Bangkok-based investor SeaX Ventures has led an investment in game studio Onibi, while Singapore-based fintech firm Arki Finance (Arki) has received its Capital Markets Services Licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).
SeaX Ventures leads investment in game studio Onibi
Bangkok-based investor SeaX Ventures has led an investment in Onibi, the game studio building Tomo: Endless Blue, an AI-powered, open-world multiplayer role-playing game (RPG), according to an announcement. Pix Capital also participated in this round.
The round size, however, was not disclosed.
The investment will accelerate development of Tomo: Endless Blue toward its full commercial launch, support the studio’s expansion across Southeast Asia, and underwrite preparations for the title’s upcoming Alpha launch on Kickstarter.
Founded by Benjamin Devienne, Onibi is developing open-world multiplayer games that use proprietary AI models to generate in-game content, including villages, cultures, non-player characters (NPCs), dialogue, quests and storylines tailored to individual players.
Its flagship title, Tomo: Endless Blue, combines AI-generated world-building with voxel-based gameplay systems, multiplayer infrastructure and creator tools. The game is designed to offer dynamic environments that evolve based on player interactions.
SeaX Ventures is a Southeast Asia- and US-based global venture capital firm dedicated to investing in deep-tech startups shaping the future through groundbreaking innovations. In May, DealStreetAsia reported that the investor is set to launch its third and largest vehicle yet to invest in US-based startups primed for expansion into Southeast Asia. The vehicle has a target of more than $100 million.
SG fintech firm Arki receives licence from MAS
Singapore-based fintech firm Arki Finance (Arki) announced it has received its Capital Markets Services Licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). This marks a significant regulatory milestone ahead of its public launch later this year, the company said in the announcement.
Alongside the licence, the company unveiled the senior line-up that will anchor its strategy, governance and growth: a Board of Directors chaired by retired UOB Kay Hian Senior Executive Director Esmond Choo, and a Board of Advisors comprising four of Asia’s most recognised names in asset management, fintech and capital markets — Gerard Lee, Rimmo Jolly, Justin Xiao and Michael Yip.
Together, the team brings more than a century of combined experience across global asset management, capital markets, retail wealth, digital payments and international investment banking — a level of institutional pedigree that is unusual for an early-stage wealth platform and reflects the scale of Arki’s ambition to redefine how Singaporeans build wealth.
Arki Finance was co-founded in 2024 by David Ng, a veteran of global asset management with more than two decades of experience at institutions including CSOP Asset Management, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.
Arki is building a full-stack wealth management platform designed for a demographic long underserved by the trade-off between retail bank products that no longer pay competitively and private banking tiers reserved for the ultra-wealthy.
The platform is organised around a simplified three-bucket framework — Cash, Income and Growth — giving individual investors institutional-grade portfolio construction with the clarity and ease of a modern consumer app.
