At the urging of the Thailand Tech Startup Association, Thailand’s Committee on Communications, Telecommunications and Digital Economy and Society will seek to persuade three government agencies, namely the National Innovation Agency (NIA), Digital Economy Promotion Agency (DEPA) and the Electronic Transactions Development Agency (ETDA), to implement policies and measures that…Continue Reading
eko.ai, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence-enabled medtech startup, announced recently that it had secured US$4 million in a Sequoia India and EDBI co-led funding round, which also saw the participation of other investors including SGInnovate, a Singapore government-owned organization that invests in deep tech startups; Partech Ventures, a global investment firm…Continue Reading
360ed, a Myanmar-based edtech social enterprise startup with a focus on virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies, was selected by Nikkei Asian Review as the winner of its distinguished Nikkei Asian Review Award for Excellence for the year 2020. Nikkei Asian Review is the English-language business publication of…Continue Reading
Dego Ride, a Malaysia-based motorcycle e-hailing startup, has began resuming operations in the country with a six month trial period focusing on the Klang Valley area starting Jan 1, 2020, after it was previously banned in 2017 by the then Barisan Nasional-led government over safety concerns. The new Pakatan Harapan…Continue Reading
Even though there is a significant population of Indonesians that possess some form of disability, they are still often overlooked or passed over by companies and businesses despite the fact that Indonesia has a law that requires private companies to hire disabled persons to make up at least one percent…Continue Reading
Investree, a pioneering fintech peer-to-peer lending platform in Indonesia, recently announced that it had acquired an undisclosed amount of shares in business-to-business (B2B) e-procurement startup Mbiz. The acquisition represents the endeavor by Investree to build and develop a comprehensive supporting framework and infrastructure for nurturing the growth of Indonesia’s small-to-medium…Continue Reading
Grab, the regional super app startup that provides finance and ride-hailing services, announced Monday that it had entered into a partnership with Singapore Telecommunications Limited (Singtel), one of Singapore’s four major telcos, with the aim of forming a consortium to apply for a full digital banking license from the Monetary…Continue Reading
A lot of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries are seeking more financial inclusion in the sense that they also want equal access to the services of professional financial management firms that mostly serve large companies and corporations. They want access to transparent, efficient services that can help…Continue Reading
Good Meal Hunting, a Philippines-based food startup, is a one-stop food delivery service with a unique twist: it delivers sumptuous meals prepared and cooked by home cooks such as housewives instead of meals from restaurants and dining establishments, making the meals that they deliver genuinely home-cooked. According to the food…Continue Reading
As the world’s global population grows day by day, thus putting more strain on Earth’s depleting resources, new sustainable and ecological-minded solutions have to be found in order to meet the challenges of feeding and maintaining a global population that is expected to grow to 8.5 billion by 2030 from…Continue Reading