Avance Clinical, the largest premium Australian Contract Research Organisation (CRO) for international biotechs, has opened new offices in Sydney to support its growing clinical team in the greater Sydney region. Avance Clinical’s CEO Yvonne Lungershausen said: “We continue to offer a hybrid working environment for our team however, they are increasingly wanting more in-office face-to-face time with colleagues and clients – while still having the flexibility of working remotely”. “Avance is continuing to experience significant growth facilitating our expansion into North Sydney with new offices to accommodate our growing team,” she said. Check for our latest positions open and join…
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Lionel Dantiacq, CEO of Motul Asia Pacific, cut the ribbon to launch a new, state-of-the-art Motul regional warehouse, the Motul Asia Hub, on 1st March 2022. The Motul Asia Hub is located at the Pacific Logistics Group (PLG), Tuas Headquarters at Singapore’s brand new Tuas Mega Port. The 700,000 sq ft facility will support and enhance Motul’s supply chain across the Asia Pacific region by consolidating warehousing and inventory operations. The Hub will play a monumental role as Motul continues to build a greater presence across the APAC region and further strengthens its leadership in high performance lubricants and fluids…
On 28 February 2022, Inceptio Technology, an autonomous driving truck technology and operation company, announced its completion of a US$188 million Series B+ equity financing, jointly led by Legend Capital. The successful closing of the fund is expected to be used for the development of Inceptio Technology’s self-developed full-stack autonomous driving system “Xuanyuan”, as well as mass production of trunks with Inceptio Technology’s joint partners, which will help Inceptio Technology to accelerate its layout in electrification. In the end of 2021, Inceptio Technology has realized the front-loading mass production of Level 3 (L3) autonomous driving trunks, with the cooperation with…
CITIC Telecom International CPC Limited (CITIC Telecom CPC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CITIC Telecom International Holdings Limited (“CITIC Telecom”, “the Group”, SEHK: 1883) today announced the full support to Hong Kong enterprises with free “Cloud, Network, Security” anti-epidemic trio pack, empowering enterprises to keep away from network attacks, safeguard employees and business operations under the severe epidemic. CITIC Telecom CPC strives to work with local enterprises to fight the epidemic and cyber threats together. The epidemic has posed an unprecedented hit across all industries. Enterprises make use of different strategies to change their business models and fight the epidemic with…
SoPa’s fast growing ecommerce ecosystem in SEA offers lifestyle, F&B, merchant payment software and loyalty programs The company was added to the Russell 2000 Index in December, 2021 Growth drivers include the relaunch of the Leflair luxury site in Vietnam (1.5M+ registered users), a growing F&B merchant platform, a loyalty points program, and future M&A. SoPa’s current cash of US$33M and no debt are sufficient to fund M&A and organic growth plans for the next 3 years Maxim Group projects significant revenue growth from US$1M in 2021, to US$38M in 2023 Society Pass Incorporated (SoPa)(Nasdaq: SOPA), Southeast Asia’s fastest growing…
SQL Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SKYX) (Sky Technologies or the Company), a Company with highly disruptive smart platform technologies, with over 60 U.S. and global patents and patent pending applications, enhancing safety and smart home lifestyle in homes and buildings, today announced that management will lead the opening bell ceremony at the NASDAQ Stock Market on Friday, March 4, 2022 in celebration of its February 2022 initial public offering. Attending from Sky Technologies will be Executive Chairman Rani R. Kohen (Founder and Inventor), President Steve Schmidt (former CEO of AC-Nielsen and International President of Office Depot), and CEO John Campi (former CPO…
Wikisoft Corp. (the “Company,” “we,” and “our”) (OTCQB: WSFT) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 51% of Etheralabs LLC a New York City based venture lab and ecosystem that invests in, builds, and deploys disruptive technologies across the Blockchain space. Wikisoft is using equity to fund the acquisition, thus providing the Company the optimum financial flexibility in the future. The transaction includes a global access to Etheralabs’ full stack of technologies across the Blockchain and global funding landscape. Etheralabs ecosystem allows development and finance partnerships throughout the blockchain world and beyond, and connects the…
The Asia Video Industry Association’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) commends the Singapore High Court for granting an Order to block 30 illegal streaming sites and almost 150 associated domains responsible for the distribution of considerable quantities of illegally streamed content in Singapore. The Order was obtained by CAP members, BBC Studios, Discovery Communications, LaLiga, the Premier League and TVB International against illegal streaming sites that were offering access to some of the most sought-after content including premium sports, drama and entertainment. The Order covered the greatest number of sites and domains yet sought by CAP members. Under the Order Internet…
The enterprise FinOps platform has taken on a strategic investment from global blue-chip investors to drive continued expansion and technology innovation The Series A funding round comprised participation from JAM Fund, Winklevoss Capital Management, Accial Capital, Rapyd Ventures, Jeffrey Cruttenden – CEO of Acorns along with Access Ventures, Antler Global, and VentureSouq Volopay plans to strengthen its footprint in APAC and MENA with a multi-market expansion alongside further investment in product development Volopay, a Y Combinator-backed Singapore-based corporate cards, and payable management startup has successfully raised US$29 million in its Series A round through a mix of equity and debt.…
Rakuten Symphony, Inc. today announced an agreement to acquire leading Silicon Valley-based cloud technology start-up, Robin.io. The addition of Robin.io’s multi-cloud mobility, hyper automation and orchestration capabilities to the Rakuten Symphony portfolio allows the creation of highly efficient, consistent high performance cloud infrastructure and operations, from edge to central data center. Collaboration between Rakuten and Robin.io has already been underway for more than two years, since Rakuten Mobile leveraged Robin.io in production for the Japan deployment of the world’s first end-to-end fully virtualized cloud-native mobile network*1. Understanding the high performance requirements of mobile radio and network applications, combined with the…
