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Striking while the iron is hot: The Philippine venture scene is heating up and getting hotter

TechNode Global’s series on the Philippines will delve into why Filipino entrepreneurs and founders are attracting venture capital (VC) money in droves. In this second part, we explore the rise in Series B (and now, C) fundraising rounds out of the Philippines in 2021, and what it signals for the startup ecosystem as a whole. Seven founders share how much…

BEYOND Virtual talks about growing capital markets with Global Investors predictions, evolution of Family Offices & accelerating into a SPAC-tacular era … Going from online to offline Dec 2-4

This week, BEYOND Virtual continues with informative and engaging panels focusing on the new capital wave, family offices and SPACs. See the schedule below.

Startups Driving Inclusive Innovation in the Philippines [BEYOND Virtual Panel recap]

This Beyond Virtual session held on November 16 shows the exchange of ideas regarding the present and the future of the Philippine startup ecosystem. The panelists discuss the challenges companies have encountered and how they have overcome the difficulties.

Building Resilience: How Does Innovation Empower Malaysian Businesses to Boost the Economy? [BEYOND Virtual Panel]

The discussions in this panel focused on how Malaysian businesses are innovating and finding new ways not only to survive the pandemic but also to become more enduring as they continue to battle the coronavirus threat and anticipate other serious problems that can trample the Malaysian economy once more.

ORIGIN Innovation Awards 2021: Best Community Builder winners

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the Best Community Builder for the second edition of the ORIGIN Innovation Awards.

ORIGIN Innovation Awards 2021: Announcing the Best Community Builder finalists

We are thrilled to announce the finalists of the Best Community Builder finalists for the second edition of the ORIGIN Innovation Awards.

Indonesia e-commerce solution platform Desty raises $5M in an extended pre-series A round from East Ventures

Desty, an Indonesia-based E-Commerce solution platform startup, announced Friday that it has secured $5 million of extended pre-series A round led by East Ventures (growth fund) with participation from Jungle Ventures and returning investors Fosun RZ and January Capital.

All G Foods and the future of alternative meats and milk [Podcast Q&A]

Jan Pacas is the Founder and CEO of All G, a FoodTech company playing in the alternative protein and biotech space. His career spans globally and includes scaling a $1 billion multinational business, being a CEO of a successful multichannel Australian business, and co-founding two successful startups. Jan strongly believes that focusing simultaneously on…

ORIGIN Innovation Awards 2021: Announcing the Startup Finalists – GreenTech & Sustainable Tech and Internet Solutions

We are thrilled to announce the finalists of the Startup Finalists - GreenTech & Sustainable Tech and Internet Solutions for the second edition of the ORIGIN Innovation Awards.

India’s Indifi Technologies raises $46M in Series D equity and debt funding

Indifi Technologies has raised a total of Rs 340 crores ($46) million in Series D equity and debt funding. CX Partners and OP Finnfund Global Impact Fund I (the first Finnish global emerging markets impact fund) along with existing investors CDC Group (the UK’s development finance institution), Omidyar Network, Flourish Ventures, Elevar Equity and Accel,…