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Malaysia’s Blueshark Launches Initiative to Accelerate Electric Motorcycles Adoption and Development
Malaysia Electric Vehicle Empowerment (MyEVE) has been created to accelerate the adoption and development of electric motorcycles in Malaysia.
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- Energy, Technology, Transportation
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- South Asia
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Heritas, DBS Tackle ‘Severe Underfunding’ of Social Enterprises With New Impact Fund
The Asia Impact First Fund has hit a first close of US$20m and aims to support 10 to 15 companies.
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- Social Enterprise
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- South Asia
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- venture capital
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Agros Raises US $2.7 Million in Pre-Series A Funding Round
Sustainable agriculture solutions help Asian farmers decarbonize and double their profits, says agritech start-up.
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- Agriculture, Technology
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- South Asia
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- agtech, energy access
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Enstack Raises $3 Million to Help Digitize SMEs
The funding round will support its goal of digitizing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Philippines and across Southeast Asia.
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- Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Indonesian Government Starts Building $2.6 Billion Hydropower Plant
The Mentarang Induk project will have more than 1.3GW of power generation capacity.
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- Energy
- Region
- South Asia
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- renewable energy
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Indonesia Introduces Carbon Trading For Its Coal Power Plants
Indonesia has announced that the initial phase of rolling out a carbon trading mechanism for coal power plants has begun.
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- Environment
- Region
- South Asia
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Semaai Nets Funding to Create Integrated Digital Ecosystem for Farmers, Toko Tanis in Indonesia
Semaai provides customised consultancy, productivity tools, farming inputs such as seed and fertiliser products and access to better markets.
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- Agriculture, Technology
- Region
- South Asia
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Malaysia’s Involve Asia Raises Over $10 Million in Funding Round Led by Bintang Capital Partners
Malaysia-based affiliate marketing platform Involve Asia Technologies Sdn. Bhd has raised over $10 million led by Bintang Capital Partners Berhad (Bintang).
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- Investing
- Region
- South Asia
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