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Rino gets $3M pre-seed for 10-minute grocery deliveries in Vietnamese cities

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Before starting Rino, Nguyen was part of the founding team and chief operating officer of Baemin Vietnam, one of the country’s largest food delivery apps. Before that, he served as Grab Vietnam’s head of GrabBike and GrabExpress. Four years ago, food delivery in Vietnam was slow. Rino’s grocery delivery app.

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

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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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Ancient8 secures $4M in seed to democratize social and financial access in the metaverse

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Ancient8 , Vietnam’s blockchain gaming guild, develops a community and software platform to enable everyone to play P2E (play-to-earn) games and build the metaverse while earning rewards. “We Vietnam is one of the most exciting and fast-growing markets in the world today for blockchain adoption.

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Vietnamese electric motorbike startup Dat Bike raises $2.6M led by Jungle Ventures

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Made in Vietnam with mostly domestic parts, Dat Bike’s selling point is its ability to compete with gas motorbikes in terms of pricing and performance. In 2018, he moved back to Vietnam and launched Dat Bike. Dat Bike , a Vietnamese startup with ambitions to become the top electric motorbike company in Southeast Asia, has raised $2.6

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SoBanHang gets $1.5M to help small Vietnamese stores sell online for the first time

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A few months ago, brothers Hai Nam Bui and Hai Long Bui were developing a bookkeeping app for small retailers in Vietnam. Then a new COVID-19 outbreak hit Vietnam. Since the majority of e-commerce orders in Vietnam are paid through cash on deliveries, the store’s owners also had questions about payment.

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Hong Kong-based viAct raises $2M for its automated construction monitoring platform

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Cheuk said the company’s initial markets in Southeast Asia will include Indonesia and Vietnam because government planning for smart cities and new infrastructure means new construction projects there will increase over the next five to 10 years. It will also enter Singapore because developers are willing to adopt AI-based technology.

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A close look at Singapore’s thriving startup ecosystem

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Toni Eliasz is the program manager of the Disruptive Technologies for Development Program (DT4D) that supports the innovation and adoption of technology-driven solutions in World Bank Group operations. Toni Eliasz. Contributor. Share on Twitter. When the country first became independent, its mandate was to simply survive rather than thrive.