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From elderly care to green beauty: Meet 8 women on the Gen.T List who are creating positive change in Hong Kong
From demystifying supply chains to protecting coral reefs, these women entrepreneurs are determined to make our city a better place for all

Animation studio Durioo+ closes $2.85m seed round led by YC and Gobi
Founded by Sinan Ismail, Durioo+ produces Muslim content for children

Used car marketplace Carro receives funding from insurtech firm ZA Tech
The investment will enable Carro to leverage on ZA Tech’s insurtech solutions

‘Bling Empire’ star Tina Leung is a fashion rebel with a cause
When it comes to It girl Tina Leung, there is so much more than meets the eye. The ‘Bling Empire: New York’ star opens up about fashion, friendships and even past lives

Pooja Nansi returns as festival director of Singapore Writers Festival
This will be the fifth year at the helm of the cultural event for the poet, performer and musician
The app that's giving millions of Filipino migrant workers financial access
Tang App is working to make remittances from the United States to the Philippines more convenient and accessible

10 empowering books by women to inspire you this International Women’s Day
Curl up in bed with a cup of coffee and a book as you read your way to female empowerment

Yip Pin Xiu wins two golds for Singapore at Para Swimming World Series Australia
The meet saw the country taking home a total of three golds and four bronze medals

This non-profit is tackling food wastage and poverty by using surplus food
Tan Shi Wen's SESO Malaysia works to feed the country's underprivileged and socially isolated

Meet Marianne Hughes, whose factory platform Kno is humanising the fashion supply chain
The founder and CEO of Kno talks to us about the spark behind her game-changing factory platform

Nadine Lustre launches her official YouTube channel
The actress and singer has already gained more than 30,000 subscribers since posting her first video on February 15

The Philippine startup powering e-commerce brands with its “logistics engine”
Constantin Robertz co-founded Locad to simplify e-commerce fulfilment through a cloud-based platform that enables brands to store, pack, ship and track their orders across Asia-Pacific

Yield Guild Games closes US$13.8m round led by DWF Labs
The play-to-earn gaming guild will use the fresh funds to develop its soulbound reputation tokens, which can be used to track a user's reputation and credentials

Aspire secures US$100m in oversubscribed Series C led by Lightspeed and Sequoia SEA
The B2B fintech company headquartered in Singapore serves more than 15,000 clients across Southeast Asia, transacting over US$12 billion in payments annually

Fave's Joel Neoh to step down as CEO
This comes two years after Fave's acquisition by India's Pine Labs for US$45 million



