The Verge

JANUARY 7, 2021

They’re 1,999 yuan ($310) in mainland China , for example, and they’re also for sale in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and Malaysia. Apple is limiting orders to two per customer, and the AirPods Pro will only be available at retail Apple Stores as well as Apple’s local websites in each region.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

The app also has an AI-based nutritionist called Ria that is trained for cuisines in different markets through a combination of user-tracked data, guidance from local nutritionists and databases from sources like the United States Department of Agriculture. When it enters a new market, the company localizes its services using a playbook.

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TechNode

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The initial group of participating wallets includes Bank of China Hong Kongs BoC Pay, Octopus, PayMe by HSBC, and Tap & Go in Hong Kong; Bangkok Bank Mobile Banking and K PLUS in Thailand; NAVER Pay in South Korea; and ICBC Mobile Banking (ICBC Pay) in Malaysia.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

Employment Hero began entering new markets in October 2020, launching localized versions of the platform in New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Malaysia and Singapore. After that, it plans to localize Employment Hero for Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Vietnam.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

The eight-year-old Indian budget hotel giant has filed the paperwork (PDF) with the local market regulator for an initial public offering, in which it is seeking to raise about $1.16 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

MARCH 1, 2021

The company fits into a theme I’ve noticed amongst startups, namely a focus on taking proven software genre approaches to specific parts of the world, localizing them and building in-region winners. BrioHR competes with local companies that are more focused on providing single solutions, like payroll management.

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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. Taiwan startup FunNow gets $5M Series A to help locals in Asian cities find last-minute things to do.

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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. It currently employs more than 61,000 staff. “We strongly believe in the potential of e-commerce in Southeast Asia, in particular the power of technology-enabled logistics to fuel e-commerce growth.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2022

Una, one of the largest e-commerce aggregators in Asia, has already established its presence across Asia, including Singapore, Australia, India, China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan, since its launch in 2021. . We bring to the partnership local e-commerce expertise, as well as the understanding and empathy of local brand owners’ mindsets.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 6, 2022

In 2018, SOCAR set up a Malaysia-based subsidiary SOCAR Malaysia, which has raised a total of $73.2 Last October, SOCAR has sold a 60% stake in the ride-hailing arm to Viva Republica, the Seoul-based fintech company behind Toss. . million so far. .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

Glorang will use the Series A to expand its service to Japan and Malaysia by the fourth quarter of this year and Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam in the following years, Hwang said. It also plans to increase its headcount. . The company claims Gguge has more than 100,000 users in South Korea. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

Employment Hero doubled the number of its full-time employees to 200 last year, and launched versions in New Zealand, the UK, Malaysia and Singapore. Localized versions of Employment Hero include pre-built employment contracts and policies that comply with local laws.

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TechCrunch

JULY 11, 2022

Mental health startup Intellect ’s ambitious goal is to be available across the Asia-Pacific, but ensure localized, culturally-competent care in each of the many markets it serves. It’s about having a product that’s hyper-localized for each culture, each region and country as well.

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TechCrunch

MAY 30, 2022

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. But in each country we launch in, that will look very different, so we will look at local payment methods in every country.

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TechCrunch

JULY 10, 2022

” In Malaysia, regional companies still hire cross-border, but local companies have shifted back to local hiring. So from both a human capital angle and a financial capital angle, a lot of companies are now actually doing more remote hiring.

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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. Additionally, we’re seeing local employers interested in hiring both tech talent locally and also remote hiring as well.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2021

ThoughtFull’s main operating markets are Singapore and Malaysia, but it now has users in 43 countries. Its app, which launched in 2020, is available in five languages: English, Bahasa Malaysia, Bahasa Indonesia, Mandarin and Cantonese, along with coaches who are also fluent in Tamil, Thai, Vietnamese and Tagalog.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

More than 80% of households in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam own two-wheeled vehicles, but the majority are fueled by gas. One of Dat Bike’s advantages is that its bikes are developed in house, with locally-sourced parts. In 2018, he moved back to Vietnam and launched Dat Bike.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2022

With the latest funding, Peeba plans to double its headcount and expand local offices to improve local language support across 11 Asia countries. Lai said its localization effort isn’t just focused on supporting multiple languages. The platform brings both emerging and traditional brands to the world of local retail in Asia.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Geely will pay 36% of the total investment of the facility, where Volvos parent company plans to make cars under the Lynk & Co and Geely Auto brands initially, while Tasco, a local construction and engineering firm, will shoulder the rest of the cost. stake in Malaysian automaker Proton from conglomerate DRB-HICOM Bhd in 2017.

