TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

and expand its product in APAC, including the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and Japan. “Our mission is to reinvent, unbundle and democratise access to the complex, opaque and byzantine 70-year-old credit card market, which is worth $4 trillion in the U.S. It will also double down on existing markets such as the U.K./Europe.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

Founded in 2019 by Mohd Wassem, Rhythm Gupta and Abdul Khalid, Easy Eat AI currently has operations in Malaysia, and plans to expand into other Southeast Asian markets. Payments and reward programs can also be accessed through the platform. They pick what they want, then create an account or sign-in by entering their mobile number.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2010

More people have access to a cell phone than to a toilet. billion people lack access to toilets. I hope you’ll pause at each one and think about the way water is changing the lives of those in the pictures and community around the world: 350 Rising Sea Level Campaign at Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. Hulhumale Maldives.

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APRIL 27, 2023

Indonesia and Malaysia, in the heart of Southeast Asia, are among the countries with the largest Muslim populations in the world. Meanwhile in Malaysia, where 61.3% Along with the growing number of Islamic fintech startups digitizing the process, Islamic-compliant services are becoming accessible to more people. out of its 33.6

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

That said, I am currently in Southeast Asia presenting social media trainings to nonprofits in Malaysia, Singapore and Manila – most of which are just getting started with using social media. That said, if you decide to use Gmail e-mail as your login hub, then it is best to not give interns or volunteers access.

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JUNE 30, 2020

Where available, users can access them by tapping the “lyrics” card at the bottom of the service’s “Now Playing” screen. Spotify is launching a new real-time lyrics feature in 26 markets today, including India and countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America, TechCrunch reports.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

It plans to double its transaction volumes over the next 12 months, and expand its teams in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Taiwan from 800 employees to 1,400. The company says that it saw $10 billion in annualized transaction volumes last year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Singapore-based Bot MD helps save time with an AI-based chatbot that lets doctors look up important information from their smartphones, instead of needing to call a hospital operator or access its intranet. The startup announced today it has raised a $5 million Series A led by Monk’s Hill Venture.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

The amount of the investment is not being disclosed, but Aldagram said it will use the funds to sharpen its focus on India, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and other countries in the region. On top of that, KANNA helps construction project managers keep connected with what’s happening on-site.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

It operates in Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. This is a milestone in our journey to open up access for everyone to benefit from the digital economy. According to Crunchbase , the company has raised over $10 billion, including from SoftBank’s Vision Fund.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 14, 2023

Founded in 2019, Intellect’s markets now include Malaysia, Singapore, India and Hong Kong. We are pleased to invest in Intellect, a market leader in this rapidly growing category, to boost their growth and enhance access to millions more people who require support, care or treatment.”

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TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2021

Apps like Bibit and its competitors want to make capital investing more accessible with lower fees and minimum investment amounts than traditional brokerages like Mandiri Sekuritas, which also saw an increase in new retail investors and average transaction value last year.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Transcelestial is on a mission to make the internet more accessible by building a network of shoebox-sized devices that send lasers to one another, creating a fiber-like network. The two say current internet infrastructure is the main reason so many people lack reliable internet access. Transcelestial plans to enter the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

Called ThoughtfullChat, the startup’s platform includes personalized self-guided content and progress tracking, and access to mental health professionals through video calls and text-based coaching. It also launched a similar partnership with FWD, another insurer, to provide access to affordable mental healthcare in Hong Kong and Thailand.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Singaporean insurtech company Surer , which automates the workflow and processes via a cloud-based platform, helps insurance intermediaries get rapid access to insurance quotations and insurers to distribute their products more efficiently.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Kovalan, who was born and raised in Malaysia, studied computer science in Ohio State University, and on completion, went on to specialize in artificial intelligence. It also enables physicians to access patients and their data from anywhere in the world, making it possible to deliver speedier patient care.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2023

Supermom currently has a presence in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand, and plans to expand into more markets. As companies all move into a cookieless world, having direct access to consumers is very, very important,” said Ong. Because they can no longer do retargeting and use cookies to target consumers.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

Employment Hero doubled the number of its full-time employees to 200 last year, and launched versions in New Zealand, the UK, Malaysia and Singapore. Global Teams is integrated into the main Employment Hero platform, so remote employees have access to the same resources as their colleagues. 6 VCs share their bets on the future of work.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Its fourth fund is focused on Malaysia and run by a separate team). Its team has grown to 35 people, with most based in Indonesia, but ACV also recently established Singapore and Malaysia offices. For example, it helps fintech companies work with banks or access capital they can use for lending.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

