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MARCH 29, 2022

The round will be used to expand in Indonesia and the Philippines, acquire more esports teams and scale Ampverse’s play-to-earn unit. . Founded in 2019, Ampverse’s portfolio includes Thai esports brands Bacon and MiTH; Vietnamese team SBTC Esports and India’s 7Sea.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

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. . We are taking the best practices along with key learnings to our next market launch.” .

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

ErudiFi currently works with more than 50 universities and vocational schools in Indonesia and the Philippines. ErudiFi is tackling an underserved market that is plagued with high-interest rates by traditional financial institutions and limited reach from peer-to-peer lending companies.”

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JULY 25, 2022

Now it’s set a goal of investing in 100 more startups with the launch of its second emerging market seed-stage fund, called Seedstars International Ventures II (SIV), with a first close of $20 million. We’re really looking to diversify holdings, leveraging learnings from one market to another,” said Sosrodjojo.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2021

Young startup Atlan, which has built a SaaS data collaboration platform and is courting customers in international markets, has now won the trust of some high-profile investors. The startup — which was founded in India and now has teams across the U.S., and the market will be a big focus as the startup scales.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa and emerging markets continue to live without access to electricity. Zola Electric , one such provider, is announcing today that it has closed $90 million in new funding to enter new markets and drive distributed renewable energy. The company has evolved since then. “More than 2.2

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The funding will be used to expand in the Asia-Pacific region, including Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia, and to add new features in response to demand from hospitals and healthcare organizations during COVID-19. MIT and Boston Dynamics team up on ‘Dr.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

If you’re in India, the Philippines, Russia or Vietnam, Amazon Prime and Gorillas are probably not that much use to you. In a statement, Mike Alexandrovski, founder of Borzo, said: “With the new round closed we continue to move toward our goal of becoming one of the top courier delivery companies in every market we operate in.

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JUNE 26, 2022

The way we see the market is that number one, the inefficiency in trucking and cargo shipping has driven up costs materially. And if you buy the same Nike shoes in Indonesia, Thailand or the Philippines, the answer is going to be much closer to 25%, maybe upwards of 30%.”. The answer is very well-documented. It’s about 8%.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Diakogiannis realized he had the network to address a large market opportunity, but there was another reason for starting Seafair. Shipping companies are based around the world, but about 50% of seafarers come from Eastern Europe and the Philippines, so they typically rely on agencies to staff vessels.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

TechCrunch spoke with co-founders Sara Du , CEO, and Gregg Mojica , CTO, about the round, their market and their experience in Y Combinator. The startup then went through Y Combinator the next year, sharpened its focus to the e-commerce market and, as it has just announced, attracted millions more from a cadre of investors.

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JANUARY 5, 2022

Brankas , an open banking startup for Southeast Asian markets, is entering the new year with a $20 million Series B. Brankas new funding will be used to build new APIs and double its current team of 100. The funding was led by Insignia Ventures Partners, with participation from returning investors Beenext and Integra Partners.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

The company’s Series B, which brings its total raised since 2017 to $41 million AUD, will be used to expand in Southeast Asia and double its total team by hiring 100 new people, including 50 software developers. ” co-founder and co-chief executive officer William On told TechCrunch.

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AUGUST 12, 2021

Tablevibe’s founding team includes two former Googlers: Jeroen Rutten, formerly head of Google Search’s product strategy in APAC and Sneep, who was responsible for its app development go-to-market strategy and led large sales teams. It also serves cloud kitchens, like CloudEats in the Philippines. “As

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AUGUST 19, 2021

Last month, for example, her team co-led an investment in Virtually Human Studio , the startup behind a digital horse racing service Zed Run, wherein users buy, sell and breed virtual horses whose value rises depending on their performance against other virtual horses. The NFT market is just getting started, but where is it headed?

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Africans and people in emerging markets missed out on the first set of opportunities that technological advancements brought to the world. Africa’s cryptocurrency market grew by 1,200% to $105.6 The company, with team members in nine countries, has onboarded strategic web3 and traditional investors to back its mission.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The uptake of customer relationship management (CRM) tools has grown immensely over the last few years such that the market size is expected to experience a 12.5% The startup plans to grow this further by embarking on a marketing drive and setting up hubs in regions where its platform is on demand over the next one year.

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MARCH 25, 2021

Indonesia, China, Philippines, Thailand and Japan. It typically is owned by the laser scanning market,” says Sanz. The funds will go toward expanding the 50-person company’s sales and marketing team — both of which have been fairly small portions of the company’s overall headcount. Skycatch Raises $13.2M

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The latest funding will be used to set up a US office and build up a team in the next 12 months. DesignCrowd is also keen on exploring new markets. A year ago, it entered Asia via launches in India, Singapore and the Philippines – three months after the site rolled into Canada and the UK.

