Benjamin Cher

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.

Tada founder Kay Woo says that as its top line grows, the company is in a position to reinvest more directly in its driver base to support them.

Singapore’s Tada ramps up US push, eyes Africa as Grab-GoTo merger looms

The company is looking to raise US$100 million in investment to support its growth in existing and new markets

Sea and Google inked a partnership to work on AI-powered tools for Sea's business units.

Sea and Google ink partnership to develop AI-powered tools

This involves all three of Sea’s business units – Garena, Shopee and Monee

Across the broader market, losers outnumber gainers 413 to 220, as 1.6 billion securities worth S$2.6 billion change hands.

Singapore stocks falter on Friday; STI down 1.6%

The iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index nudges down 0.4% or 6.06 points to 1,513.52

The rebranding of FSM One is to reposition iFast for global customers said Lim Chung Chun, CEO, iFast

iFast unveils ‘Truly Global Business Model’, rebrands FSMOne to FSM Global

The group is repositioning itself to view its customers as international – not just from the markets in which it operates

The top-ups announced  during Budget 2026 will position Singapore as equity fundraising centre.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2026

Fund top-ups position Singapore as leading centre for equity fundraising

The Equity Development Programme is getting an additional S$1.5 billion

The STI continued to rally on Thursday even as regional benchmarks mostly tracked lower.

Singapore stocks gain more ground on Thursday, STI up 0.7%

iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index gains 0.1%

Grab's first profitable year was driven mainly by its fourth quarter earnings.

Grab in black for first time as Q4 earnings drive full-year profit to US$268 million

Super app company announces US$500 million share buyback plan; acquires US-based digital financial services provider Stash

The digital infrastructure space is one of the few sectors that can absorb enormous amounts of capital said Projesh Banerjea is a member of KKR’s Asia Pacific Infrastructure team.

‘No other sector like it’: KKR sees no let-up in AI-driven infrastructure boom after STT GDC deal

Deep pools of private capital are chasing data centres, one of Asia’s most capital-intensive asset classes

The STI continued its rally on Wednesday, mirroring regional indexes.

Singapore stocks continue rally on Wednesday; STI up 0.4%

SGX leads gainers on blue-chip index; best performer on iEdge Singapore Next 50 Index is UOB Kay Hian

Nasdaq vice chairman and global head of capital markets Robert McCooey joins Vizzio as a senior advisor to the board.

Vizzio snags Nasdaq vice-chair and ex-Temasek, SingPost leaders, two years after credential saga

Robert McCooey, Raymond Chiam and Shahrin Abdol Salam, among others, have joined the tech startup