Byte Academy, an affiliate of New York-based analytics firm Byte Consulting, is expanding to Singapore and establishing its regional headquarters in the city-state following an S$3 million ($2.67 million) Series A investment from Tri5 Ventures. Established to address the scarcity of qualified programmers in the finance sector – an increasingly automated field – the firm was launched to cater to this niche, training developers and providing them with a technically adept developers. The capital for the investment originates from Tri5 Ventures’ Education Growth Fund, which targets education-related investments.