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Plans are to expand internationally and provide restaurant managers with single system to streamline inefficient, disjointed systems restaurants typically have. Restoplus provides a branded website and mobile app, point-of-service (POS) system, QR ordering, inventory management, staff rostering, reservations, commission-free delivery service and SMS/email marketing – all under a single subscription.

The Renault deal is oOh!media’s first bespoke sponsorship with content partner Broadsheet and News Corp Australia. Broadsheet, which delivers hyper targeted and curated lifestyle recommendations on where to eat on the Office network, will create bespoke Renault content aligned to its target audience and amplified on oOh!’s digital screens.

Grab, Southeast Asia’s leading superapp, has announced new in-app travel innovations and partnerships to give travelers a safe, seamless and hyperlocal experience as Southeast Asia embraces a travel comeback.

The Malaysia Digital Economy Corp (MDEC) announced that it is targeting RM1 billion (US$230 million) in investment opportunities from nine sectors by 2025. The nine sectors are Digital Tourism, Digital Content, Digital Finance, Digital Health, Digital Cities, Digital Services, Digital Agriculture, Digital Trade, and the Islamic Digital Economy.

Victory Farms, a Kenya-based aquaculture startup, has raised $35 million in a Series B round. The startup says it will use the funding to finance the expansion of its operations in Kenya and Rwanda and potential entry into Ethiopia, Uganda, and Tanzania.

Kenyan web3 platform Fonbnk has partnered with Tanda to launch a first-of-its-kind airtime trading marketplace across Tanda’s network of 40,000 agents. Through the partnership, Tanda agents and vendors across East Africa can act as airtime ‘market makers’ and access new revenue streams by buying and selling prepaid airtime for profit on Fonbnk’s distributed exchange.

Pan-African venture capital firm Verod-Kepple Africa Partners has reached the second close of its first fund (Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures), targeting African startups at $43 million. The fund achieved its first close last March (at $20 million) and aims to attain its final close by the end 2023 at $100 million; if reached, VKAV will join an exiguous number of Africa-focused funds with $100 million or more in total capital allotment. The fund targets African startups and will invest in Series A and B startups with $1.5m to $3m checks.

Google has entered into an agreement to acquire a data center spanning over 3.81 lakh square feet in Navi Mumbai through a long-term lease of 28 years as it expands its cloud infrastructure in India to meet increasing demand in one of its key growth markets.

AnyClip, The Visual Intelligence Company™ has announced that they have integrated ChatGPT into GeniusWork, their AI-powered internal communications platform for business, among the first major internal communications tools to do so. AnyClip’s platform uses AI to turn traditional videos into smart content, empowering employees to share knowledge, collaborate, and communicate across the organization.

Australian logistics technology platform Shippit and SaaS platform Wix has formed a partnership that will see Singapore-based e-commerce businesses use Wix to connect their online stores to Shippit’s multi-carrier shipping technology. The partnership will give businesses tolls to ship, optimise their fulfilment, and have post-purchase experiences for their customers.

Australian open-source intelligence (OSINT) software company, Fivecast , has closed its Series A funding round with almost US$20 million (AU$30m) raised to fuel its expansion and service contracts in key markets, including Five Eyes nations, amid a significant rise in the need for data and risk analytics among governments and corporations. Born out of a collaboration between government agencies and leading research institutions, Fivecast provides OSINT technology powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to aid defense, intelligence, police, border security and corporations in keeping society safer.

Nearly 60 million Filipinos spent 4.4 million hours on e-wallet applications in 2022. User growth was highest between 2020 and 2021 where a 187.1 percent increase, or about 41 million people becoming e-wallet users was observed.