VentureBeat

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Les Copaque Production has commissioned Streamline Studios in Malaysia to develop the Upin & Ipin console game. Read More

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Citizenship Microsoft Asia Pacific is keeping me pretty busy. I’ve been fortunate enough to be hired to provide three social media trainings to their nonprofit partners in Malaysia (photo above), Singapore, and the Philippines. I’ve been out of touch a mere 10 days and already find myself behind the curve.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

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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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2022

Other investors included Orbit Malaysia, Citrine Capital, HMI Group and Emtek. The company currently operates in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia, and plans to enter into new countries with its new funding. The company announced today it has raised a $5.15 million SGD (about $3.8

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TechCrunch

MARCH 30, 2021

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. The startup announced today it has raised $4.6

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Empowering women to build their own businesses in Malaysia Fintech, short for financial technology, refers to the use of technology and innovation to provide financial services and solutions. They cannot get loans since they are high risks for traditional banks, but we can help them build their small business, she said.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

The microfinancing platform connects investors with small businesses using mudarabah, a shariah-compliant profit-sharing agreement. Indonesia and Malaysia, in the heart of Southeast Asia, are among the countries with the largest Muslim populations in the world. Meanwhile in Malaysia, where 61.3% out of its 33.6

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

At one point, the startup reported that its business was down by up to 60% as several nations enforced lockdowns as they scrambled to contain the spread of the virus. The startup said in the filing today that four markets — India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Europe — account for about 90% of its overall revenue.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

and expand its product in APAC, including the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and Japan. London, Manila (Philippines), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Melbourne (Australia), Vietnam and Sri Lanka. This will include the launch of “credit cards as a service” in the U.S. It has offices in 11 locations: Santa Monica (U.S.),

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 22, 2020

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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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 15, 2010

I hope you’ll pause at each one and think about the way water is changing the lives of those in the pictures and community around the world: 350 Rising Sea Level Campaign at Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia. 350 action in Oman Dive Center. Hulhumale Maldives. Cebu, Philippines. Find more pictures and stories from #101010 and 350.org

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

WhatsApp is used by more than two billion around the world, and is an important tool for many small businesses. But as they scale up, even WhatsApp for Business might not be able to keep up with their needs. Built on WhatsApp for Business’ API, WATI has customer sales and engagement tools created for the messaging app.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

SleekFlow , an omnichannel social commerce platform that helps businesses build customer flow automation from messaging and live video to transactions, has closed $8 million Series A funding led by Tiger Global Management. businesses anticipate increased sales via social media within the next three years. Image Credits: SleekFlow.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Other acquisitions ShopBack has made to build out its business include personal finance community Seedly and Ebates Korea. The company says it has been used by more than 250,000 shoppers and is available on 2,000 merchants in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong. Balancing risk: Modern architecture’s role in the BNPL playbook.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

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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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

TechCrunch caught up with Benjamin Croc , the company’s co-founder and CEO, who is located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (the city pictured in the image at the top of this post). In our conversation, TechCrunch was curious about how prevalent SaaS as a model is in Malaysia and the other countries the startups wants to sell into.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 26, 2022

Akulaku, which operates in the Philippines and Malaysia in addition to Indoensia, offers a virtual credit card and installment shopping platform, as well as an investment platform and neobank. Earlier this year, Akulaku raised $100 million in funding from Siam Commercial Bank as part of another strategic investment.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Homage currently operates in Singapore, Malaysia and Australia. It claims that its business outside of Singapore has grown more than 600% year-over-year in 2021, and it has more than tripled revenue over the past year. Homage now has a regional network of more than 6,000 pre-screened and trained care professionals.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

Park also said SOCAR would replace a fleet of its vehicles with zero-emission, including electric or hydrogen-powered cars, by 2030 and strengthen its autonomous cars business. . In 2018, SOCAR set up a Malaysia-based subsidiary SOCAR Malaysia, which has raised a total of $73.2 million so far. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 30, 2022

HitPay has almost everything SMEs need to run their businesses. It is currently used by over 10,000 merchants in Singapore and Malaysia, with plans to expand into more Southeast Asian markets, including Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines. The Y Combinator alum announced today that it has raised $15.75

