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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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Despite layoffs, there’s still a talent crunch in Southeast Asia

TechCrunch

A lot of new hiring will happen remotely, with companies turning to Vietnam and Indonesia, which have both seen less layoffs, for top tech talent. ” In Malaysia, regional companies still hire cross-border, but local companies have shifted back to local hiring. Layoffs also give startups a chance to build their core teams.

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Southeast Asia’s Creative Galileo wants to make learning fun with popular cartoon characters

TechCrunch

The funding will be used to start scaling Creative Galileo across Southeast Asia, hiring for local teams in Indonesia and Vietnam, its next markets. The education system, with a ratio of 1 teacher to 30, or even 40 students, is creating a cookie cutter approach,” she added. million in Series A funding from Kalaari.

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Indonesia’s IDEAL takes the pain out of applying for mortgages

TechCrunch

With that in mind, Indonesia has one of the lowest credit to GDP ratios in the region, signifying that there is a lot of economic value potential that can be unlocked. Indonesia’s mortgage penetration rate is also just 3% of the local GDP, one of the lowest in Southeast Asia.

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Mark Cuban on America’s future

The Verge

I mean, my God, when he became Muhammad Ali, he wasn’t allowed to fight for two years, because he wouldn’t go to Vietnam, because the Viet Cong had done nothing to him, as he said, right? Because it was always localized or territorial at some level with telecom, and that territorial perspective is being decimated right now.