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Edupia raises Series A to close the education gap in Vietnam

TechCrunch

There’s a large education gap in Vietnam between urban centers, which have access to more resources, and the smaller cities and rural areas where 80% of students live. Before founding Edupia, Hung spent 10 years as director of digital services at Viettel, the largest telco in Vietnam.

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US export restrictions could cost Nvidia $5 billion in lost orders, sends share price to 5-month low

TechSpot

In late October, the Department Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) further tightened export restrictions on AI accelerators to China and other countries of concern, including Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, and Vietnam. Read Entire Article

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Vietnam and Indonesia Join TechSoup Asia’s Growing Family

Tech Soup

We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. They are all part of TechSoup Asia , which serves charities in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand — and now Vietnam and Indonesia.

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Kilo, a Vietnamese B2B e-commerce platform for MSMEs, bags $5M pre-Series A

TechCrunch

Kilo , a Vietnam-based B2B e-commerce platform that connects wholesalers with micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), wants to digitize the local retail value chain via technology. “In The startup retained thousands of MSMEs in 24 provinces across Vietnam, Ryan Wilber, Kilo’s head of product and engineering said.

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Indonesian insurtech startup Fuse gets $25M Series B extension to expand further in Southeast Asia

TechCrunch

Indonesia-based insurtech startup Fuse announced today it has secured $25 million of Series B extension round as it plans to enter more countries including Thailand and Vietnam in Southeast Asia. The pandemic accelerated the digital transformation in the insurance industry, one of the most conservative sectors.

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Cloud kitchen startup CloudEats raises more capital to ramp up Southeast Asian expansion 

TechCrunch

This trend has been circling around the restaurant industry. A Manila-headquartered startup called CloudEats , which operates cloud kitchens across the Philippines and Vietnam, just raised a $7 million Series A extension led by Nordstar to accelerate the digitization of food service in Southeast Asia. . billion by 2030 , up from $15.2

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Rino gets $3M pre-seed for 10-minute grocery deliveries in Vietnamese cities

TechCrunch

Before starting Rino, Nguyen was part of the founding team and chief operating officer of Baemin Vietnam, one of the country’s largest food delivery apps. Before that, he served as Grab Vietnam’s head of GrabBike and GrabExpress. Four years ago, food delivery in Vietnam was slow. Rino’s grocery delivery app.

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