Fast Company Tech

APRIL 21, 2025

The D8 Visa also allows for family reunification, provides access to Portugals excellent public healthcare system, and offers a pathway to permanent residency or citizenship after five yearsmaking it a top choice for global remote professionals. With a cost of living approximately 30% lower than major U.S.

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. They are all part of TechSoup Asia , which serves charities in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand — and now Vietnam and Indonesia.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2021

Based in San Francisco and Ho Chi Minh City, ELSA announced today it has raised a $15 million Series B, led by VI (Vietnam Investments) Group and SIG. In addition to Latin America, ELSA will also focus on expanding in Vietnam, India and Japan, where it saw high demand last year. ELSA’s English pronunciation feedback.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Indonesia-based insurtech startup Fuse announced today it has secured $25 million of Series B extension round as it plans to enter more countries including Thailand and Vietnam in Southeast Asia. The company has over 460 employees, with branch offices in Indonesia, Vietnam, and China. . “We

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TechCrunch

MARCH 23, 2021

According to the World Bank, more than one billion people in South and East Asia lack access to a bank account. The startup, which launched its app in Vietnam last year, announced today it has raised $1 million, led by the Estonian Business Angels Network (EstBAN). Jeff currently claims more than 300,000 users in Vietnam.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

YC-backed Homebase is an alternative to traditional mortgages for home buyers in Vietnam. Right now in Vietnam, buying property is really painful. And if you look at the historical track record of real estate in Vietnam, it’s really good.”. co, one of the largest property portals in Singapore and Indonesia.

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TechCrunch

JULY 5, 2022

In Vietnam, a startup called Azota wants to help with an online software platform that not only helps educators develop and proctor tests, but also automatically grades them using information from Vietnamese teaching materials. Before co-founding the startup, Au Nguyen, its CEO, worked for Viettel, one of the largest telecoms in Vietnam.

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The Verge

JUNE 30, 2020

Where available, users can access them by tapping the “lyrics” card at the bottom of the service’s “Now Playing” screen. Of these, TechCrunch notes that Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Mexico previously included some lyrics support from other providers, as does Japan.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Financial services, especially those for people who don’t have access to traditional bank accounts or lines of credit, are proliferating in Southeast Asia. Founded in 2019, the startup is operational in Vietnam and has applied for a license to launch in Indonesia. It also plans to enter the Philippines in the third quarter.

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TechNode

JANUARY 20, 2025

The trial service will be available in more than 80 cities attracting Chinese tourists across South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and other regions. To access the service, users will need to upgrade their Didi app to version 7.0. Jiemian , in Chinese]

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The new capital will be used to speed-track Plentina’s growth in the Philippines, expand its product and start exploring launches in other countries, including Vietnam. The two note that the Philippines has a population of more than 100 million people, but less than 5% of access to credit cards. seed round.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2021

It will also use the funding to continue its expansion in overseas markets, including Vietnam, where Toss launched last year. 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. million users.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 29, 2022

Ampverse CEO Ferdinand Gutierrez said that the company’s revenue has grown 125% over the last 12 months, during which it expanded into Vietnam and India. . He added that expanding into Indonesia and the Philippines will “round off our SEA footprint,” which already includes Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Vietnam War and Big Data: A Case Study in Machine Learning Robert S. It was his work as Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War, though, that connects him to what we now call data science and big data analytics. At a high-level, winning the Vietnam War What is the key uncertainty he hoped to solve? Fair question.

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TechCrunch

MAY 13, 2021

Nano Technologies, a startup that lets workers in Vietnam access their earned wages immediately through an app called VUI , has raised $3 million in seed funding. Nano’s plan is to continue focusing on Vietnam, and develop new products for employers, including tools for managing staff and engagement.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Today, Funding Societies announced it has raised $144 million in an oversubscribed Series C+ equity round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, with participation from new investors like VNG Corporation, Rapyd Ventures, EDBI, Indies Capital, K3 Ventures and Ascend Vietnam. . The platform disburses online loans ranging in size from $500 to $1.5

