What opportunities await global startups that are expanding to Japan
It is common knowledge that Japan is a hotbed for tech and innovation, being home to many legacy brands that…
Open Finance platform Ayoconnect banks US$15M Series B to launch new products
(L-R) Ayoconnect Co-Founders Jakob Rost, Chiragh Kirpalani, and Commissioner Ilham Habibie Ayoconnect, an online open finance platform in Indonesia, has closed…
Hiring matters: growing beyond 75 employees with Michael Podolsky
Starting a company is hard enough, but hiring and retaining talent is much harder. Our guest today is Michael Podolsky,…
VIISA backs Vietnamese classroom management solutions startup SHub
Vietnamese acceleration-cum–venture capital firm VIISA has made an undisclosed investment in SHub, a startup providing classroom management solutions for e-learning. …
Industry 4.0 in ASEAN: Creating factories of the future
The age of automation has descended upon us. The advent of artificial intelligence (AI) and internet-of-things (IoT) has completely altered…
Seriously! We need to talk about cryptocurrency responsibly
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has recently taken steps to discourage the advertising of digital payment tokens (DPT) trading…
AirAsia unit Teleport buys stake in Indonesia’s ‘Uber for logistics’ Kargo Technologies
Teleport, the logistics unit of Malaysia’s budget airline operator AirAsia, has invested an undisclosed sum in Indonesia’s B2B trucking marketplace…
Ecosystem Roundup: Darwinbox becomes unicorn, Cialfo bags US$40M, SIRCLO acquires Warung Pintar
Facebook early investor leads Darwinbox’s US$72M funding at US$1B valuation Investors include Technology Crossover Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, Sequoia, Lightspeed, and…
Cialfo nets US$40M in Series B co-lead by Square Peg, SEEK Investments
Singapore-based Cialfo, which provides access to international higher education options for students globally, has secured US$40 million in a Series…
The largest blockchain hackathon is here: US$5M+ in prizes set to ignite the Web3 ecosystem
As 2022 continues in the development of decentralised apps, or popularly known as DApps, more ideas are coming to fruition.…