TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Ascend Money will use the proceeds to grow its e-wallet application – TrueMoney Wallet – and expand its digital financial services ranging from digital lending and digital investment to cross border remittances in Southeast Asia. About 70% came from Thailand while 30% came from the international market, the co-President Thamavaranukupt said.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

New York-based Olympus Capital Asia made the investment through Asia Environmental Partners, a fund dedicated to the environmental sector. A few years ago, I wrote about the struggle e-commerce firms face globally in handling returned items. If you like the price, we pick it up from your doorstep and give you instant cash.”.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Hubilo’s clients have included the United Nations, Roche, Fortune, GITEX, IPI Singapore, Tech In Asia, Infocomm Asia and Clarion Events. The startup is headquartered in San Francisco, but about 12% of its sales are currently from Southeast Asia, and it plans to further scale in the region.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 17, 2021

This round of funding was led by DST Global, with additional participation from Aspex Management, Reverent Partners and existing investors such as Goodwater Capital, Altos Ventures, SoftBank Ventures Asia, Kakao Ventures, Strong Ventures and Capstone Partners. By the way, Danggeun means carrot in Korean.). Canada and Japan.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Kuik told TechCrunch that Summer International looks for creators and influencers who have a strong connection with their audience based on engagement rates, how active they are a video-first platforms and whether they have a strong localized community and global presence.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Paidy has more than 6 million registered users, and the plan is to integrate PayPal and other digital and QR wallets with Paidy Link to connect further online and offline merchants. Japan has been a vibrant environment for our growth to date and we’re honored to have our team’s hard work and potential recognized by a global leader.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

In addition, participating startups get co-working space, will attend weekly classes and have access to four to six mentors who have expertise in various industries, not just in South Korea but global regions. . He added that its partners and mentors are all former entrepreneurs and have global business experience in both the U.S.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

Indonesian startup CoLearn started as a chain of physical tutoring centers and was in the process of shifting to a hybrid offline-online model when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. CoLearn started its offline in business in 2018, before shifting to a hybrid model. On-demand tutoring app Snapask gets $35 million to expand in Southeast Asia.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The company, founded in 2015 by Charles Lee and Harley Trung, who previously worked as software engineers, pivoted from offline to online in early 2020 to bring high-quality technical training to everyone, everywhere. “Coding is the future.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

million in Series B funding for expansion in Australia, the United States and Southeast Asia. and Southeast Asia. For example, we helped retailers migrate offline customers to shop on their e-commerce sites,” said Whittle. The company announced today that it has raised $25.5 in an all-stock deal.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

The funding included participation from Aroa Ventures, the family office of OYO founder Ritesh Agarwal; Reddy Futures Family Office; Prophetic Ventures; OYO global chief strategy officer Maninder Gulati; Alarko Ventures managing partner Cem Garih; and Esas Ventures founder and managing partner Fethi Sabanc?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Kakao Pay will use its IPO proceeds to speed up its global expansion, including in Southeast Asia, Europe and China, said CEO Alex Ryu at an online press conference last week. Southeast Asia and Middle East-based companies have been reaching out to the fintech company to seek strategic partnerships, Ryu mentioned.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

For several businesses globally, the answer to that question is increasingly Zetwerk , a Bangalore-based startup. The startup competes with domain project consultants in the offline world.). “We are excited to partner with Zetwerk on the next leg of their journey, as they expand their value proposition globally.

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TechCrunch

MAY 16, 2023

According to the founder of Singapore-based telehealth platform Ora, 90% of its patients are less than 39 years old and have not been treated for their conditions offline. Today, Ora announced it has raised $10 million in Series A funding, which it says is the biggest telehealth Series A round in Southeast Asia.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 18, 2007

I've raised some money from my cause from people who are my friends online, but I've never met offline. He's an editor at Global Voices and his personal blog, Better Days , where I first learned about RSS readers and how to use bloglines. That's powerful. Why is that?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

That growth rate is likely what got the company on the radar of Tiger Global — the storied late-stage investor that has been getting more active in Europe and in making earlier-stage bets in recent times — which is the sole investor in this round. The long-tail of equipment purchases for businesses is often unmanaged and offline.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Opening Comments from Bill Russo: In early 2009, shortly after resigning from my position as head of Chryslers business in North East Asia, I founded an Asia-based consultancy called Synergistics Limited. Note:The article was first published on Automobility Ltd written by Bill Russo , Benjamin Fan , and Lorenzo Song.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Experts say Africa is poised to be disrupted by web3 in a similar fashion that has seen Southeast Asia become one of the best markets for web3. They include Coinbase Ventures, Three Arrows Capital (3AC), Alameda Research, Tiger Global, Delphi Ventures, AllianceDAO, DeFiance Capital, Yield Guild Games and Polygon Studios.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

