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AI robotics startup Augmentus raises seed funding to bring advanced robotics to everyone
SINGAPORE, 27 July 2021 — Augmentus, a no-code AI robotics programming platform, has announced a seed financing round led by Singapore-based, early-stage venture capital firm Cocoon Capital. Augmentus allows companies to deploy complex industrial robots…
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Grab deepens partnership with Adyen to expand PayLater option to enable more merchants to attract customers and increase revenue
Malaysia, 21 July 2021 – Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading super app, has deepened its partnership with Adyen (AMS: ADYEN), the payments platform of choice for many of the world’s leading companies, by enabling more merchants…
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Instawork Raises $60M to Rapidly Expand Its Work Marketplace Connecting Local Businesses With Skilled Hourly Professionals
July 8th, 2021 – Instawork, the leading digital marketplace connecting local businesses with qualified professionals across the U.S., today announced it has raised $60 million in Series C financing, bringing total funding to $100 million.…
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Global Edtech Startup, Unibuddy, Raises $20 Million Series B to Reinvent College Recruitment
New York, NY – JULY 7, 2021 – Unibuddy, the number one peer-to-peer university recruitment platform that has helped 770,000 students from more than 180 countries make better decisions about their higher education journey, has…
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Grab and Microsoft Partner to Upskill Malaysian Driver and Delivery Partners
Malaysia, 6 July 2021: Grab and Microsoft announce their partnership in Malaysia with training and development programmes designed to empower driver- and delivery-partners with digital skills. Introduced in February 2021, the training programmes leverages the…
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SOPA Announces Winners of 2021 Awards for Editorial Excellence
Hong Kong, June 25, 2021 – The Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA), a Hong Kong-based not-for-profit organization dedicated to pursuing excellence in journalism, today announced the winners of its annual Awards for Editorial Excellence…
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Azentio Software Acquires Insurance Digitalisation Specialist Candela Labs
KUALA LUMPUR, 22 JUNE 2021 — Azentio Software (“Azentio” or the “Company”), a Singapore-headquartered software products business owned by Funds advised by Apax, is pleased to announce that is has acquired Candela Labs, a technology…
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PBE Group acquires Axell Wireless
PBE Group acquired Axell Wireless from administration as of 6th January 2021, however the announcement has been delayed while plans were finalised for the merger of Axell Wireless with two PBE portfolio companies. The merged…
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RAMSSOL Group integrates Zoom’s industry-leading video and audio functionality into Employee Engagement app
CYBERJAYA, MALAYSIA 17 June 2021 – RAMSSOL Group Berhad (RAMSSOL), an innovative, digital human capital management (HCM) solutions provider in Southeast Asia inks the region’s first in-app integration of its kind with Zoom Video Communications,…
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United Capital reports post-lockdown acquisition boom as pipeline swells to over £1billion
United Capital, the investment company specialising in consolidating the fragmented UK building services and facilities management sector, is reporting a boom in identified acquisition targets engaging with the company as total pipeline value doubles to…
