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Business NewsWaymo Is Coming to Singapore Just as Grab Accelerates Its AV Push
Alphabet’s autonomous-driving unit is targeting a 2028 commercial launch through its own app, days after Grab said it would expand its WeRide-powered fleet fivefold and push beyond Punggol in the north-east region. -
Business NewsresponsAbility Commits Up to $25 Mn to Verdant’s Thailand Solar Push
The non-recourse credit facility extends financing for the A.P. Moller Capital-backed developer after a $30 Mn green-bond transaction in Vietnam. -
Business NewsWhy DALI’s Cap Table Gets Curiouser and Curiouser
ALDI SÜD has acquired an undisclosed minority stake in DALI Everyday Grocery. But seven share-allotment filings, a Venturi top-up and investments made through different entities leave the Philippines-based hard-discount retailer’s current ownership unresolved in freely accessible records.
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Business NewsRicoh Backs Singapore Mental Health Start-Up Intellect in Maiden Fund II Deal
The undisclosed investment amount from a new ¥3 Bn CVC fund underscores the Japanese group’s push into digital services while anchoring a powerful enterprise partner in the mental health space. -
Business NewsChina-ASEAN Institutional Investors Build a New Route for Cross-Border Capital
Six sovereign and pension investors have created a new institutional network spanning China and Southeast Asia, alongside a separately governed private equity platform that has already drawn about $520 Mn towards a $1 Bn target. -
Business NewsThe Multilingual Fashion Entrepreneur Whose Journey Runs From Montenegro to Singapore — and Now to Paris
Educated in Singapore, fluent in five languages and the founder of curated fashion brand La Beauté by Sara, Sara O’Sullivan has built a life shaped by fashion, education and creativity — a journey that began in Montenegro and now reaches from Singapore to Paris. -
Business NewsThe Power Convergence: Wall Street Giants and APAC’s Tech Elite Bet Big on Institutional AI
Nasdaq Ventures’ investment in Transient.AI brings Wall Street backing to its effort to move agentic AI from institutional experiments into regulated financial workflows. In Asia Pacific, the company is pairing its bank-grade technology with a leadership team drawn from UBS, GIC and other established institutions. -
Business NewsGrab’s $1.49 Bn Atome Deal Is a Bet on the Credit Engine, Not Just BNPL
Grab already offers its BNPL service PayLater across Atome’s five Southeast Asian markets. The acquisition gives it a faster route to credit scale, underwriting history and funding relationships without rebuilding them market by market. -
Business NewsSingapore’s Amilo Integrates SG Link as ShipX after Fourth Acquisition in Four Years
The logistics firm is folding acquired businesses onto a common operating platform as it builds a cross-border network for Southeast Asian merchants. -
Business NewsKKR Exits Power Producer First Gen in $411 Mn Sale After Expansion Bid Fails
The private equity firm sold its entire 19.9% holding to Angsana Finance weeks after First Philippine Holdings rejected a proposal that could have nearly doubled KKR’s stake and led to First Gen’s delisting. -
Business NewsZankore Secures Senior Term Loan of up to $3.1 Bn for Nvidia GPU Build-Out
The five-week-old Indonesian AI infrastructure platform will use the debt to acquire and deploy Nvidia GPUs, initially in Indonesia before expanding across ASEAN. -
Business NewsN&E Innovations Raises $1.7 Mn to Take Food-Waste Antimicrobial Overseas
The Tundra Capital-led Series A will support regulatory programmes, market entry and hiring across five overseas markets. -
Business NewsCircle’s $400 Mn Tazapay Deal Targets Stablecoin Payments’ Last Mile
The USDC issuer is acquiring a design partner in its own payments network, bringing local payout infrastructure in-house as it pushes deeper into cross-border commerce. -
Business NewsTelkom Puts NeutraDC Control in Play as AI Lifts Data-Centre Values
