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Programme provides up to US$750k in financing to help MD Status companies scale and grow AI-powered credit assessment expands access to funding for asset-light technology companies Bay Smart Capital Ventures Sdn Bhd (CapBay), a Malaysian fintech company specialising in supply chain finance and peer-to-peer (P2P) financing solutions, is collaborating with the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation […]

Festival aims to position Sarawak as a regional hub for animation, games and digital creativity Event targets US$25 mil in export opportunities, US$13 mil in investments and more than 20,000 visitors Sarawak will host the Borneo Animation & Games Festival (BAGFEST) 2026 from 19 to 23 August. According to organisers, it will be the first

More restrictive regulations could reduce VC investment by approx US$186 million annually Study finds compliance costs are reshaping how Malaysian startups allocate talent, capital & innovation resources Findings from a newly released Oxford Economics study, commissioned by Digital Prosperity Asia (DPA), reveal that digital regulations have become a structural force in Malaysia’s startup ecosystem, shaping

Partnership combines secure cloud infrastructure with AI-driven financial crime detection capabilities Collaboration aims to help Malaysian financial institutions strengthen fraud detection and regulatory compliance CloudMile, an established AI and cloud service provider in Asia, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Tookitaki, a global pioneer in anti-money laundering (AML) and transaction fraud prevention, to jointly

Collaboration aims to equip 200 professionals with industry-ready AI skills through four training cohorts Programme supports Malaysia’s AI Nation 2030 ambitions through international training and industry collaboration The Ministry of Digital has launched the Korea-Asean Digital Academy (KADA), with the Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) coordinating the programme’s implementation in Malaysia. KADA is a strategic

BlueOrchard Joins PolicyStreet’s Series C Round, Bringing Total Series C Funding to US$26 Million Investment reinforces commitment to narrow Asia’s protection gap through embedded insurance PolicyStreet, one of Southeast Asia’s leading insurtech companies, today announced an additional US$5 million investment from BlueOrchard, a global impact investment manager and member of the Schroders Group, through its InsuResilience

Partnership combines trusted digital infrastructure, managed SOC capabilities & local cybersecurity expertise Collaboration strengthens cyber resilience through an integrated cybersecurity framework for enterprises & the public sector TT dotCom Sdn Bhd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Time dotCom Berhad, and LGMS Berhad have signed a Memorandum of Collaboration (MoC) at the National Cyber Security Summit

UiPath to provide students with RPA training, certification pathways &  practical automation experience Partnership aims to strengthen Malaysia’s digital talent pipeline through industry-academia collaboration Multimedia University (MMU) and UiPath, Inc. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen collaboration in Robotic Process Automation (RPA) education, training and industry engagement, equipping students with skills to meet

Google’s AI pivot is quietly killing the click economy it spent 30 years building Companies that don’t rethink how AI finds them risk disappearing from search entirely Alvin Koay (pic) has a question he likes to ask CMOs when they come to him wondering why their search traffic has collapsed. Not what keywords are you

Aims to make residential property investing more accessible through fractional ownership Pilot offering raises US$242k from 928 investors as platform targets at least eight more property listings Wahed, the Islamic fintech platform founded in New York City in 2015 with its headquarters in Abu Dhabi, UAE, has launched Malaysia’s first fractional real estate investment platform.