The secret to building a digital health unicorn in Southeast Asia
The secret to success in digital health in Southeast Asia is to take a harder, non-consensus view. But that alone is not enough; you need to continue to believe you’re right…
Vietnam’s Touchstone Partners announces first close of inaugural $50M VC fund to invest in local startups
Touchstone Partners has announced the first close of its inaugural $50 million venture capital fund. The fund is backed by New York-based Pavilion Capital, Vulcan Capital, and…
With $2.6M pre-Series A, Vietnam’s Dat Bike aims to drive the future of Southeast Asia’s e-bike market [Q&A with Founder & CEO Son Nguyen]
We want to transform the 250 million gasoline bikes in Southeast Asia to electric vehicles. We believe that if given a choice, everyone would pick electric over gas.
The 4 drivers of digital transformation
These are critical and challenging transformations that the world’s leading companies must embrace and implement. The mantra then is "Innovate or die."
Why should businesses track their social impact?
Impact-driven businesses should invest resources in measuring and managing their social impact. It can provide them a lot of benefits in the end which can also affect their…
HR and hiring should move from transactional to full-stack ecosystem approach, says Glints Co-Founder and CEO Oswald Yeo
The long-term goal for Glints is to evolve the talent ecosystem in Southeast Asia from simply being transactional in nature to an end-to-end solution for both businesses and…
The power of data: What insights can real-time air quality monitoring reveal about your workplace health and safety?
Managing indoor air quality is key to ensuring a healthy indoor environment that fosters quality of life and work performance and it starts with effective measurement and…
Retail analytics platform Trax raises $640M Series E led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and BlackRock
Trax plans to use the fresh capital to continue providing digital transformation solutions for brick-and-mortar retail companies by expanding its products.
Building HealthTech solutions that last beyond the pandemic
How do we build a HealthTech solution that not only solves a specific problem but plugs into and grows with the landscape of other connected health solutions to provide better…
Aespada Technologies digitalizes ‘archaic’ construction logistics toward sustainable and lean operations
Digital adoption will help in attaining a higher productivity rate with the limited resources available on the market. This will actually speed up the construction processes and…
With growing use from increased digitalization, career and recruitment platform Glints secures $22.5M Series C for APAC expansion
The company plans to use the fresh capital to support its overall mission of empowering the career development of 120 million professionals in Southeast Asia by expanding in…
The ‘bulletproof resilience’ needed to raise startup funding
If you’re not well equipped to deal with emotional rollercoasters, then raising money for a startup might not be for you, writes C-suite Co-Founder and CEO Dean Carroll.
For ACKTEC Technologies, microlearning is the most efficient means of delivery for EdTech [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]
ACKTEC Technologies is a SaaS-driven EdTech company that specializes in providing a digital learning ecosystem that helps structure and digitize learning and development (L&D)…