Telkom is testing investor appetite for NeutraDC as AI demand, scarce power and high occupancy drive up data centre valuations across Asia. A majority divestment could unlock value and ease the next capex cycle, but it may also mean surrendering control before the asset’s strongest growth phase. -
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KKR Backs Avisena’s Bid to Double Capacity as Capital Flows Into Malaysian Hospitals
Malaysian private hospitals are growing rapidly as global investment firms pour cash into the sector. However, rising medical costs and widening underwriting losses at insurance companies could make it difficult for these expanding networks to turn a profit. -
Business NewsStonepeak, I Squared Race for ASEAN Cold-Chain Rollup
Stonepeak and I Squared Capital are racing to build competing cold-chain platforms across ASEAN, deploying rival strategies in Indonesia and the Philippines as institutional capital rewrites the rules of a sector long dominated by local operators. -
Business NewsSingapore Wants AI to Empower ASEAN’s Small Firms. Indonesia Is the Test
Josephine Teo underscored three AI commitments for Singapore’s 2027 ASEAN chairmanship. The trade tool its business federation is building in Jakarta answers the first, and arrives in the same quarter the EU opens to Indonesian goods. -
Business NewsAfter the Crash, Zetrix AI Moves to Take Control of Philippine Venture
Zetrix AI is buying Next Lion’s 50% stake in MYEG Ventures, raising its effective interest in MYEG Philippines to 74.5%. Signed during a four-session equity collapse that erased two-thirds of its value, the deal has already required a regulatory correction. -
Business NewsPavan Agarwal’s Asia Expansion Is Taking AngelAi Beyond U.S. Mortgages
AngelAi now says it plans to expand its operational footprint across North America and Asia-Pacific. -
Business NewsSingapore’s Mapletree Secures $500 Mn for $2.1 Bn Emerging Asia Logistics Build-Out
The Temasek-owned real estate manager is combining private-fund capital, a Malaysian joint venture and direct co-investments to scale logistics development across Malaysia, Vietnam and India, where it sees better risk-reward in building assets than buying established properties. -
Business NewsTemasek-Linked Skyform to Buy 75% of Malaysia’s ISATEC for $23 Mn as VSTECS Exits
The Singapore-based digital-transformation platform is extending its regional acquisition strategy into Malaysia, while VSTECS exits a seven-year investment with total cash returns of 3.46x its original cost. -
Business NewsAppSavvy Launches AI Practice to Retrofit Existing Business Software
The Singapore software firm is targeting a widening gap between AI adoption and integration, adding new capabilities to existing applications while retaining systems that work. -
Business NewsKeppel DC REIT and Keppel Ltd Buy 90% of Two Tokyo Data Centres in $1.2 Bn Deal
The Singapore-listed trust is buying two fully occupied hyperscale assets in power-constrained Greater Tokyo, where Keppel estimates existing rents are at least 30% below market. -
Business NewsSalim Takes Sole Ownership of IndoData with 500 MW of Power Secured
Indonesia’s Salim Group has acquired full ownership of IndoData Center, formerly IndoKeppel Data Centres, buying out 40% JV partner Keppel Data Centres. The deal was completed in December 2025 but was not disclosed immediately. -
Business NewsEye on Vietnam: Two Deals, $22 Mn and a New Way to Finance App Exporters
Two Vietnam-linked app businesses have turned to Singapore’s PvX Partners for non-dilutive growth financing within days. The deals put a rarely spotlighted part of Vietnam’s technology economy in focus. Companies can build games and apps for global users, but need a different kind of capital to reach them. -
Business NewsKKR, Singtel Close S$6.6 Bn STT GDC Buyout as Expansion Pipeline Tops 1.7 GW
The deal’s completion caps a two-year transition for the investors, scaling Singtel’s digital footprint independently of Nxera and expanding KKR’s Southeast Asian infrastructure play. -
Business NewsOSK Ventures, Affin Hwang Bet on Venture Debt as Southeast Asia’s Equity Market Narrows
