italy.
This is Aerodyne’s second…Continue Reading

Advance Intelligence Group acquires Jewel Paymentech 

Jewel’s employees, including senior management team will sign up for the groupÂReinforce the group’s abilities in Web3. 0 fraud, risk management room Advance Intelligence Team (AIG), a Singapore-based tech startup announced its acquisition of Jewel Paymentech, a financial risk technology company specialising in merchant due diligence, fraud and risikomanagement solutions for…Continue Reading