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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Osome is a corporate “super app” that helps business owners with administrative tasks like payroll, accounting and tax reporting. It plans to become cash flow positive within the next 12 months, and recently announced a digital banking partnership with Singapore financial service corporation OCBC.

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MARCH 29, 2022

Singapore-headquartered esports startup Ampverse has raised $12 million in Series A funding led by Falcon Capital. Its play-to-earn business allows players to earn rewards by playing games like Axie Infinity, Townstar and Spider Tanks, and also get training from professional esports players.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

Arcc, a coworking space in Singapore available for bookings on Deskimo. Its on-demand booking app is currently available in Singapore and Hong Kong, with plans to enter more markets after Demo Day. Pricing ranges from about $2 to $4 USD per hour, with desks in central business districts typically costing more.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

For brands, it gives them a way to conduct market research and collect first-party data, which is important as marketers prepare for a post-cookie world. The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised an oversubscribed Series A of $8 million SGD (about $6 million USD) led by Qualgro, with participation from AC Ventures.

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

But in markets like Indonesia, many still use digital wallets or e-commerce platforms, creating alternative sources of user data that can help them secure working capital and other financial tools. Currently in beta mode with more than 20 clients, Finantier is busy getting ready to officially launch.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 13, 2021

By digitalizing the insurance work for insurers and intermediaries, its platform enables them to save time, focus on their clients and scale their business. . The company is currently operating its service in Singapore, but plans to enter other markets like Malaysia, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Gordon Tay said. . “We

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

is a venture capitalist investing in Silicon Valley and Singapore. This four-step plan will help you move from idea to full-fledged business, without the need for massive startup capital. It may surprise you to learn that the technology itself takes a back seat to market demand. Eddy Lee, Ph.D, Step 1: Test your demand.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Based in Singapore with offices throughout Asia and Australia, Reebelo wants to make buying pre-owned tech as desirable as a brand new device. It has offices in Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Taiwan. But the two said something like Recommerce didn’t exist yet in Singapore, where Rastouil grew up.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 2, 2021

The Singapore-based company announced today it has raised $6 million in seed funding, led by B Capital Group. Singapore-based sales productivity platform Nektar raises $2.15 Part of Nektar.ai’s seed funding will be used to build a go-to-market team focused on the United States. million seed round.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2023

Co-founded by Quah in 2019 to securely verify documents, Singapore-based Accredify announced today that it has raised $7 million in Series A funding co-led by iGlobe Partners and SIG Venture Capital with participation from returning investors Pavilion Capital and Qualgro.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

The Singapore-based startup announced today it has raised a $12 million Series A to build out its B2B transactions platform. Since its seed funding, Tinvio says its client base has increased four times to over 5,000 businesses in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and other Asian markets. million seed round.

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MAY 26, 2014

Pieter Walraven is the co-founder of Pie, a Singapore-based SaaS startup. As an Asia-based SaaS business founder, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been asked: “Why did you base your startup in Asia, and not the US?” For a SaaS business, there’s the usual list of compelling reasons to focus on the States.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Singapore-based TreeDots , which says it is the first food surplus marketplace in Asia, wants to help. TreeDots was founded in 2017 as a surplus food marketplace for F&B businesses, before it expanded its business to include social commerce, too. Why Alibaba rival Pinduoduo is investing in agritech.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 3, 2023

The Singapore-based startup has raised $1 million in pre-seed funding led by Plug and Play APAC and Seed Capital, with participation from Earth Venture Capital and angel investor Alice Foo. The new funding will be used for AlterPacks’ commercialization, including production and supply, in markets like Asia, Australia and Europe.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

Singapore-based Nektar.ai , a productivity platform for sales teams, has raised $2.15 Demand Sage raises $3M to make sales and marketing data more accessible. Nektar co-founders Abhijeet Vijayvergiya and Aravind Ravi Sulekha. million in seed funding. Most of its early users are primarily late-stage SaaS companies, Vijayvergiya said.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Volopay , a Singapore-based fintech startup, raised a $29 million Series A in debt and equity financing as it seeks to further expand its footprint in Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and North Africa. . In addition, Volopay will hire aggressively in each of its new markets. . To date, Volopay has raised approximately $31.4

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TechCrunch

APRIL 24, 2023

Based in Singapore, ZEBOX Asia will also look at markets like Indonesia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Japan and Korea. ZEBOX CEO Gwen Salley told TechCrunch that along with access to mentoring, experts, business opportunities and funding, its incubator program gives startups opportunities to test their solutions and work with large corporations.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Two companies in the data business are teaming up, with Near announcing that it has acquired French startup Teemo. Near could potentially expand into other markets by making similar acquisitions in the future, Mathews added. This will allow us to be stronger and to grow even faster, beyond the French market.”.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

