visa, payments, credit cards, credit

Visa invests in Singapore’s Nium

Formerly known as InstaReM, Nium specializes in cross-border payments.

Indomie, ramen

Sequoia in $25m funding for Indonesia startup helping mom-and-pop stores to stock up

GudangAda, started just last year, has bagged series A money.

Ninja Van just got its biggest ever funding round amid online shopping surge

$280 million for startup that handles one million parcels daily.

Dead: Hooq

Subscribers left in the dark with no refunds.

Meet the Harvard grad who left ‘big pharma’ for his own startup

With mClinica, he’s shaking up how pharmacies are run.

How to scale your startup during this crisis

Here’s a useful checklist of advice.

Sequoia backs Indonesia insurance startup Qoala

Insurance on your new iPhone? This startup bets on growing demand.

Jack Ma, Alibaba, AI, AIWIN

China AI contest calls for global talent

AIWIN is now open to registration, with resources and prizes on offer.

fire, insurance, risk

Ex-Grab exec pockets fresh funding for insurance startup

On top of that, Axinan is rebranding as Igloo.

Gobi’s Thomas Tsao on a decade as a Southeast Asia VC

Tsao dishes out insights, talks trends, and gives his perspective on the virus crisis.

air-con, AC, energy, power, air conditioners

Energy automation startup gets funding for global expansion

Singapore’s SensorFlow is ready to break out of Southeast Asia.