Pothos Fund I is targeting more mature growth companies that need expansion capital but may no longer want to finance every new phase through equity. The bet comes as Southeast Asia’s headline funding numbers increasingly mask a market where capital is concentrating around fewer, larger deals. -
Business NewsTPG Plans RM30 Bn Malaysian IPO for Asia OneHealthcare Despite Deep Post-Acquisition Loss
TPG is evaluating a dual-track exit for Asia OneHealthcare, targeting a valuation of approximately RM30 Bn through an IPO or a trade sale. Although the healthcare operator offers significant scale, its valuation will depend on how public and private markets weigh its rapid expansion against near-term financial loss. -
Business NewsYinson’s Take-Private Talks Highlight Public-Private Valuation Disconnect
An indicative RM2.35-a-share proposal to privatise Malaysian energy infrastructure group Yinson Holdings Bhd highlights a persistent valuation gap as its core offshore production unit transitions from a capital-heavy build cycle to long-duration operating cash flows. -
Business NewsSingapore’s Next Growth Story Goes Beyond Capital
As Asia-Pacific businesses look beyond domestic markets, Singapore is emerging as a meeting point for founders, investors, technology companies and institutions shaping the region’s next phase of growth. -
Business NewsJapan’s SBI Takes 20% Stake in Jakarta-Based Ajaib to Deepen Digital Finance Push
The $270 Mn investment implies a post-money valuation of about $1.35 Bn, adding the Indonesian retail investment platform to a regional strategy that increasingly spans digital assets, tokenised securities and settlement infrastructure. -
Business NewsHAVI, the Group Behind McDonald’s Supply Chain, Picks Kuala Lumpur as Its First Asia-Pacific Tech Hub
The logistics provider expects the hub to generate up to 150 high-value tech roles, wiring Malaysia into a 24-hour network alongside Chicago, Krakow and Lisbon. -
Business NewsSingapore’s Sembcorp Files $393 Mn IPO for Indian Renewables Arm to Pare Debt
The parent company is making another attempt to list its Indian business. But it is not selling any of its own shares in the all-primary offering, with INR 3,000 Cr of net proceeds designated for debt repayment. -
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SMBC, Singtel Innov8 Back fileAI as Corporate VCs Dive below Foundation Models
Singapore’s fileAI said the undisclosed investment will fund a Japan build-out and a financial services push, extending a string of corporate venture bets on the infrastructure needed to put AI into business workflows. -
Business NewsBioactivx Raises $3 Mn as Synthetic Wound-Care Product Awaits Singapore Approval
Singapore’s Cocoon Capital and Martin Krupp co-led the pre-Series A round, which will fund manufacturing and regulatory expansion as Bioactiv Matrix awaits approval in its home market. -
Business NewsAI Video Platform Higgsfield Secures $400 Mn Funding at $5.4 Bn Valuation
Singapore’s 1982 Ventures said it participated in the Series B financing as Higgsfield’s valuation has more than quadrupled since January, giving the fund manager a global AI deal within its enterprise AI and fintech mandate. -
Business NewsSingapore Bids to Host Investment Tribunal While Helping Shape Its Rules
The city-state has submitted a jurisdiction model and offered a dedicated facility for a permanent forum, although its headquarters and powers remain unsettled. -
Business NewsFlorida-Based Lean Solutions Deepens Its Philippine Bet With SupportZebra Deal
The acquisition will lift the US-based provider’s Philippine workforce above 2,000 and add Cagayan de Oro to its Manila and Cebu delivery network, while bringing clients from fintech, healthcare and SaaS. -
Business NewsEntrepreneur APAC Capital & Scale Summit 2026 Set to Unfold in Singapore to Drive Cross-BorderGrowth, VC Investment, and Innovation
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Business NewsTCS to Buy Porsche’s MHP for €320 Mn Alongside €1.25 Bn AI Deal
The Indian IT giant will take over the 4,500-person automotive consultancy as Porsche moves from owner to anchor client under a five-year services commitment spanning manufacturing, engineering and software-defined mobility. -
