Benjamin Cher
CORRESPONDENT
Benjamin is a correspondent with BT’s Companies and Markets team. He covers the tech and venture capital ecosystem in Southeast Asia. He was previously with Garage, BT’s startup and venture capital portal, and The Edge Singapore.
Seatrium consortium bags major contract with TenneT to link Germany’s grid with North Sea wind power
This brings Seatrium’s value of new wins for FY2025 to over S$4 billion to date
Singapore stocks inch up after Fed rate cut; STI rises 0.2%
Across the broader market, gainers edge out losers 256 to 244 after 1.1 billion securities worth S$1.3 billion change hands
Validus raises US$30 million Series D round led by Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund Khazanah
Startup matches SMEs’ supply-chain financing needs to its pool of institutional investors
Connecting clients, portfolio companies is next for Japan’s MUFG in Asia-Pacific
Leveraging stakes in banks in Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines enables MUFG to extend more support to its customers
Singapore stocks close flat ahead of Fed interest rate decision
The STI ends the day flat; the iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index is 0.1% lower
Temasek-owned SeaTown raises about US$900 million as of second close of third private credit fund
This comes four months after its first close of over US$612 million in August
Singapore stocks gain more ground on Tuesday as regional indices end mixed
Across the broader market, gainers trail losers 262 to 265, after 1.1 billion securities worth S$1.1 billion change hands
Vizzio secures funding from Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks, will establish new Hong Kong office
Singapore-based startup will use investment to continue its R&D and expand its sales team
Airwallex raises US$330 million Series G funding round led by Addition
The company will set up a second headquarters in San Francisco
Chemistry AI startup ChemLex raises US$45 million, sets up global HQ in Singapore
The funds will be used to hire more hardware and software engineers as well as chemists in the city-state