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SoftBank-backed Korean edtech startup Riiid acquires Langoo, expands in Japan  

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Riiid also has users in Vietnam and Taiwan, and recently sealed a partnership deal with an India-based AI edtech company, the spokesperson said. Its key features include individual performance analysis, lecture recommendations based on individual students’ weaknesses, dropout analysis and task management. .

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Viva Republica, developer of Korean financial super app Toss, raises $410M at a $7.4B valuation

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It will also use the funding to continue its expansion in overseas markets, including Vietnam, where Toss launched last year. Viva Republica launched Toss in Vietnam, its first international market, in 2020, and the app now has services like no-fee money transfers, debit cards and a financial dashboard through a partnership with CIMB bank.

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AIMMO bags $12M Series A to advance data labeling technology  

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billion in 2028, according to a market analysis report by Grand View Research. . Japan and Vietnam. ScreenShot | AIMMO website. The global data collection and labeling market size was valued at $1.6 billion in 2021 and is projected to reach $8.2 The Korea-headquartered startup has offices in the U.K,

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Karamba Security raises another $10M for its IoT and automotive security platform

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This extension was led by automotive startup VinFast, a member of Vietnam’s Vingroup conglomerate, which itself is reportedly looking to raised $1 billion for VinFast. Karamba, which recently launched its cloud-based incident analysis service, says it currently has 80 “successful engagements” with Fortune 500 companies.

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Vietnamese financial services app MFast gets $1.5M pre-Series A led by Do Ventures

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The funding will be used to expand MFast to more cities and provinces in Vietnam, develop its technology and partner with more institutions. It claims to have a network of more than 350,000 advisors, who offers their services through the app, and that its data analysis tools are able to reduce bad debt and fraud rates. .

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SoftBank-backed Tridge, a Korean platform that matches food agriculture buyers and sellers, bags $37.2M Series D at a $2.7B valuation

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The company’s market intelligence service, launched in 2020, offers food supply chain analysis and market reports of agricultural products and commodities like apples, strawberries, tomatoes, avocados, black peppercorn, coconut, garlic, seafood and coffee beans. The sales have been on the rise since September last year.”. and Europe.

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Komunidad, a Philippines-based environmental intelligence platform, lands seed round

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Founded in 2019, Komunidad has clients in the Philippines, India, Cambodia and Vietnam, and serves multiple sectors, including utilities, agriculture, mining, education, local governments and business outsourcing centers. Ayque’s first emails contained manual analysis of potential cyclones.