Day: February 4, 2021

Google launches free ‘Startup School’ For EMEA, Americas, and APAC region

The interactive courses will tackle several topics including digital marketing, product knowledge, and business strategy.

Rocketship.vc backs BukuWarung in improving digitalization, monetization for micro biz across Indonesia

BukuWarung plans to use its fresh capital to expand its tech and product teams in Indonesia, Singapore, and India. It will concentrate on becoming more self-sustaining by working on its payments solution and releasing new monetization products.

The PasarPolis Team

Indonesia InsurTech platform PasarPolis raises $5 million in equity financing from The World Bank Group’s IFC

PasarPolis aims to increase insurance penetration and literacy across the region, with plans to scale its Vietnam and Thailand markets this year.

The Bot MD Team (Credit: Bot MD)

Bot MD secures $5M Series A amid pandemic-driven demand for MedTech

Fresh capital will be used to expand in other Asia-Pacific countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, India, and the Philippines and improve the platform to include new features based on accelerated demand driven by the pandemic. 

Eric Lam, Founder & CEO, The Amdon Group

6 Things I have learned to embrace as an entrepreneur

"There is nothing romantic about being an entrepreneur, and I wondered why there are schools that even think that starting a business is an imperative rite of passage for any student who is graduating from a tertiary institution."

ORIGIN: AI as a game changer in retail, finance, and customer engagement amid increased digitalization

Given the accelerated demand for digital services including e-payments, digital fund transfers, e-commerce purchases, and customer engagement, it will be too burdensome for traditional or manual systems to manage. Thus, innovations in AI are also being tapped in order to optimize how digital transactions and engagements are carried out.