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Malaysia-based Respond.io helps businesses juggle multiple messaging apps

TechCrunch

There are multiple messaging apps active in Southeast Asia and most consumers prefer to use them over email when they contact a business. Respond.io’s dashboard, which processes over 140 million messages per month, consolidates all the messages a business gets, so the right person can see them. Malaysia-based Respond.io

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Great Wall Motor readies car plants in Malaysia and beyond

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Chinas Great Wall Motor is poised for its big entry into Southeast Asia, as the automaker said on Monday it would begin manufacturing its cars in Malaysia and Indonesia as early as July, in addition to its planned entry into Vietnam, local media reported.

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Easy Eat AI raises $5M to help Southeast Asian restaurants digitize their operations

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Easy Eat AI offers an operating system for restaurants that lets them digitize all parts of their business, from inventory and customer orders to delivery, and gain AI-based data analytics to improve revenue. Many food and beverage businesses started digitizing orders and payments so they could offer deliveries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Singapore-based Nimbly gets $4.6M to help businesses automate their standard operating procedures

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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. Most of Nimbly’s users are in the retail or food and beverage industries, and include KFC, Kopi Kenangan, 7-Eleven and Under Armour.

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On-demand logistics company Lalamove gets $515 million Series E

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Founded in 2013 for on-demand deliveries within the same city, Lalamove has since grown its business to include freight services, enterprise logistics, moving and vehicle rental. The company entered the United States for the first time in October, and currently claims about 480,000 monthly active drivers and 7.2

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Railsbank, the Banking-as-a-Service, raises $37M in growth funding

TechCrunch

and expand its product in APAC, including the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and Japan. and Europe and helps protect the reputation of the fintech industry. 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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Japanese construction tech Aldagram nails down backing from Panasonic

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Panasonic, the consumer electronics giant that also develops solar panels, air conditioning units and many other products for its sizable buildings and construction business , is taking an investment in Aldagram. It has been partnering with Aldagram since 2022. More than 10,000 corporates in over 10 countries, including the U.K.,

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