This week’s top news: FinAccel, parent company of ‘buy now, pay later’ platform Kredivo, plans to go public via a SPAC deal that is valued at US$2.5 billion. In healthcare, Prenetics partners with Hong Kong’s largest non-medical healthcare group with ambitious plans ahead. mClinica runs a campaign with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, resulting in a 20% boost in contraceptive knowledge among pharmacists in Southeast Asia.

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• FinAccel to go public via SPAC deal valued at US$2.5B
• Seppure awarded ~US$1.5M in Singapore & Canada this year
• Prenetics partners healthcare group to create the future of medicine
• Carsome mulls M&A deals, double ahead of its closest competitor
• mClinica boosts contraceptive knowledge in Southeast Asia by 20%
• Impact Credit Solutions makes loan recommendations for SMEs in milliseconds
• Laka now provides rider cover for commercial companies
• Grab Singapore commits to full hybrid & electric fleets by 2030
• Boxgreen’s healthy snacks give former inmates a second chance at life
• Carousell wins silver for quick response to the pandemic
• RedDoorz on its value to hotel owners amid COVID-19
• How celebrity endorsements influence these Southeast Asian countries

Other stories you may have missed:

• Hospitalized pediatric patients use OhmniLabs’ robots to ‘run the bases’ as part of a high-tech, virtual experience.
• Kelvin Teo, Chief Operating Officer of RedDoorz, shares ​​how the team is building RedDoorz to be the largest new age hospitality tech company in Southeast Asia in a Robert Walters podcast.
• abillion and its founder, Vikas Garg, was featured in a Vulcan Post piece on how the startup is supporting the sustainability movement.