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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

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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

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StoreHub, a Kuala Lumpur-headquartered tech platform that provides a powerful Point of Sale (POS) system for businesses, has secured US$8.9 million in its latest Series A+ financing round, which was led by Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India, a leading venture capital firm with a focus on Southeast Asia’s high…Continue Reading

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Waresix, an Indonesia-based logistics solutions startup that provides a comprehensive platform for connecting businesses to logistics companies, recently announced that it has raised an additional US$11 million in funds as an extension to its Series A funding round. The fresh funds were acquired from its existing investors Jungle Ventures, a…Continue Reading

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Homage, a Singapore-based startup that provides a platform for facilitating the connection of elderly senior citizens to caregiving healthcare professionals, recently announced that it has secured an undisclosed sum from its EV Growth-led Series B financing round, though the sum is understood to be double-digit millions. Aside from EV Growth,…Continue Reading

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Lightnet, a blockchain technology fintech startup based in Thailand’s capital of Bangkok, had recently secured US$32 million in a Series A funding round led by UOB Venture Management, which is the private equity unit of United Overseas Bank (UOB). The Series A funding round, which is one of Southeast Asia’s…Continue Reading

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Tonik Digital Bank, a Philippine subsidiary of Singapore-based fintech startup Tonik Financial, has secured regulatory approval from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, which is the central bank of the Philippines, to operate financial services as the country’s first digital bank. The approval from Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas will enable the neobanking…Continue Reading

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Avetics Global, a Singapore-based startup that provides end-to-end customized drone services for industry players and businesses, announced recently that it had successfully procured certification for conducting inspections and surveys utilizing remote inspection techniques (RIT) from Lloyd’s Register, a maritime classification society that ensures the quality construction and operation of critical…Continue Reading