How Tookitaki enhances trust in FinTech through intelligent and inclusive regulatory compliance [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

"Tookitaki AMLS allows the money laundering patterns to be automatically shared across banks globally (irrespective of their size) to facilitate collective intelligence and…

The Expedock team

Filipino-founded AI-enabled logistics startup Expedock secures $4M Seed fund

The startup is a Silicon Valley-based startup that utilizes its Nuance Technology, which allows its AI to process documents and automate the workflow that businesses involved in…

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…

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…

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…

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…

GrabBike, Grab, motorbikes, motorcycles, transportation, Indonesia

Grab secures $2B 5-year term loan facility as industry heats up in SEA

Grab plans to use the loan to strengthen its position as the leading super app in Southeast Asia, through stronger liquidity and diversified financing.

What’s ahead? Southeast Asia startup and venture capital ecosystems 2021

Firms that introduce disruptive technologies in the tailwind industries such as Digital Wallets, Virtual Worlds, and New Retail are poised to thrive, as their solutions will…

Design and delivery should be the main drivers of EdTech, say learning experts at Amdon Consulting Group

“In general, EdTech developers think too much as programmers rather than educators. At its core, the main drivers of success in an education platform are design and delivery.”

Venture builder, accelerator, or incubator: Which one can help your startup CEO career grow?

Startups are easy to start, difficult to maintain and extremely hard to grow because of competition. You will need a lot of capital investment to fuel your startup engine. This…