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TechNode

JUNE 21, 2024

Luckin Coffee plans to bring its beverage brand to the Malaysian market with a local partner as the Chinese coffee chain expands beyond Singapore, its first foreign location. Malaysias media outlet The Edge cited sources familiar with the matter in a report on Thursday.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

Canada, CIS Region, Malaysia, Indonesia and Argentina — with the startup offering proprietary localized content for each target region (although its users are spread across some 40 countries). Kodland’s remote courses for children aged 6-17 are currently available in the U.K., Ireland, the U.S.,

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Beam, which currently operates e-scooters and e-bikes in 35 cities across Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, aims to spread into markets like Japan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Turkey. .

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Xendit’s expansion strategy into new markets, like Malaysia and Vietnam, will rely on solving problems that are unique to each market. Xendit’s edge is combining a global approach with its intense focus on localization, Wijaya said. Philippines payment processing startup PayMongo lands $12 million Series A led by Stripe.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

Among other fastest-growing client countries one can also find Latvia, Pakistan, Romania, Lithuania, and Malaysia. People typically come in and start bidding on jobs at around what they’d typically make locally, and in many cases that is well below what the client would be paying locally, so they end up finding great talent and great value.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

The new funding will be used to grow its customer base in Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia, and expand into new markets in Southeast Asia, like Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. Its customers include Gushcloud, Ralali, Hello Health, Lamer Fashion, Buy2sell and Mystifly.

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The Verge

AUGUST 23, 2021

More still, you can jump into local adventures, and level up your villagers at the esteemed valley guilds. Here’s the basic setup: Your village is actually part of a larger valley, where you and nine other players work together to build a big, wondrous utopia.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Xu declared that Thailand is one of Cherys strategic markets, along with Malaysia and Indonesia, after the Chinese manufacturer revealed plans in July to establish manufacturing facilities in the three countries as part of its expansion into Southeast Asia. Caixin, in Chinese ]

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TechNode

JULY 23, 2024

The platform will look to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Temu with an initial move to cover Asian territories including Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, and South Korea. Context: Taobao sells items from numerous local clothing brands that its domestic rivals have no access to.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Presently , Wapi Pay works with local banks and platforms in China, Indonesia, India, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. The company claims to be growing at 396% year-on-year since 2019 and has hopes to continue in that fashion.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 30, 2012

Weibo Agent is also interested in building a localized Chinese version of its service, but the monetization model will likely be different. They’re running a test in Malaysia and are gearing up to launch in Beijing soon. Quwanba is aiming to hit 120,000 transactions in the next three years.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2021

Its commodities include high-value products like lobster, which are shipped by exporters to markets like Malaysia, Singapore, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Canada and the United States. The platform currently has about 20 product categories and will use its funding to expand into more.

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The Indonesian government believed that TikTok Shop’s business model would impact the livelihood of local small businesses, leading to the shutdown order. NVIDIA’s collaboration with Malaysia’s YTL Group to build a $4.3 billion AI data center in Malaysia. Later, TikTok announced a $1.5

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TechNode

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Indonesian government believed that TikTok Shops business model would impact the livelihood of local small businesses, leading to the shutdown order. NVIDIAs collaboration with Malaysias YTL Group to build a $4.3 billion AI data center in Malaysia. TikTok Shop being shut down in Indonesia by the government was unexpected.

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TechNode

AUGUST 11, 2023

This marks Netas debut in Indonesia, having previously expanded to Thailand, Malaysia, and other ASEAN countries. Additionally, Neta has signed an agreement with Indonesias PT Handal Indonesia Motor to start localized assembly and production in the country from the second quarter of 2024, according to the firms statement.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

Indonesia’s mortgage penetration rate is also just 3% of the local GDP, one of the lowest in Southeast Asia. In a prepared statement, AC Ventures managing partner Adrian Li said, “Indonesia’s mortgage penetration is currently at 3% of the local GDP. That is low copared to Malaysia and Singapore, which are at 30% or higher.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

Xfers says it has access to more than 10 million underbanked consumers in Indonesia through its work with agent banking services, and also plans to expand into Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam.

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