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Vietnamese EV maker VinFast to expand into Southeast Asia, raising more capital – report
Southeast Asia has a lot of potential with governments looking to boost EV adoption with aggressive targets, VinFast Chief Executive Officer Le Thi Thu Thuy said.
PH startup PetPal plans to build ‘superapp’ as it targets $1.6B pet care market in Southeast Asia [Q&A]
In the interview, 917Venture Head of Ideation and Acceleration Glenn Estrella also shared PetPal’s short-term and long-term plans, the potential and opportunities the company sees in the pet care market in the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia, among others.
This Malaysian startup aims to address ‘screen time crisis’ among kids
Carrots&Cake is a parental control learning app, focusing on the science behind how kids interact with tech in order to try and change their behavior and build healthy habits.
Antitrust approval could be biggest hurdle for Grab’s potential acquisition of Foodpanda’s business, analysts say
Momentum Works, a venture outfit, estimated Foodpanda's Southeast Asia GMV at $3.1 billion in 2022. According to the same report, Foodpanda ranked second by market share in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines, and third in Thailand in 2022.
Backed by three unicorns, Indonesia’s InsurTech firm PasarPolis gears up to disrupt insurance industry
In the interview, Van Zyl also shared PasarPolis’ short-term and long-term plans, the company’s strategy and the challenges it faced. He also shared his views on the overall insurance industry in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.
TechNode Global Rebrands as TNGlobal, Strengthens Malaysia Tech Ecosystem Connections With KL Office
Leading the charge in accelerating tech and innovation in the Pan Asia region, TechNode Global announces its dynamic relaunch and rebranding as TNGlobal. As part of this bold and ambitious move, #TNGlobal proudly opens its brand-new office in the heart of #KualaLumpur, marking a pivotal step toward elevating the #Malaysia tech and innovation ecosystem to…
AC Ventures’ Helen Wong on Indonesia’s path to the next decade: progress & prospects
In this episode of the “Going-abroad” live program hosted by TechNode Group Founder and CEO Dr. Lu Gang, AC Ventures Managing Partner Helen Wong shared her views on Indonesia, the attractiveness the country has to offer. She also shared her investment strategy and AC Ventures' future plans, among others.
This Singapore-based insurtech firm offers unique microinsurance for ‘underserved’ groups including farmers, gamers & even your pets [Q&A]
In the interview, Mehta also shared about Igloo's plans and strategy after the fundraise last year. He also shared his views about the insurance industry in Southeast Asia, the challenges Igloo faces expanding in the region and the company plans to address these challenges, among others.
Alibaba Cloud sees increase in demand from various industries in Malaysia market, says VP [Q&A]
In the interview, Alibaba Cloud Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Service Cloud William Xiong also shared about how digitization can help carbon neutralisation, insights on the latest development and technology for carbon management, Alibaba’s own approach to carbon reduction, among others.
Khazanah-backed insurtech firm PolicyStreet aims to serve underserved & underinsured communities including gig workers [Q&A]
TechNode Global recently spoke to its Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Yen Ming Lee to learn more about the company’s plans after its latest funding round, what are the opportunities and challenges the company sees in the insurance industry.
