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Fintech, Finances, Coins, Money, Banking

With $2.5M Seed funding, GajiGesa looks to improve access to financial services for Indonesia’s unbanked

The fresh capital will be used to grow its local team and invest in the startup's sales and customer success.

500 Startups Global Launch Program

500 Startups’ Global Launch Program opens to Singapore and US startups for 3rd batch

The program will provide access to 500 Startups mentors and founders who have significant business experience in the Southeast Asian Region and in the US. Qualified startups will also have access to the firm’s extensive network of investors.

How SandStar enhances the customer experience with AI-powered contactless retail [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

A winner at the ORIGIN Innovation Awards 2020, SandStar's unmanned vending platform provides a dynamic recognition technology and advanced motion semantic recognition aimed at the retail industry.

How Tookitaki enhances trust in FinTech through intelligent and inclusive regulatory compliance [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]

"Tookitaki AMLS allows the money laundering patterns to be automatically shared across banks globally (irrespective of their size) to facilitate collective intelligence and outsmart the criminals by identifying the suspicious money trails buried deep inside the mountain of legitimate transactions."

The Expedock team

Filipino-founded AI-enabled logistics startup Expedock secures $4M Seed fund

The startup is a Silicon Valley-based startup that utilizes its Nuance Technology, which allows its AI to process documents and automate the workflow that businesses involved in the supply chain industry have to deal with.

Google launches free ‘Startup School’ For EMEA, Americas, and APAC region

The interactive courses will tackle several topics including digital marketing, product knowledge, and business strategy.

Rocketship.vc backs BukuWarung in improving digitalization, monetization for micro biz across Indonesia

BukuWarung plans to use its fresh capital to expand its tech and product teams in Indonesia, Singapore, and India. It will concentrate on becoming more self-sustaining by working on its payments solution and releasing new monetization products.

The PasarPolis Team

Indonesia InsurTech platform PasarPolis raises $5 million in equity financing from The World Bank Group’s IFC

PasarPolis aims to increase insurance penetration and literacy across the region, with plans to scale its Vietnam and Thailand markets this year.

The Bot MD Team (Credit: Bot MD)

Bot MD secures $5M Series A amid pandemic-driven demand for MedTech

Fresh capital will be used to expand in other Asia-Pacific countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia, India, and the Philippines and improve the platform to include new features based on accelerated demand driven by the pandemic.