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TechCrunch

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 5, 2021

Twinco Capital , a Madrid and Amsterdam-based startup making it easier to access supply chain finance, has raised €3 million in funding. Exporters in countries like Bangladesh, China or Vietnam that have been supplying European companies for years, with stable commercial relationships.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The company, which was founded in 2013, also plans to strengthen its global operations across six countries — Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, and the Philippines. Most users are unbanked and the underbanked population with limited access to basic financial services,” Thamavaranukupt said.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

It also recently expanded into Nigeria, Ghana and Vietnam, among other markets. Pillow supports deposits and withdrawals with fiat currency through local partnerships in Nigeria, the Philippines and Vietnam, with plans to add more across Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America with its new funding.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 21, 2021

MFast , a mobile app that lets Vietnamese users in remote areas access financial services, announced it has raised a $1.5 The majority, or about 75% to 80% of MFast’s users are in remote provinces or rural areas, which the company says often limits their access to banking and credit-related services. . million pre-Series A today.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2022

Founded in 2016, Brankas goal is to “democratize access to financial and identity data.” Tt will also announce partnerships with digital banks and fintech companies in Vietnam and Bangladesh, two new markets where Brankas will go live early this year. Clients include traditional financial institutions, banks and fintech startups.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

Its new strategic investor may be adding another few to that list: Panasonic’s construction business is particularly active in India, Turkey and Vietnam. Spain, Kenya, Uganda, Dubai, India, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Australia, have been using KANNA since its initial product launch 2020, the company said.

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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. . billion) in total funds disbursed across more than 50,000 loans to small businesses in Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand.

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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

JULY 29, 2021

For example, users get personalized recommendation based on their reading activity, while publishers can access analytics to track title performance based on consumption trends. Before launching, it also invested in data and AI-based technology for both readers and publishers.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Its seed round was led by Nexus Venture Partners, with participation from Insignia Venture Partners, Arka Venture Labs, Better Capital and Vietnam Investments Group. Demand Sage raises $3M to make sales and marketing data more accessible.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

“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. London, Manila (Philippines), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Melbourne (Australia), Vietnam and Sri Lanka. It has offices in 11 locations: Santa Monica (U.S.),

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2022

The funding will be used to start scaling Creative Galileo across Southeast Asia, hiring for local teams in Indonesia and Vietnam, its next markets. There was a vast divide to access in education and many children I met were unable to read and write, or do simple mathematics.”. million in October 2021.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Being “underbanked” doesn’t mean that someone lacks access to financial services. Finantier , a Singapore-based open finance startup, wants to streamline that data with a single API that gives financial services access to user data, with their consent. Building Southeast Asia’s financial infrastructure.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 31, 2021

According to reports in recent years , the iPhone-maker has urged suppliers like Taiwan-based Foxconn to move production to other countries like India and Vietnam. Shifting production out of China gives other parties less leverage over Apple.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

But many lack access to working capital and, especially before the pandemic, managed their finances using manual processes like spreadsheets. KoinWorks is headquartered in Jakarta, with holding in Singapore and tech offices in Yogyakarta, India and Vietnam.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2021

Founded by fintech veterans last year, Brick develops APIs that make it easier for tech companies to add identity verification and access financial data from their users. More than three-fourths of Southeast Asia’s population is unbanked or underbanked , meaning that don’t have a bank account or access to traditional lending services.

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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

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Mio, a social commerce startup focused on smaller cities and rural areas in Vietnam, raises $1M seed. For suppliers, the benefits of selling food to TreeDots include earning incremental revenue and saving the money they would have spent to send surplus products to landfills.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

million Series A led by Hambro Perks, with participation from Sequoia India & Southeast Asia’s Surge, Arsenal Growth, Kaplan, Ascend Vietnam Ventures and STIC Investments. They have access to weekly check-ins, group discussions, webinars and coaching calls in the middle and at the end of their internships.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2021

Berlin-based y42 (formerly known as Datos Intelligence), a data warehouse-centric business intelligence service that promises to give businesses access to an enterprise-level data stack that’s as simple to use as a spreadsheet, today announced that it has raised a $2.9 million seed funding round led by La Famiglia VC.

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