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Rakuten and Beyond Next invest $1.4M seed funding in farm-to-table startup Secai Marche

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The company is headquartered in Japan, with operations in Malaysia, and plans to expand into Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. Before launching the startup, Sugiyama spent four years working in Southeast Asia, including managing restaurants and cafes in Malaysia. This week, it announced 150 million JPY (about $1.4

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Singapore-based fintech STACS raises $3.6M to develop blockchain platforms for financial institutions

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Some of its other clients are Deutsche Bank, Bursa Malaysia, EFG Bank and Bluecell Intelligence. GreenSTACS launched last month in a collaboration with Bluecell Intelligence to help companies certify and monitor green and sustainability-related loans and bonds.

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5 takeaways on trust in NGOs to manage new innovations and technologies 

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The innovations and technologies mentioned in the survey are: green energy, such as biofuels, liquid hydrogen, and wind and solar power; artificial intelligence, including machine learning, natural language processing, and generative AI; gene-based medicine, such as mRNA vaccines, gene splicing, and gene therapy; and genetically modified foods.

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GreenForges digs deep to farm underground

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Aerofarms, Plenty, Gotham Greens — these companies are trying to revolutionize agriculture by looking toward the sky, with tall warehouses full of growing equipment extending upward. GreenForges shows how its basement vertical farms will be mechanically pulled to the surface so customers can pick the leafy greens easily above ground.

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Honor confirms Google’s apps will return to its phones with new 50 series

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The Honor 50 in silver, copper, green, and black. The device will be available for preorder in China on June 25th and will come to international markets such as France, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and the UK at a later date at a price that’s to be announced. Available colors include silver, bronze, green, and black.

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Vivo launches ‘color-changing’ V23 Pro with dual-camera notch

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Vivo says the material took two years to research and develop; if you leave it in the sun for about thirty seconds, the phone will turn to blue-green before gradually returning back to the original gold. Plot twist: these phones are both gold. In India, the V23 will sell for Rs. 34,990 (~$470) for 12GB/256GB. The V23 Pro costs Rs.

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Indonesia “sea-to-table” platform Aruna hooks $35M led by Prosus and East Ventures Growth Fund

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Its commodities include high-value products like lobster, which are shipped by exporters to markets like Malaysia, Singapore, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Canada and the United States. 4 sustainable industries where founders and VCs can see green by going green.