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Monk’s Hill leads $6.3m funding in Singapore-based financing startup Jenfi

Jenfi, a Singapore-based startup that provides up to $500,000 of non-dilutive growth capital to business owners and entrepreneurs, announced raising $6.3 million in a Series A funding round led by Southeast Asia-based venture investor Monk’s Hill Ventures. Golden Equator Ventures and Korea Investment Partners (via the GEC-KIP Fund), 8VC, ICU Ventures, and Taurus Ventures also… Continue reading Monk’s Hill leads $6.3m funding in Singapore-based financing startup Jenfi

Singapore mental health platform MindFi bags $750k from iGlobe Partners, others

Singapore-based mental health wellness app MindFi has raised $750,000 (S$1 million) in pre-seed funding. Venture capital firm iGlobe Partners, M Venture Partners (MVP), and angel investors such as Koh Boon Hwee, Patsnap founder and CEO Jeffrey Tiong, Zopim co-founder Lim Qing Ru, Natasha Foong, Aakash Degwekar, and Shadab Farooqui were among the investors, the startup… Continue reading Singapore mental health platform MindFi bags $750k from iGlobe Partners, others

Data Vantage: Secondaries afoot, Ant Group sells stake in M-DAQ and other deals

At least three companies saw their shares change hands through dozens of transactions in the past week, marking a busy period for secondaries. Alibaba-backed Ant Group sold half of its stake in Singapore-based fintech services firm M-DAQ, held by its investment vehicle API (Hong Kong) Investment Limited, to Affinity Equity Partners last week. Affinity also… Continue reading Data Vantage: Secondaries afoot, Ant Group sells stake in M-DAQ and other deals

US Gov Investigating Tesla Autopilot for Crashing Into Emergency Vehicles

It’s finally official. Making It Official The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened a formal investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot assisted driving software according to a posting on its website — an inflection point that could signal the introduction of self-driving regulations. Explosively, the investigation appears to center on a series of accidents… Continue reading US Gov Investigating Tesla Autopilot for Crashing Into Emergency Vehicles

The T-Mobile Data Breach Is One You Can’t Ignore

Not all data breaches are created equal. None of them are good, but they do come in varying degrees of bad. And given how regularly they happen, it’s understandable that you may have become inured to the news. Still, a T-Mobile breach that hackers claim involved the data of 100 million people deserves your attention,… Continue reading The T-Mobile Data Breach Is One You Can’t Ignore

Tinder will make ID verification available to all users

Tinder plans to make ID verification — a feature currently only available in Japan — accessible to all its users, the company says. For now, we have few details about how this update, which is expected to roll out in “the coming quarters,” will work. In a statement, Tinder said ID verification would “begin as… Continue reading Tinder will make ID verification available to all users

Researcher says a US terrorist watchlist was exposed online for three weeks

The FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) may have exposed the records of nearly 2 million individuals and left them accessible online for three weeks. Security researcher Bob Diachenko says he discovered a terrorist watchlist on July 19th that included information like the name, date of birth and passport number of those listed in the database.… Continue reading Researcher says a US terrorist watchlist was exposed online for three weeks

The latest version of iCloud for Windows adds a full password manager

Apple has long allowed Mac, iPhone and iPad users to access their iCloud drives on a PC using an app you can get from the Microsoft Store. And while the software let you download your photos and files, any passwords stored on your keychain were a more complicated matter. That’s about to change for the… Continue reading The latest version of iCloud for Windows adds a full password manager

T-Mobile confirms unauthorized access to ‘some’ data

Following reports of a data breach over the weekend, T-Mobile has confirmed it’s investigating a cybersecurity incident. In an update published on Monday, the company said someone gained unauthorized access to its computer systems, but that it has yet to determine if any customer data was stolen. “We are confident that the entry point used… Continue reading T-Mobile confirms unauthorized access to ‘some’ data