Amala Balakrishner
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Avant Meats raises $10.8m in Series A funding round led by S2G Ventures
S2G Ventures has invested $5m in the Singapore and Hong Kong-based company
Singtel raises stake in Thai subsidiary Intouch in $216m deal
Telco to acquire a 3.78% stake from Temasek’s wholly-owned subsidiary Anderton Investments
Grab Singapore buys and relaunches food review site HungryGoWhere
HungryGoWhere had gone offline in July last year after operating for 15 years
[Updated] Shopee downsizes global, SE Asian workforce; to shutter operations in Spain
There have been job cuts at ShopeePay and ShopeeFood as well.
SG blockchain platform Nansen buys Ape Board in $20m cash-and-stock deal
Ape Board shareholders include SCB 10X, the venture capital arm of Siam Commercial Bank
Frasers Property offers to privatise SGX-listed arm Frasers Hospitality Trust
FHT has a market cap of $930m on SGX.
Ant Group’s digital wholesale lender ANEXT Bank soft launches in Singapore
Last week, GLDB became the first digital bank to start operations.
Green Link becomes first digital bank to launch in Singapore
The consortium received a digital wholesale bank license in December 2020.
GGV, Softbank lead $66m round of US blockchain provider InfStones
INCE Capital, 10T Fund, SNZ Holding and A&T Capital also invested.
SG fintech startup Bluesheets nets $4m in funding led by Insignia Ventures
The round was joined by 1982 Ventures, Antler, Plug and Play, and Kistefos.