The Ministry of Information (MOI) of the Union Government of Myanmar released today remarks by Minister of Information, Mr Maung Maung Ohn, addressing the domestic security situation, preparations for multi-party elections and foreign media perception. “As you are aware, Myanmar Government is committed to maintaining friendly relationships with the media. Through your efforts you can share the true situation about Myanmar to the world. Myanmar recently marked 2 major milestones. 2 February 2022 marked the anniversary of the formation of the State Administration Council (SAC) on 2 February 2021 after the Proclamation a day earlier. The second is the celebration…
Power of One Foundation (“POOF”) has entered into a partnership with Legacy Block (BLCK:Pancakeswap). BLCK is an operating division of Peerless Exponential Partners, LLC (PXP). By way of the partnership POOF will use Legacy Block’s BLCK governance token as the governance token for a series of new blockchain based projects targeted at ending hunger in the United States. These projects will materially increase POOF’s reach and efficiency in addressing its goal that aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) – Zero Hunger. Legacy Block (“BLCK”) is the governance token of several protocols seeking to address some of the…
EC Healthcare (the Company, which together with its subsidiaries is referred to as the Group, HKG: 2138), the largest non-hospital medical group in Hong Kong*, is pleased to announce that the Group’s Chairman, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Mr. Tang Chi Fai further increases the shareholdings post the equity stake increase announced on January 17. Mr. Tang acquired a total 605,000 shares of the Company on the market for an aggregate consideration of approximately HK$ 4.96 million. On January 21, Mr. Tang acquired a total of 62,000 shares at an average price of approximately HK$8.49 per share and acquired…
Tiger Brokers (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Tiger Brokers Singapore) today announced a partnership with World Wide Fund for Nature Singapore (WWF-Singapore) to promote green sustainability efforts in Singapore. Tiger Brokers, as the lead sponsor with WWF-Singapore, will be launching the first AR-mazing Tiger Trail at Gardens by the Bay on 26 February, to kickstart the company’s sustainability agenda in 2022. WWF-Singapore’s AR-mazing Tiger Trail will feature a 3-part island-wide trail that focuses on tiger conservation and other key environmental causes impacting the planet today, using art as a vehicle to educate, spark discussion and action. Today, there are approximately 3,900 tigers…
The State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) Ministry aims to involve more women, millennials, and Papuans either in its companies or in the ministry itself, in a bid to build a diverse, equal and sustainable leadership. SOEs Minister Erick Thohir will target the promotion of 10 percent of young leaders in the SOEs by 2023, or double from five percent of young leaders promoted this year. Young leadership and women’s leadership is viewed as a driving force to help expedite the realization of the SOEs programs, as well as to transform the human capital. “I am fully concerned about the human capital transformation,…
Society Pass Incorporated (SoPa) (Nasdaq: SOPA), a leading Southeast Asian data-driven loyalty platform today, announced that it has acquired Dream Space Trading Company Limited (Dream Space), the operator of Handycart, a leading online grocery delivery service based in Hanoi, Vietnam. The newly acquired company will be integrated into SoPa’s F&B delivery vertical with SoPa’s existing merchant software platform #HOTTAB. Handycart founder and CEO, Seo Jun Ho, has been named Head of the new Business Unit managing both Handycart and #HOTTAB in Vietnam. Founded in 2019, Handycart is an online grocery delivery app with its own fleet of delivery vehicles that…
Production capacity would be gradually enhanced Varieties of fruit and product categories would be further expanded Market share in China would be increased Tianyun International Holdings Limited (Tianyun International, together with its subsidiaries, (the Group) (HKG: 6836), a leading seller and manufacturer of processed fruit products in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), is pleased to announce that the grand commencement ceremony was held in the morning of 25th February 2022 for its comprehensive production base located in Honghe Prefecture of Yunnan Province, PRC (the Yunnan Project). This is one of the major new industrial projects to commence in Yunnan…
Xplr Me (Explore Me) is a digital platform that connects students to tutors, life coaches, and mentors from anywhere in the world, while they are sitting in the comfort of their living room! Pick up a new hobby, learn a new skill, or just plain understand themselves better with the assortment of classes and courses on offer! Xplr Me goes beyond academics, and is for all age groups and life stages, putting students in touch with educators and coaches from all around the world, who will guide them to success. With life coaches teaching students how to set goals and…
Turnaround expected by Q3, 2022 as the Group is positive on the outlook of ICT & Healthcare divisions Artificial Intelligence specialist G3 Global Berhad (G3 Global or Group) completed its financial year ended 31 December 2021 (FY2021) on a positive note as the Group’s quarterly revenue surged to the highest level in over 4 years. The stellar performance of its new Healthcare division, where revenue increased by more than 700% quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) due to stronger sales of COVID-19 antigen kits, propelled G3 Global closer to its turnaround target. G3 Global, which also supplies Internet-of-Things (IoT) connected objects and deliver cloud-based…
Following its successful US$180 million in Series B funding in February 2022, valuing the company at US$850M, GWI, the leading audience insights company, is well on its way to ambitious growth plans in the APAC region, spearheaded by the hiring of Aditi Kohli as APAC Senior Vice President. Aditi will be based in Singapore. Aditi will drive the company’s growth, working with enterprise partners to help them gain a deeper understanding of local consumers. The investments are being utilized to further advance GWI’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, as well as hiring new talent to support global expansion. GWI has already seen strong growth in APAC,…