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Edupia raises Series A to close the education gap in Vietnam

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

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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Vietnam-based CoderSchool gets $2.6M pre-Series A to scale online course platform

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

CoderSchool, a Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam-based online coding school startup, announced today $2.6 The company, founded in 2015 by Charles Lee and Harley Trung, who previously worked as software engineers, pivoted from offline to online in early 2020 to bring high-quality technical training to everyone, everywhere. pre-seed round.

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English learning app ELSA lands $15 million Series B for international growth and its B2B platform

TechCrunch

JANUARY 31, 2021

Based in San Francisco and Ho Chi Minh City, ELSA announced today it has raised a $15 million Series B, led by VI (Vietnam Investments) Group and SIG. In addition to Latin America, ELSA will also focus on expanding in Vietnam, India and Japan, where it saw high demand last year. ELSA’s English pronunciation feedback.

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

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

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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Microsoft says it mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever recorded

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

DDoS attacks are typically used to force websites or services offline, thanks to a flood of traffic that a web host can’t handle. Microsoft says the attack lasted more than 10 minutes, with short-lived bursts of traffic that peaked at 2.4Tbps, 0.55Tbps, and finally 1.7Tbps. The attack on Azure lasted more than 10 minutes.

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Plentina, a ‘buy now, pay later’ startup focused on emerging markets, raises another $2.2M

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The new capital will be used to speed-track Plentina’s growth in the Philippines, expand its product and start exploring launches in other countries, including Vietnam. We are guided by our mission to democratize financial services to emerging markets, so we are planning to expand to Vietnam in 2022,” Valencia told TechCrunch. “We

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Thailand’s fintech startup Ascend Money lands $150M at a $1.5B valuation

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The company, which was founded in 2013, also plans to strengthen its global operations across six countries — Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Cambodia, and the Philippines. In Thailand, Ascend Money has about 70% of market share based on its own research, Thamavaranukupt said.

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Education startup MindX raises $3.3M to prepare Vietnamese students for tech careers

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Vietnam’s digital economy is one of the fastest growing in the world, but the country is facing a growing shortage of IT workers. Many kids want to study coding, but school curriculums are limited, said Tung Nguyen, the co-founder of MindX , an online/offline education platform that focuses on preparing students for tech careers.

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Dat Bike is the creator of Vietnam’s first domestic electric motorbike

TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2022

Dat Bike is on a journey to reduce the amount of gasoline used in Vietnam. Dat Bike is recognized by the Vietnam Ministry of Transportation as the first domestically-made electric bike. Most of the parts on Dat Bike’s vehicles are designed by the company and 80% of its suppliers are located in Vietnam.

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Fairbanc provides BNPL for micro-merchants in Indonesia

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 also received previous investment from East Ventures, 500 Global and Michael Smapoerna.

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Southeast Asian credit fintech Kredivo scores $270M Series D

TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

Kredivo Holdings , which offers credit services to underbanked consumers in Indonesia and Vietnam, has raised $270 million in what it says was an oversubscribed Series D. The company’s products include online and offline buy now, pay later, personal loans, credit cards and banking services through Krom.

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Southeast Asia “omnichannel” health startup Doctor Anywhere gets $88M SGD

TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

It is available in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, and recently established tech hubs in Bangalore and Ho Chi Minh City. . Founded in 2017 by Lim Wai Mun, Doctor Anywhere claims it now serves more than 1.5 million users. Telemedicine startups are positioning themselves for a post-pandemic world.

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Jakarta-based SME financial platform KoinWorks scoops up $108M Series C

TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2022

KoinWorks is headquartered in Jakarta, with holding in Singapore and tech offices in Yogyakarta, India and Vietnam. As many as 20% of businesses shifted their sales channels offline to online during the pandemic, and 89% of businesses now use online channels to sell their products and services,” he said.

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Upmesh wants to build a community-driven discovery app for Southeast Asian live commerce

TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Upmesh will use part of its new funding to double down on the Philippines and Malaysia for at least another six months, but it also wants to enter Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam. “The way the software is structured has to be very customized to the individual markets,” Wong said. If we look at an interesting comparison to the U.S.,

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Payfazz invests $30M in Xfers as the two Southeast Asian fintechs form Fazz Financial Group

TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2021

Payfazz, which announced a $53 million Series B in July from investors including Tiger Global and Y Combinator, also offers loans and payment services for offline retailers. Customers deposit cash with agents, and that balance can used to pay phone, electricity and other bills.

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

TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

IDEAL also plans to expand to other major lending products, with a long-term vision of entering more Southeast Asian markets like Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam. It will also launch a dashboard that will help users monitor and manage their mortgages.

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Korean handmade goods marketplace Backpackr gears up to expand into Southeast Asia

TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2023

The new capital will help Backpackr make a foray into Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines, in the second quarter of this year with an ambition to become the Etsy of Asia, Kim said in an interview with TechCrunch.

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Indonesian consumer research startup Populix gets $1.2M in pre-Series A funding

TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2021

But it’s something that’s not available in developing countries like Indonesia,” where many companies still conduct research offline despite its very high smartphone engagement rates.

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Apple patches nasty security bugs, HBO Max suddenly removes content, and a16z backs Neumann’s next thing

TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2022

The Vietnam-based group of developers behind the stalkerware network went to great lengths to keep their identities hidden (but not well enough). Does it seem like the folks behind the stalkerware apps have any intention of stopping? Not at all. They found the malware’s kill switch, making them overnight “accidental” heroes.

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Edupia raises Series A to close the education gap in Vietnam

Vietnam-based CoderSchool gets $2.6M pre-Series A to scale online course platform

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English learning app ELSA lands $15 million Series B for international growth and its B2B platform

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

Microsoft says it mitigated the largest DDoS attack ever recorded

Plentina, a ‘buy now, pay later’ startup focused on emerging markets, raises another $2.2M

Thailand’s fintech startup Ascend Money lands $150M at a $1.5B valuation

Education startup MindX raises $3.3M to prepare Vietnamese students for tech careers

Dat Bike is the creator of Vietnam’s first domestic electric motorbike

Fairbanc provides BNPL for micro-merchants in Indonesia

Southeast Asian credit fintech Kredivo scores $270M Series D

Southeast Asia “omnichannel” health startup Doctor Anywhere gets $88M SGD

Jakarta-based SME financial platform KoinWorks scoops up $108M Series C

Upmesh wants to build a community-driven discovery app for Southeast Asian live commerce

Payfazz invests $30M in Xfers as the two Southeast Asian fintechs form Fazz Financial Group

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

Korean handmade goods marketplace Backpackr gears up to expand into Southeast Asia

Indonesian consumer research startup Populix gets $1.2M in pre-Series A funding

Apple patches nasty security bugs, HBO Max suddenly removes content, and a16z backs Neumann’s next thing

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