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Singapore Roti-Making Machine, Rotimatic Materializes After 8 Years And US$14.5 Million
After the easy-bake oven, consumer electronics has advanced by leaps and bounds with the introduction of Rotimatic – the world’s first robot that bakes fresh homemade roti, a flatbread that makes up the staple food…
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Singapore To Be World’s Largest Fintech Hub, Marvelstone Group Announced
Singapore’s ambition to be a ‘Smart Nation’ is moving forward as MarvelStone, an Asian private investment group has announced on Tuesday that it will open the world’s largest fintech hub in Singapore next November. The…
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Parentlane, A Connecting Platform For Parents Gets Funding From Capier Investment
Providing a personal companion for parents on the route to child-rearing, mobile app, Parentlane has received additional funding from the co-founder of Cloudnine Hospitals, Rohit MA.
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FountainVest Sees Fund Three Close with $2.1 Billion (U.S.)
FountainVest Partners announces the successful completion of its third fund (FountainVest China Capital) with a total capital commitment of $2.1 Billion (U.S.). Due to the oversubscription, the fund attracted exceptional support from current investors along…
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KWAP Invests RM124mil In Uber
Uber, a non-traditional asset, has just seen the investment of RM124mil by KWAP, Kuala Lumpur’s second largest pension fund. Following in the footsteps of Khazanah Nasional’s investment in tech start-ups seems to be the fuel…
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Three Deals Emerge In Singapore: SMRT-Cyclect Joint Venture; PSL Raises Funds; Asiamedic In M&A Discussions
SMRT, alongside Cyclect Electrical of JV SMRT Corporation have established a joint venture company in conjunction with Cyclect Electrical Engineering. Cyclect Electrical Engineering is a Singapore-based business which serves the industrial plant building industry including…
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Malaysia’s Instant Delivery Startup, RunningMan Raises US$40K Within 24 Hours
Reaching their targeted amount of RM175K (approximately US$40K) within 24 hours of their pitchIN Equity Crowdfunding, public attention has been centred on a Malaysian logistics startup company known as RunningMan. A platform that offers instant…
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JoJonomic Reach Singapore After Grabbing $1.5m Series A Funding For Expense Management Software
JoJonomic is an Indonesian startup that got their breakthrough when participating in Google’s launch pad accelerator in January 2016. One of just eight Indonesian companies selected, their expense management software stood out. Originally designed to…
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ViSenze Finds $10.5m On The Table To Help People Shop Direct From Their Environment
ViSenze is a Singapore based start-up looking to change the way we use computer vision. That doesn’t mean Terminator style augmented reality, but rather using your smartphone to change the way you shop. Their series…
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Rapid 3D Printing Firm Carbon Scores $81 Million For International Expansion
Carbon, formerly known as Carbon 3D, of Redwood City California have just successfully added a cool $81 million in venture funding to its Series C round. With the money coming from heavy hitters like BMW,…
