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Shiok Meats, the world’s first cell-based crustacean meat company based in Singapore, has raised US$ 12.6 million (S$ 17.27 million) in a Series A funding round. The Series A round is led by Aqua-Spark, the first investment fund focused on sustainable aquaculture. Other investors include SEEDS Capital (the investment arm …

A frequent reader of The Simple Dollar named Jim recently shared a really thought-provoking question about building a home: A recent question about LED bulbs made me wonder — if you were buying a new house, or building it, what materials or features would you include “from the ground up” …

VB Transform The AI event for business leaders Hosted Online July 15 – 17 Learn More How Games Make Money is back with another new episode. This time, Thatgamecompany director of online experience Tim Nixon joins host Jeff Grubb to talk about designing Sky, which is the studio’s followup to …

It was easy to get into Magic: The Gathering when I was 11 years old. The air was crisp, and the leaves were turning, as September 1994 rolled into October. The game was taking over my schoolyard thanks to Ms. Dierdre Lukyn, the coolest teacher at the school. Like any …

Universal Quantum has raised $ 4.5 million as it emerges from stealth with plans to build a practical quantum computer that it claims will be far more powerful than current versions being developed by competitors. Investors in this early-stage funding round include Hoxton Ventures, Village Global, Propagator VC, Luminous VC, …

Singapore micromobility startup Beam has raised US$ 26 million (about S$ 36.6 million) in its latest Series A funding round. The fundraise was led by Sequoia India — which was also Beam’s lead investor at seed stage in 2018 — and Hana Ventures. They are joined by other Asia Pacific …

Online video continues to bring in more and more eyeballs as people are stuck at home. But that has also led to a huge launch for Riot’s competitive shooter Valorant, which is then also feeding back into growth for Twitch. Valorant and Twitch have formed a symbiotic relationship that is …

I am starting to notice that quarantine has phases. Or at least, it does for me. Phase one: the Denial Phase. Also known as the Excitement To Not Wear Pants phase. Then there was phase two: the Baking Phase—doesn’t it seem like everyone got into banana bread and babka and …

Passive income seems like a wonderful dream. A source of income that requires little or no time and effort to generate money? It’s something that pretty much all of us would find incredibly useful. Of course, passive income isn’t an easy thing to build — if it were easy, all …