The round will be used to expand into more markets and develop new features for StaffAny’s platform, which currently operates in seven countries, including Singapore, where it is based, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It brings the startup’s total raised to $4.2

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2021

In a press statement, Sasidharan said, “Zenyum’s differentiated business model gives it a strong competitive advantage, and we are excited to partner with the founder management team to help them realize their growth ambitions.” This brings Zenyum’s total raised so far to $56 million, including a $13.6

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Glints’ platform currently has three million professionals in five markets (Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan), and 50,000 companies that are seeking workers, including AIA, IKEA, GetGo, KKday and Gameloft. Founded in 2013, the Singapore-based startup says its annual revenue and gross profits grew 2.5x

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 29, 2022

Headquartered in Singapore, proptech startup Propseller is on a mission to make real estate transactions more efficient and data-driven for sellers and buyers alike. Founded in 2018, Propseller will use its Series A to scale its business model, expand its offerings and enter overseas markets. co ,” said Jorge.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The company announced today it has raised a $100 million Series A that will be used to expand quickly in the United States and on its Singapore research and development center, which is currently under construction. and other big markets, like Brazil or China, first. in a relationship Menezes compares to Apple and Foxconn. “If

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

After several launches, however, the Singapore-based startup noticed an interesting trend: customers were ordering batches of products from Raena every week and reselling them on social media and e-commerce platforms like Shopee and Tokopedia. Image Credits: Raena. “Basically, you have to block your capital upfront.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

The process of digitizing the operations of mom and pop stores in Nigeria is serious business right now. Early investors include the Baobab Network, an Africa-focused accelerator based in London, and Signal Hill, a Singapore-based fund manager that participated in its $5.5 The company is announcing a $10.5 million seed round last year.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

However, the benefits of exploring your inner dynamics extend far beyond business. In an article titled “Why Leaders Lose Their Way,” Harvard business professor, Bill George, explains why the disconnection from personal reality can happen like this. They can support you through risky decisions, business downturns, and even job loss.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

The Singapore-based startup’s last funding round was $3 million announced in November. It now claims to be used by 6,000 companies in Singapore, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, giving it $9.5 Singapore-based digital business assistant Osome raises $3 million. Ong, who joined as an angel investor.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Shares of Delhivery hit an all-time low of 317 Indian rupees ($3.88) Wednesday, cutting its market cap to $2.8 At the current share price, Delhivery’s market cap has shrunk to $2.8 It counts SoftBank Vision Fund, Tiger Global, Carlyle Group, Steadview Capital, Singapore’s GIC and the UK’s Baillie Gifford among its backers.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Sleek , the corporate services platform that helps entrepreneurs launch and run new companies in Singapore and Hong Kong, has raised $4 million. The new funding was led by SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of government agency Enterprise Singapore. ” Singapore-based digital business assistant Osome raises $3 million. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

Peeba says the lack of B2B-focused online wholesale solutions and tech infrastructure hampered Asia’s antiquated B2B retail, wholesale market in business growth and new market entries during the pandemic. The platform brings both emerging and traditional brands to the world of local retail in Asia.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

Validus , a Singapore-based lending platform for small and medium-sized enterprises, is acquiring CitiBusiness’ loan portfolio for an undisclosed amount to bolster its top-line revenue and customer base and expand its growing loan book. . The acquisition will be completed in April 2022. .

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Suzanne Xie is the business lead for B2B payments at Stripe and a former SaaS founder. The SaaS market could grow almost 10% every year to 2027 — and I think that’s a conservative estimate. In a recent Stripe survey, 63% of B2B recurring revenue businesses said they were confident of their growth in 2023.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Food Market Hub co-founders Anthony See and Shayna Teh. Malaysia-based Food Market Hub is a cloud-based platform that connects food and beverage (F&B) outlets directly to suppliers, making it easier to communicate and manage orders. This brings Food Market Hub’s total funding to $4.7 million so far.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

During that time, Chen says they realized that the marketing, sales and design process have stayed the same, despite new technology and tools being introduced to the market, and is often riddled with bottlenecks. Chen says most have large sales and marketing teams, but a shortage of designers.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

Entrepreneurs with businesses in Asia know that fundraising here can be a daunting task. The ways of doing business across the Pacific are very different than in Silicon Valley, and the quality and breadth of VCs out here vary widely across different countries. The players in Japan have had their ups and downs.

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DECEMBER 23, 2013

Rahul Varshneya is the co-founder of Arkenea , a company committed to helping entrepreneurs and businesses build, market and monetize their mobile apps. The point is, deals like these create hopes for many people who aspire to run their own mobile app business and launch themselves as a closet entrepreneur.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

The final piece of my four-part guide to expanding a business into Asia is tailored more towards local startups and a big issue that affects many of them: raising funding from investors. If your business is based in Asia, despite a potentially tougher hill to climb, you’re still much more likely to be successful raising funds locally.

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