Singapore-based micromobility startup Beam secures $93M Series B, enters new markets

Beam, a Singaporean shared micromobility operator, announced today that it has raised $93 million in a Series B round to accelerate growth into new countries in Asia. The fresh capital, which brings its total funding raised to $135 million, was

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MindFi gets $2M seed to create localized mental wellness programs for APAC markets

Mental wellness startup MindFi operates throughout APAC, but wants to deliver “culturally competent” care in each of its markets. To do that, it develops programs for its app, available as an employee benefit, with local providers that take into account

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U.S. dominance in global markets may be behind us. Here’s why international investing is making a comeback

International investing may no longer be on the back burner. Nearly half of this year’s $55 billion in exchange-traded fund inflows has gone to funds focused on companies outside the United States, ETF Action’s Mike Akins told CNBC’s “ETF Edge”

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This Week in Apps: Open App Markets Act, Facebook loses daily users, Snap turns a profit

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. The app industry continues to grow, with a record number of downloads and consumer

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Informatica’s IPO will take a look at public markets’ hunger for slower-increasing tech offerings – TechCrunch

Informatica filed to go community late last week, some six several years following it was taken private by two personal equity groups for $5.3 billion. The knowledge-focused corporation employed its passage as a result of the personal marketplaces to execute

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Cryptocurrency Adoption in Emerging Markets Can Threaten Financial Stability, Says IMF

The advent of digital currencies in emerging markets could spark “cryptoization” of local economies, potentially undermining exchange and capital controls and upsetting financial stability, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday. Bitcoin and its kin have in the last year

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