Singapore leads Southeast Asian FoodTech movement as Next Gen secures $10M Seed fund to launch its plant-based chicken alternative

Southeast Asia continues to grow in the FoodTech and meat alternative industry as investors continue to back foreign and regional companies. Singapore spearheads the movement with…

China’s Black Lake continues to digitize industrial China and APAC with $77M Series C

Black Lake plans to use its fresh capital to invest in product development, manpower, market expansion, and creating an open platform for third-party partners. The company also…

Max Mandias and Helga Angelina, Green Butcher Founders

More homegrown meat alternatives in Southeast Asia as Green Butcher secures $2M Seed fund for planned Q2 2021 mainstream launch

The startup plans to utilize the fresh capital by expanding its research and development team, and scaling its production capacity to launch into mainstream retailers by Q2 2021.

ORIGIN: How tech startups take advantage of data and intelligence in enhancing the delivery of healthcare services

HealthTech startups are enhancing partnerships within the industry and with end-users, thus providing more value in health and wellness initiatives.

ErudiFi team

ErudiFi secures $5M Series A to expand its education-focused FinTech platform in Indonesia, Philippines

plans to utilize the fresh capital by investing in its manpower. It also plans to invest in product innovation and expand its operations in its existing markets.

FUNDtastic team (Credit: FUNDtastic)

Indonesian FinTech startup FUNDtastic secures $7.7M Series A for market expansion and new product development

The new fund aims to expand our market scope, and also develop more products and features.

TransCelestial

Wireless tech startup Transcelestial to enter Philippines’ internet infrastructure market with $2M investment from Kickstart Ventures

The company aims to address the Philippines’ Internet infrastructure bottleneck problem through its tech. It plans to provide ISPs, enterprises, and government agencies with a…

Windmills green energy

Eurazeo to allocate 40% of $97M Smart City II Fund for energy, mobility, property, & logistics investments in SEA & China

The new fund will continue to invest in companies seeking to address the challenges brought about by . The fund will mainly look at investing in energy, mobility, proptech, and…

The trouble with Google and Facebook: Is absolute power corrupting absolutely?

The Goo-book duopoly dominates our lives now that the internet has become a public utility run by private sector companies, but politicians have yet to find a way to regulate ‘big…

Grab, GrabFood

Grab gets backing from South Korean retailer Shinsegae Group’s corporate VC arm Signite Partners

The South Korean retail giant has been actively making moves to invest overseas through its VC arm, Signite Partners

Robo-advisor StashAway aims to make it simple and cost effective to invest intelligently [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

StashAway's proprietary investment framework monitors a customer’s investment goals and continuously optimizes the portfolio based on evolving macro trends across multiple assets…

ORIGIN: How FinTech is disrupting business banking and wealth management in Southeast Asia

Digital banks and tech-driven wealth management platforms are optimizing how businesses and users transact and invest in the Asia Pacific region.

Clubhouse

Clubhouse: Hype-fuelled gimmick or the future of events and podcasting?

The new audio app has quickly become the most exciting thing to hit the social media sphere in years, but can it maintain the momentum, asks the C-suite CEO & co-founder Dean…