Payfazz and Xfers , two startups that want to increase financial inclusion in Southeast Asia, announced today they have joined forces to create a new holding entity called Fazz Financial Group. Customers deposit cash with agents, and that balance can used to pay phone, electricity and other bills. ” Singapore-based Xfers Lands $2.5M

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Following a Covid-driven boost, the popular AllTrails resource for hikers, bikers, climbers, and anyone else who enjoys the outdoors, announced today it’s raised $150 million from the growth fund of global private equity firm Permira to further accelerate its business. Image Credits: All Trails.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 17, 2022

According to a report by Nikkei , this marks Block’s first investment in an Asia-based company. Founded by Takatori, who previously worked in the banking and consulting industry, Kyash offers a mobile banking app that enables consumers to make online and offline payments, remittances, and ATM withdrawal services. million (12.8

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

The round, which is co-led by Tiger Global and Abu Dhabi Growth Fund, values Spinny at over $1.75 But buying them through the offline and traditional channel could prove to be a painstakingly long and high-risk process. billion post-money, the source said. This is the third funding round raised by Spinny this year.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country. For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia. Global Tweets :: globaltweets.com. In just a few clicks your supporters can donate a tweet or status update to benefit your cause (see The Global Fund ).

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TechNode

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Our team recently conducted an online interview with Angus Ng, Head of Product Marketing at POCO Global, to discuss the brand’s rapid rise in the mid-range market and its unique positioning within a highly competitive smartphone market. The brand has rapidly expanded and now serves over 98 global markets.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 5, 2021

According to marketing research firm IDC, Boat commands over 30% of the wearable market in India and is the fifth-largest brand globally in the category. The startup sells through both online and offline retail channels. and AirPod-like earbuds at $27.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country. For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia. Global Tweets :: globaltweets.com. In just a few clicks your supporters can donate a tweet or status update to benefit your cause (see The Global Fund ).

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Behind such transactions is cross-border commerce, where African brands, via personal shoppers, export their items to a global audience. From apparel to beauty and home decor to accessories, the e-commerce platform is connecting African and African diaspora luxury brands with high-end consumers worldwide and African shoppers to global brands.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

In a market where internet-enabled app-based banking can reach 300 million subscribers on the continent, USSD technology, predominantly offline and used mainly by feature phones, outpaces it with 850 million connections. And so what we’re doing is building for them, because despite having a smartphone, they want to be offline.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Yanolja said it has been using its most recent investment to invest in its global travel platform (GTP) and strengthen its automated solutions through artificial intelligence, with the aim of building tech to provide more personalized solutions for users. . Indonesia, the Philippines, India, and Africa as of September year on year. .

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

The pre-seed round, which was completed in just three weeks via virtual meetings, was led by Indus Valley Capital, with participation from Alter Global, Fatima Gobi Ventures and several angel investors from Pakistan, the Middle East and Europe. Maqsad announced today its $2.1 based online classes for adults, as its long-term plans, Aziz said.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2022

The round included participation from BRI Ventures, SMDV, Blibli, Prasetia Dwidharma, Flourish Ventures and 500 Global. Before working at Mapan, Apti spent five years at Gojek as part of its GoTo Group, where she helped build Swadaya, its benefits program for Gojek drivers, and also led GoPay’s offline payments.

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TechCrunch

MAY 1, 2023

Well, today is not only Global Love Day, but Love’s launch. There will also be both online and offline communities to connect people on “healing journeys,” for example, around mental health, and a library of digital content with well-being videos. Love previously raised $7.5

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 11, 2022

The company is creating a leading global platform for K12 education and the speed at which they are growing is impressive. We are living through a time when technology is transforming education globally and the inspiring vision of founders like Felix and Gregor will reshape how students learn in the future.”.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2022

Fairbanc also received previous investment from East Ventures, 500 Global and Michael Smapoerna. After some market research, I saw an opportunity for large-scale ecosystems lending in offline market with Unilever by integrating our API with their own app used by their offline sales agents to take orders from the merchants,” he said.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

In addition to the list of global top sites, you can also view top sites by country. For example, see Plan Asia’s Flavors Page at flavors.me/planasia. Global Tweets :: globaltweets.com. In just a few clicks your supporters can donate a tweet or status update to benefit your cause (see The Global Fund ).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Globally, BNPL has seen the most growth in the consumer segment and has driven retail consumption and lending over the past few years. Consumer credit has also taken off in parallel as credit cards and digital lending spurred credit-based consumption across offline and online stores. Image Credits: Redseer.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 15, 2021

General Catalyst, Rocketship VC, Greenoaks Capital and existing investors Sequoia Capital India, Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital and Venture Highway also participated in the new round, which brings FamPay’s to-date raise to $42.7 In other markets, including the U.S.,

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