Business NewsStandard Chartered Sees Vietnam Growing 11% in 2027, Far Above ADB Forecasts
The bank expects growth to accelerate to 11% next year, four percentage points above the Asian Development Bank’s projection and closer to Hanoi’s own double-digit ambitions -
Business NewsWhy Thailand Is a Crucial Test for AHA’s Performance-Linked E-Commerce Model
The Indonesian e-commerce enabler is exporting a performance-linked model into Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing platform market, where rising marketplace costs are shifting the contest from GMV to profitable growth. -
Business NewsVietnam Seeks Sovereign AI; Nvidia Says the Country Needs More GPUs
The chipmaker estimates Vietnam has just 10,000–15,000 GPUs and is urging Hanoi to build national-scale computing capacity, exposing the infrastructure gap behind the country’s push for sovereign AI. -
Business NewsMalaysia’s Trade Hits Record RM364.7 Bn as Electronics Lift Exports and Imports
E&E products generated about three-fifths of the increase in both exports and imports, pointing to a production chain upswing rather than export demand alone. -
Business NewsChips, Food and Telecom Anchor 4th India-Singapore Roundtable
The roundtable produced a food safety agreement and a telecom regulation LOI, alongside fresh discussions on semiconductor supplier entry, capital market links and aviation connectivity, as New Delhi presses ahead with a $13.3 Bn chip push. -
Business NewsSingapore Aligns ONE Pass, Tax and Capital in Its Push to Attract Global Fund Managers
The proposed Investment Management Track could allow performance-linked returns to count in ONE Pass salary assessments. A planned companion tax exemption and an MAS investment programme aim to anchor senior investors, capital-allocation decisions and high-value jobs as Hong Kong sharpens its own incentives. -
Business NewsMinor Food Takes Bonchon Beyond Thailand in Global Ownership Deal
The Thai restaurant group will own the Korean fried-chicken brand outside the Americas while Serruya Private Equity will take the Western Hemisphere, extending Minor’s operator-to-owner playbook. -
Business NewsThailand Targets ‘Identity Laundering’ as Fraud Fight Moves Beyond Bank Accounts
The anti-graft agency wants to link civil registration, immigration, hospital and banking records after investigations exposed how genuine state-issued IDs built on false information can slip through conventional checks. -
Business NewsSingapore, India Put Economic Roadmap to the Test as Ministers Gather for 4th Roundtable
Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore’s minister of foreign affairs, and S. Jaishankar, India’s minister of external affairs, laid the foundation stone for India’s new chancery in Singapore today. A day later, ministers and business leaders will turn to the harder task of advancing co-operation across investment, advanced manufacturing, digitalisation and connectivity. -
Business NewsAlibaba’s Lingxi Sale Shows AI Is Raising the Bar for What Stays Core
The gaming exit is not simply another non-core disposal or a way to fund AI. It shows how Alibaba’s capital-intensive AI and cloud push is tightening the test for which businesses it still needs to own. -
Business NewsVietnam Lets Starlink In Without Liberalising Telecoms
Starlink’s Vietnamese order book has opened under a regulatory exception that gives SpaceX full ownership but leaves Hanoi in control of scale, coverage and duration. -
Business NewsAfter Building a Chip Manufacturing Hub, Penang Wants a Bigger Slice of the Value Chain
The Malaysian state is pushing beyond semiconductor manufacturing into chip design and homegrown IP under an ambitious 2040 strategy. -
Business NewsDayOne Moves Biological Computing From Lab to Server Rack in Singapore
The 20-unit prototype at NUS Medicine puts living human neurons alongside silicon inside a server rack. The bigger test is whether a technology born in the laboratory can become reliable, scalable data-centre infrastructure.