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Infra.Market, which competes with Lightspeed-backed Zetwerk , helps small businesses such as manufacturers of paints and cements improve the quality of their production and meet various compliances. It also works closely with businesses to ensure that their deliveries are made on time.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Founded in 2014, the company operates its business across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Ninja Van claims it delivers approximately 2 million parcels a day, with more than 1.5 million active shippers and around 100 million recipients. It currently employs more than 61,000 staff.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 22, 2022

“The stock market is expected to be tough for the time being, but the mobility industry will grow rapidly that we can’t miss this critical time; we will focus on accelerating mergers and acquisitions and investments in new businesses and technology.”. million users and 1.4 million monthly active users this year. million users and 1.4

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The company launched in Singapore in May, followed by Malaysia in August. Shippit is considering expansion into the Philippines and Indonesia, too, and expects its Southeast Asian business to grow 100% year-over-year for the next three years at minimum. ” co-founder and co-chief executive officer William On told TechCrunch. .

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Co-founded by Ben Thompson, its chief executive officer, and chief technology officer Dave Tong, Employment Hero is used by 6,000 businesses, with a total of 250,000 employees. Employment Hero began entering new markets in October 2020, launching localized versions of the platform in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Singapore.

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Candid

JULY 17, 2024

For 20 years, the global communications firm Edelman has studied the influence of trust across government, media, business, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). By comparison, business was trusted in 15 countries and distrusted in two. In China, however, the level of trust in NGOs fell significantly from the previous year.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The funding, which brings TreeDots’ total raised to $15 million, will be used to grow its operations in Malaysia, where it expanded last year, enter other markets and continue optimizing its logistics and supply chain business, called TreeLogs. The startup says its gross merchandise volume (GMV) has grown more than 4x year-over-year.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

WhatsApp has long transcended its roots as a simple messaging app for friends, and is now a core communication tool for businesses seeking a direct channel to their customers’ pockets — both literally, and metaphorically. We focus on traditional businesses with a digital gap.” Take App: WhatsApp ordering. ”

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TechCrunch

MAY 19, 2022

Part of the funding will be used to expand into new markets, like Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. For people who aren’t familiar with Southeast Asia’s fragmented payments landscape and the challenges its poses for businesses, Wijaya explained that “while the U.S. This friction means lost business for companies.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Its fourth fund is focused on Malaysia and run by a separate team). Its team has grown to 35 people, with most based in Indonesia, but ACV also recently established Singapore and Malaysia offices. Fund V has already made five investments, including SkorLife , IDEAL and Atma. ACV recently hired Helen Wong as managing partner.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

Businesses, and the tech platforms that support their operations, had to adapt quickly to the pandemic. Employment Hero is designed for small-to-medium sized businesses, and combines human resources, payroll and benefits features. Ben Thompson, co-founder and chief executive officer of human resources platform Employment Hero.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

It operates in Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. It was very challenging for us too, but it taught us immensely about the resiliency of our business,” Grab co-founder and CEO Anthony Tan said in the announcement. This is even more critical as our region recovers from COVID-19.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Upmesh was launched nine months ago by Wong Zi Yang, Soh Jan, Nhat Vu and Shawn Teow, and is now used by almost 300 live commerce merchants in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines. It’s actually replacing advertising for small business.”. The startup says it processes annualized gross merchandise value of $40 million.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Despite dealing with the pandemic’s impact in all of its markets, including Hong Kong and Malaysia, the company began to see business improve during the second quarter of this year. Co-founder and chief executive officer TK Chen told TechCrunch that FunNow originally planned to start raising its Series B in 2020, before COVID hit.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Founded five years ago in Malaysia, Carsome’s platform serves both C2C and B2C segments, and ensures quality by conducting inspections before vehicles are listed on its platform. The company says that this is partly because more people and businesses are buying their own cars for safety reasons.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

About 25% of HealthifyMe’s revenue comes from outside of India, including Singapore and Malaysia. That is how the company launched HealthifySmart in Singapore and Malaysia, and it plans to do the same thing in North America. When it enters a new market, the company localizes its services using a playbook.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

It is a portfolio of loans to hundreds of small businesses in Singapore, which is the target market Validus serves, Goel added. . Last year, it acquired KlearCard, Singapore’s business payments and expense management platform. . In January, the company crossed a significant milestone of over $1 billion (SG$1.6

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