Daily Briefing: NTU, Facebook to launch programme for data centre certificates; Temasek leads $39.38m series C funding in Arterys

And startup accelerator Iterative reveals the first cohort of startups.

From Channel News Asia:

Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Facebook will launch a nine-month pilot programme to offer new courses aimed at developing local data centre talent, according to an announcement.

The programme, which starts in August, will offer four specialist certificates and one graduate certificate. The four specialist certificates are in design engineering, network engineering, site operations and facility operations, whilst the graduate certificate is in international construction management.

The courses were developed in conjunction with the university’s College of Engineering and are aimed at training local engineering talent to fill the increasing demand in the data centre industry, the media release said.

The courses will be open to the public, and are eligible for funding and mid-career subsidies from SkillsFuture Singapore.

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From Deal Street Asia:

Temasek Holdings has co-led a $39.38m (US$28m) series C investment in US-based medical imaging platform Arterys along with Benslie Investment, according to an announcement.

Fosun, Revelation Partners, Emergent Medical Partners, and Varian Medical Systems also participated in the financing.

Arterys said it will use the fresh funding to broaden its ecosystem and facilitate development of a range of clinical applications based on its platform. It also plans to accelerate efforts to bring new clinical-grade AI applications to healthcare providers by extending its proprietary technology platform to application partners.

Arterys claims to be the world’s first internet platform for medical imaging.

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From TechinAsia:

Singapore-based startup accelerator Iterative has named the eight Southeast Asian startups that make up its first cohort, according to an announcement.

The eight startups include Become, Bungkus, Haulio, PropSeller, Sendhelper, Starboard, Tendopay, and Outside Voice.

Most startups will each receive $210,861 (US$150,000) in exchange for a 15% share. Iterative will also provide the chosen companies with lessons on pitching and fundraising, as well as connect them to investors in Singapore and San Francisco.

For the duration of the 12-week programme, the startups will be sharing their progress with partners and other startups in the batch and be introduced to other founders, industry experts, and investors.

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