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How Komerce bridges micro SMEs with e-commerce capability and community impact [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

In this TechNode Global Q&A, we learn how Komerce is bridging the e-commerce gap for micro-enterprise, and how the company is also providing social impact by training and hiring from one of Indonesia's rural towns, thus providing employment and growth opportunities whilst also providing affordable e-commerce skilled services to small businesses.

Digital-first pet insurance platform Oyen launches in Malaysia

The new platform allows pet owners to digitally buy and manage medical insurance for their cats and dogs.

Hobby lifestyle e-commerce platform Mercular raises $3M Series A led by Kairous Capital

The fresh capital will help fuel Mercular’s goal to build a fully integrated value chain and community around the hobby lifestyle category, particularly through building its hobby lifestyle ecosystem.

myCashback finds balance in addressing the three pillars of e-commerce [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

In this TechNode Global Q&A with Sarun Vichayabhai, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of myCashback, we find out how relationships are an important part of success in digital commerce.

Execs from Microsoft, Google, Twitter join XA Network board, with aim of fostering inclusive innovation in SEA

Since its founding in 2018, the organization has grown to 100 members. It has also made 30 investments and has already had its first exit with Lomotif, a Singaporean video-sharing social networking platform, for $125 million. As for its portfolio, two-fifths of its companies have advanced to Series A/B funding rounds.

HealthTech platform Halodoc secures $80M Series C to further improve digital healthcare in Indonesia

The company plans to use its fresh capital from the Series C fundraise to continue working on its digital solutions. It will be used to penetrate key healthcare verticals across the country, improving user/patient experiences with tech-based solutions for the country's most pressing healthcare problems.

Decentralized tech gives new meaning to ownership and distribution of creative works [ORIGIN Q&A with Mighty Jaxx]

The growing demand for better-reselling options is driven by the desire to feel more confident in purchasing art in today’s context, and providing more leeway to sell will allow collectors to feel more secure in purchasing a more expensive work that might have just been out of their budget, or to buy more individual works by more artists.

ORIGIN: With fast cashbacks, community impact, and livestreaming, here’s how e-commerce is reshaping the way we buy and sell

In this TechNode Global feature on the winners of the ORIGIN Innovation Awards -- Startup Awards in e-Commerce, we find out how cashbacks, social impact, and livestreaming are making a big difference in how we buy, sell, and build relationships based on digital commerce.

Indie game dev platform Jambox secures $1.1M Seed funding to foster next-gen competitive game publishing in India and SEA

The Seed fund will be used to fuel the startup’s next-generation competitive game publishing platform for indie game developers specifically in India and Southeast Asia. Jambox plans to launch the platform and establish roots in Vietnam, India, and Indonesia before moving towards launching in Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines.

Indonesia e-commerce unicorn Bukalapak receives backing from state-owned banks in a $234M venture round  

The company plans to use its fresh capital to increase its user base of warungs (mom and pop stores), micro, and small businesses in Indonesia. The company’s strategic partnerships with both state-owned banks will also give its user base access to more products and services that the banks offer.