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Singapore
Supabase Secures $ 150 Mn to Expand AI Infrastructure and Acquires Turso

A company based in San Francisco called Supabase has Secures $150 million in new money led by GIC with help from CapitalG, IronArc and SquarePeg. The company will use the money to speed up its work on database systems that are run by agents as more people want AI tools for coding and agents. Along […]

October 3, 2026
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Funding
Funding Wrap of The Week | Asian Startups Funding Roundup | 27 September – 02 October

Asian startups secure investment in different funding rounds from venture capital firms and angel investors to grow their businesses and scale up to be more successful in Asia and worldwide. Below are the top 10 Asian Startups Funding Roundups for this week 27 September – 02 October . HyperGuest  Israeli travel tech company HyperGuest has […]

October 3, 2026
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UAE
MetisJean Secure $3 Mn to Build Sovereign AI Platform

The UAE-focused AI startup MetisJean has secured $3 million (AED 11 million) in -seed funding. The money will be used to develop and grow its AI platform called Jean. The company is building intelligence technology that gives businesses more control over their own data how they use AI and the decisions made by AI systems. […]

October 3, 2026
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Funding
Tiberius Aerospace Secures $500 Mn Contract for Sceptre Precision‑Guided Munition

U.S.-based defense technology company Tiberius Aerospace has secured a $500 million technology collaboration contract to manufacture, license and distribute its Sceptre precision‑guided munition. The agreement marks the scaled deployment of the company’s Defense‑as‑a‑Service model. The contract is part of an U.S.–U.K. Collaboration aimed at supporting allied defense manufacturing, technology development and supply‑chain resilience. Tiberius Aerospace’s […]

October 2, 2026
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Japan
Japan’s KRS buys majority stake in Indian cold‑chain company Coldrush

I read that Japan‑based logistics company KRS Corporation has bought a majority stake in Indian cold‑chain logistics firm Coldrush Logistics. The deal covers an investment in Coldrush shares and a purchase of shares from existing investor Hydra Commercial Investments. Legal advisors DSK Legal and Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu handled the transaction. The financial details were […]

October 2, 2026
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South Korea
LG Uplus Partners with OptAI to Optimize AI Tokens and Reduce GPU Costs

LG Uplus, a Korean telecommunications company has partnered with the AI optimization startup OptAI to improve AI processing efficiency cut GPU usage and lower power consumption. This partnership was announced on October 2 2026. The goal is to help AI systems process tokens while using the same computing resources. What Is the LG Uplus and […]

October 2, 2026
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Singapore
PRECISE and Temus Launch Joint Innovation Centre for Precision Medicine

Singapore’s Precision Health Research (PRECISE) and Temus have signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a joint innovation centre supporting Phase III of Singapore’s National Precision Medicine programme. The agreement was signed on October 2, 2026, at the Precision Health Partnerships in Singapore event. The initiative will focus on developing technology, data infrastructure, […]

October 2, 2026
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Singapore
OceanBase and MB Bank Sign MOU to Modernize Database Infrastructure

Singapore-based distributed database company OceanBase has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Vietnams MB Bank to help modernize databases strengthen infrastructure resilience and drive digital transformation. Through this partnership OceanBase will give its database technology to help MB Bank modernize its data infrastructure. The collaboration should help MB Bank keep business running make systems […]

October 2, 2026
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Israel
Nebius Acquires Inferize to Improve AI Inference and GPU Utilization

Amsterdam-based AI cloud company Nebius has acquired Israeli AI infrastructure startup Inferize to improve GPU utilization and strengthen its production AI inference platform, Nebius Token Factory. The financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. However, the transaction was estimated at around $100 million to $150 million, according to reports. What Does Inferize Do? Founded […]

October 2, 2026
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India
Bessemer Venture Partners Appoints Mayank Khanduja as Partner

Bessemer Venture Partners has appointed former Elevation Capital investor Mayank Khanduja as Partner in its India practice, nearly nine months after he left Elevation Capital following a 15-year stint. Khanduja will be based at Bessemer’s Bengaluru office, where he will focus on early-stage investments in India and work with founders from their first institutional funding […]

October 1, 2026
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