ZULU, an Indonesian startup that specializes in innovative and functional wearable tech for the urban commuter, recently confirmed that it has managed to raise an undisclosed amount of funding from regional unicorn Gojek. Presently, Gojek is the wearable tech startup’s only investor, though it is understood that the startup is…Continue Reading
Inhabitants of the humid and tropical regions of Southeast Asia would be quite familiar with the Aedes mosquito, a pest that is capable of spreading several dangerous diseases such as dengue fever, Zika fever, Mayaro, chikungunya and other disease agents. According to statistics, every year between 50 and 528 million…Continue Reading
The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) along with Startup Genome recently announced the formation of a strategic partnership that is aimed at accelerating the development and expansion of Malaysia’s vibrant startup landscape and ecosystem for the upcoming decade, with the Metropolitan Kuala Lumpur area serving as the initial focus. It…Continue Reading
When it comes to educating the young, one of the challenges is in finding the right format that can continually sustain their focus and motivation to keep on learning. If the curriculum is too difficult, they will quickly become overwhelmed and lag behind as a result. On the other hand,…Continue Reading
When it comes to the buzz and hype surrounding the fast emerging tech startup ecosystem of Southeast Asia, most people would immediately think of Singapore, Vietnam, or Indonesia, which already boasts unicorn startups such as Grab, Gojek and VNG Corporation among their ranks. Not many would consider Laos to be…Continue Reading
Pand.ai, a Singapore-headquartered artificial intelligence (AI) startup that provides smart chatbots powered by their proprietary natural language processing (NLP) engine, recently announced that it has successfully secured an undisclosed sum of funding in a pre-Series A financing round participated by Bualuang Ventures, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bangkok Bank and…Continue Reading
Kristal.AI, an artificial intelligence-powered investing platform startup based in Singapore, announced recently the raising of a US$6 million Series A financing round that was led by Chiratae Ventures – formerly known as IDG Ventures India – a leading technology venture capital fund in India with a focus on fintech, healthtech…Continue Reading
Singapore-based TurtleTree Labs, a biotech startup that aims to disrupt the multi-billion dollar dairy industry by recreating real, full milk via the latest advancements in biotechnology, has secured an undisclosed sum of funding from its pre-seed funding round. The financing round was led by Lever VC, a United States-Hong Kong…Continue Reading
Kata.ai is an Indonesia-based conversational artificial intelligence (AI) startup that empowers businesses and organizations to create their very own smart virtual assistants powered by the company’s natural language processing (NLP) engine that can help them to build better brand engagement and marketing campaigns, improve customer service and enhance overall sales…Continue Reading
Village Link, a leading agritech startup based in Myanmar, was established with the aim of empowering the country’s agricultural and rural communities, as well as its numerous individual smallholder farmers, through the latest advancements in precision farming and mobile technology. It runs Htwet Toe, a leading agri-mobile app that links…Continue Reading