It is now licensed and registered in Singapore, Indonesia (where it is known as Modalku), Malaysia and Thailand. The company was founded in 2015 by Kelvin Teo and Reynold Wijaya after they met in Harvard Business School. It recently began operating in Vietnam and will use part of its Series C+ to enter the Philippines. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

These include preventing overfishing, protecting coastal ecosystems and giving small-scale fisheries access to more resources and markets. The first one was market access and getting fair prices for seafood. The second was access to working capital. The second problem Aruna is working on is lack of access to working capital.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Kicks Crew, which began as founder and CEO Johnny Mak’s side project in 2008, wants to carve out a niche for itself as a resell platform that can be counted on for product authenticity and accessibility for all. sneaker platform GOAT, told TechCrunch.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The funding, which brings TreeDots’ total raised to $15 million, will be used to grow its operations in Malaysia, where it expanded last year, enter other markets and continue optimizing its logistics and supply chain business, called TreeLogs. The startup says its gross merchandise volume (GMV) has grown more than 4x year-over-year.

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TechCrunch

MAY 23, 2022

Toward that end, the SwipeRx app allows users to keep up to date with the latest healthcare news and drug information and access free educational continuing professional development (CPD) modules, which are mandatory in many Southeast Asian countries.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Citigroup also has agreed to sell its Southeast Asia retail operations in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam to Singapore-based United Overseas Bank for about $3.7billion in January. . In June 2021, Citi Singapore was reported to be closing its CitiBusiness unit, which serves small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) clients.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

Its features include digital checklists, inventory management and field audits that can be accessed through a mobile app. Founded in 2018 by Daniel Hazman and Jonathan Keith, Nimbly is currently used by more than one hundred organizations in seven countries, including Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and the United States.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 6, 2022

million in orders across 150 brands in the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan and Australia. It gives on-demand access to historical data analytics (in contrast, many F&B software systems restrict data to time-limited viewings), including daily sales, product mixes and channel breakdown.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

A new examples include Meta-backed Ami , MindFi and Thoughtfull , plus a roster of startups focused on specific markets, like Ooca in Thailand or Naluri in Malaysia. The mental wellness tech space in Southeast Asia has grown rapidly over the past few years. For us, I think that means there is more awareness and push to expand the category.

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TechCrunch

JULY 19, 2021

Singapore and Malaysia, so it wants to go deeper into Europe more broadly and into more of Asia Pacific, he said. Somewhat akin to a streaming service like Spotify, Go1 acts not just as a distributor/aggregator to access that content, but as a channel for those providers, which receive royalties based on how much their content is consumed.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The Series A round was led by Altos Ventures, with participation from BonAngels Ventures Partners, Access Ventures, Mahanusa Capital, Prodigy Investment, and Pearl Abyss Capital. In other words, Plugo enables D2C merchants to focus on their products and supports other processes. The company did not disclose its valuation when asked.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

There are a number of reasons for this, but one key reason is the absence of good, accessible options when it comes to lending products.”. Surjaudaja said that traditional retail banks offer a relatively poor digital experience for their consumer lending products, making them less accessible.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

In March, Toss also launched an investment service called Toss Securities, designed to make stock trading accessible to new investors who shy away from traditional brokerages. Toss hasn’t finalized a timeline, but it is targeting Malaysia for its next market by the end of this year. million users.

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TechNode

JANUARY 22, 2025

billion) to establish an AI hub in Malaysia. Export controls imposed by the US limit Chinese companies access to advanced chips like NVIDIAs high-performance GPUs, which are essential for training large AI models. In June 2024, ByteDance announced plans to invest MYR 10 billion ($2.1

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

Both Payfazz and Xfers are Y Combinator alums, and want to make financial services accessible to more Southeast Asians, even if they don’t have a bank account. Payfazz gets $53 million to give more Indonesians access to financial services. The two companies will retain their names while working together under the new holding entity.

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TechNode

JULY 23, 2024

The platform will look to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Temu with an initial move to cover Asian territories including Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea. Context: Taobao sells items from numerous local clothing brands that its domestic rivals have no access to.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

Based in Singapore, ZEBOX Asia will also look at markets like Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan and Korea. ZEBOX CEO Gwen Salley told TechCrunch that along with access to mentoring, experts, business opportunities and funding, its incubator program gives startups opportunities to test their solutions and work with large corporations.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Xendit recently expanded into the Philippines and also is considering other countries in Southeast Asia, such as Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Singapore, according to Wijaya. Xendit is also similar in scope to San Francisco-based Finix , which aims to make every software company a payments company.

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