- newIn brief: Whole-plant based meat brand Karana raises US$1.7M
Karana funding The story: Singapore-based whole-plant based meat brand Karana has closed US$1.7 million in seed round funding. Investors: Henry Soesanto, CEO of Monde Nissin Corp; Big Idea Ventures; G…
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- How SSIVIX LAB aims to make a difference in time of global health crisis with a one-stop healthcare app
The rise of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge of popularity for telemedicine services in various markets, including Southeast Asia. In their insight, Bain & Company points out that as regular d…
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- Ecosystem Roundup: Social Bella, Payfazz raise big funding; Sequoia raises US$1.35B for new India, SEA funds; S’pore led ASEAN in agrifoodtech funding in 2019
Indonesia’s Social Bella raises US$58M Series E from Temasek, Pavilion, Jungle; The firm runs online platforms SOCO, Beauty Journal, Sociolla, Lilla by Sociolla; The startup claims it is estimated…
- 8 hours ago 9 Jul 20, 5:50am -
- A snapshot of the 3 startups graduated form VIISA’s batch 7
Vietnam’s accelerator VIISA has announced the three startups graduated from its batch 7. The 4-month journey of the three startups culminated with an ‘Investment Day’ at MoonLab co-working space…
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- How early investment in tech pays off when startups expand to other markets
We started Ohmyhome in Singapore in 2016, with a goal to establish a one-stop Property solution. Since then, we have expanded to Malaysia and, later this year, our third market. While every startup fa…
- 10 hours ago 9 Jul 20, 3:21am -
- The era of live commerce has finally arrived. Will retailers embrace it?
For the last few years live commerce has been steadfastly developing and evolving. Undaunted by early rejection from most retailers and seeing its popularity soar overseas, live commerce has persist…
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- What will recruiting look like in the aftermath of the pandemic?
There have been a lot of changes overwhelming the professional landscape across most industries since the beginning of the year. The outbreak and its aftermath caused market shifts that led to compan…
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- Meet the 15 startups graduated from Endeavor Malaysia’s scale-up programme
Endeavor Malaysia has unveiled the 15 companies that have graduated from its inaugural programme ScaleUp Endeavor. Within a span of 12 months, these 15 companies underwent a total of 177 mentoring hou…
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- Indonesia’s Svara in talks for US$8M Series A, eyes Myanmar’s broadcast market
Svara, a digital media and broadcasting platform in Indonesia, is in discussions with several VC investors to raise US$8 million in Series A funding, its Co-founder and CEO Farid Fadhil Habibi told e2…
- 1 day ago 8 Jul 20, 7:11am -
- In brief: BukuWarung and TiinTiin.id raise funding; BeliMobilGue rebrands to OLX Autos Indonesia
BukuWarung investment The story: BukuWarung, an accounting and credit management app for Indonesian micro-businesses, has secured pre-Series A funding Investors: Quona Capital (lead), East Ventures, A…
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- How tech startups can transform the supply chain in Southeast Asia
Amidst the COVID19 pandemic, enterprises in the manufacturing sector across the world are searching for geographies that can be reliable partners in transforming their supply chains. Southeast Asia (S…
- 1 day ago 8 Jul 20, 4:05am -
- Is founder’s depression real?
Last night, to be very precise, past midnight, over a long, long call, someone said ‘founder’s depression’ is on a rise in the pandemic. I was blissfully unaware of the term but very familiar wi…
- 1 day ago 8 Jul 20, 3:24am -
- Will smartphones become the mall of the future?
Since the rise of smartphones, social media platforms, and technologies such as augmented reality, consumers’ comfort levels with technology are on the rise. For retail experiences especially, today…
- 2 days ago 8 Jul 20, 1:24am -
- Innovate and go: How Traveloka revamps its services to comply with changing travel behaviour
As the global health crisis hits the travel and tourism industries hard, travels have become driven more and more by necessity –instead of pleasure. With this as a background, travel tech giant Trav…
- 2 days ago 8 Jul 20, 1:00am -
- In Brief: Impact Partners supports US$1.1M funding round in solar energy marketplace SOLshare, CARRO opens used car automall
Impact Partners supports US$1.1M in Bangladeshi solar energy marketplace SOLshare Bangladesh-based off-grid solar energy marketplace firm SOLshare has supported a US$1.1 million financing round led by…
- 2 days ago 7 Jul 20, 10:51am -