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OCTOBER 6, 2022

million in orders across 150 brands in the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Taiwan and Australia. Users currently include Bistro Group (the Philippine franchisee of TGI Fridays, Hard Rock Cafe and Buffalo Wild Winds, Flash Coffee and ghost kitchen startups MadEats and Just Kitchen. klikit’s team. Withers said.

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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. As its team began to understand the needs of SMEs more, it started to develop the other tools on the platform.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

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

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MARCH 2, 2021

Its website promises businesses that “with a single integration,” they can accept payments in Indonesia and the Philippines. The market opportunity is there. ” It is also eyeing other markets. We’ll cover every aspect of company-building: Fundraising, recruiting, sales, legal, PR, marketing and brand building.

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TechCrunch

JULY 21, 2022

Fairbanc will use its new funding on expanding in Indonesia, and exploring new markets like Vietnam and the Philippines in partnership with Unilever. Fairbanc was founded in 2019 by Wharton-graduate Mir Haque, who first piloted the startup in Bangladesh before choosing Indonesia as its main market.

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JUNE 29, 2009

Nonprofit tech experts team up to help others master ‘social tools for social change’. The Socialbrite team is made up of strategists with deep experience in offering social media consulting services, training workshops, conversational marketing, fundraising and outreach campaigns.

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APRIL 28, 2021

MacDonald previously worked for his family’s insurance business, while Schnare earned insurance experience by working for a large player in the market. Today the startup is just seven folks — four in the United States, three in the Philippines — but expects to grow to 15 to 20 this year. Like writing with their hands.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Founded in 2021 by Arindam Roy, Rajath KM and Kartik Mishra, Pillow is focused on emerging markets like Africa and Southeast Asia. It also recently expanded into Nigeria, Ghana and Vietnam, among other markets. To do this, the Pillow team has to tackle a couple big issues.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

It also plans to enter the Philippines in the third quarter. Part of the funding will be used to increase Jeff’s team from about 15 people now to more than 40 employees for its offices in Latvia and Southeast Asia. The hottest fintech market you aren’t paying attention to.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The funding will be used to grow Docquity in its existing markets, like Indonesia and the Philippines, and enter new ones, including Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. It has also set up internal compliance and pharma co-vigilance team to ensure privacy and security.

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JULY 20, 2021

Its leadership “sprints” focus on topics like retaining knowledge, and what goes into curating a safe environment for teams. The material differs from other online programs by focusing on more philosophical skills, like how to create a safe environment for teams or how to retain knowledge, instead of topics like like Finance 101.

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JULY 20, 2021

Founded in Sydney in 2014, the company is now expanding into Southeast Asian and Western European markets. The new capital will be used to hire for its engineering teams and for the company’s continuing international expansion. How to do remote work right, from the teams that know it best.

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My first post in this series described how businesses should start when considering expansion into Asia, which is home to some of the largest and fastest growing markets in the world. For example, should they hire in-market consultants, an expatriate based in a hub city, or partner with a local player? Nothing gets done otherwise.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

million in seed funding, and is now live in four markets (Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam) with connections to 30 banks. market because it was reliable and developer-friendly, Lesaffre said. Its new funding will be used to grow its engineering and business development teams. Plaid won the U.S.

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

Vietnam has one of the fastest-growing e-commerce markets in Southeast Asia, but many major platforms still focus on large cities. Other examples of social commerce areas focused on smaller cities and rural areas include “hyperlocal” startup Super and KitaBeli , both in Indonesia, and Resellee in the Philippines.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2021

Ben Thompson, co-founder and chief executive officer of human resources platform Employment Hero told TechCrunch that “COVID-19 accelerated the adoption of employment management software by roughly five years,” as teams adjusted to remote work. Virtual HQs race to win over a remote-work-fatigued market. million USD).

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MAY 17, 2023

Bolttech’s Series B is closed to new interest from the market, but we continue to engage with the investor community in case of future opportunities,” he told TechCrunch. For example, it enables JKOPay in Taiwan and Maya in the Philippines to offer insurance marketplaces through their apps.

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JULY 6, 2022

The founding team is deeply rooted in the Japanese gaming industry but picked Singapore as the firm’s other home because Japan “has regulatory issues regarding crypto assets,” the executive says. It will also be spending the money on marketing, business development and hiring.

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