MyRepublic’s CEO has rejected reports that the company is having difficulty raising funds required to make a bid to become Singapore’s fourth mobile operator, calling the claim “a bold-faced lie.” Malcolm Rodrigues told us that the company has already lined…
Hong Kong women’s apparel company Niologie Limited has received a capital injection of RMB20 million (US$3.034 million) for its wholly owned subsidiary Niologie China from one of China’s largest fashion brands. Shanghai La Chapelle Fashion gains a direct…
Trade Minister Thomas Lembong asked Indonesia e-commerce companies to be careful in assessing risks posed by the e-commerce business. “What would happen if the funding stopped? In the United States, tech business boom has started to decline,” Thomas said at…
Indonesian online retailer PT Bhinneka Mentari Dimensi is planning an initial public offering (IPO) in 2018 to widen its reach, one of its directors said on Thursday, as the e-commerce battleground heats up in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy. The e-commerce…
Myanmar’s garment sector is targeting a 300% increase in garment exports to the European Union (EU) by end of 2019 thanks to a EUR2.8m (US$3m) funding boost as the second phase of the SMART Myanmar project gets underway. The EU-funded SMART Myanmar project –…
Singaporean software startup Semantics3 Friday said it has successfully closed a $1.55 million round of bridge funding, with Brussels-based seed investor E-Merge bringing $1.5 million to the table. The company will use the latest funding, which also saw…