Indonesia e-commerce logistic solutions startup Biteship secures Seed funding co-led by East Ventures and Beenext

Biteship, an Indonesia-based e-commerce logistic solution startup with a focus on empowering small-medium enterprises (SMEs) and enterprises, announced on Friday that it has…

Singapore alternative funding startup Jenfi launches in Indonesia

Jenfi, a Singapore-based fintech startup, said Thursday it is expanding its business to Indonesia. The expansion follows its recent series A funding in 2021 and also includes…

Malaysia’s Khazanah launches sustainability framework & targets

The Sustainability Framework introduced by Khazanah is designed to be holistic, captured under the three main pillars of ESG, and focuses on issues which most impact the…

In the Post-Covid world, pen and paper and the great resignation emerge as key hurdles for SMEs to ramp up their operations

With the reopening of borders and sectors across Southeast Asia, retail food and beverage (F&B) is ramping up again. However, many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) looking…

Culinary startup Mangkokku raises $7M Series A funding from Alpha JWC Ventures & EMTEK

Indonesia-based culinary startup Mangkokku announced today its recently closed Series A funding of $7 million co-led by Alpha JWC Ventures and EMTEK, with participation from Cakra…

Request Finance raises $5.5M from Animoca Brands, Balderton, XAnge and Web3 Founders to simplify enterprise Crypto payments

Request Finance, the Web3 enterprise crypto payments startup, has closed a $5.5 million seed round with institutional backers including Animoca Brands, Europe early-stage venture…

China’s regulator denies conducting work on Jack Ma’s Ant IPO revival; Ant says no plan to initiate IPO

The CSRC, however, also said that it "supports qualified platform companies to list within China and overseas".

Here’s why free-to-play can attract millions of new players into the Web3 gaming ecosystem [Podcast]

For the “play-to-earn” title to avoid becoming a misnomer, steps must be taken to reduce high entry costs, or even better, have no capital requirements at all. 

Alpha JWC expects E2W vehicles to be widely adopted in Indonesia soon; open for future opportunities in EV sector

E2W is highly potential, especially in Indonesia with its large market and increasing demand for motorbikes. The trends projected that E2W will be adopted widely soon, and with…

Alipay+ partners ComfortDelGro for foreign mobile payments in Singapore

ComfortDelGro Taxi and Alipay+ announced Wednesday a partnership that enables mobile payments from Malaysia and South Korea, namely the Touch ‘n Go eWallet and Kakao Pay, to be…

YAS MicroInsurance and Amodo join forces to enable autonomous insurance on-chain

YAS MicroInsurance (YAS), a Hong Kong-based insurance on blockchain frontier, said Thursday it is joining forces with Amodo, a Croatia-based telematics insurtech company, to…

Carsome launches largest experience center in Malaysia

Southeast Asia’s largest integrated car e-commerce platform, Carsome, has elevated its hassle-free car buying experience with the launch of Carsome PJ Automall, its biggest…