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Gojek, motorbikes, motorcycles, transportation, Indonesia

Gojek escalates cashless payments battle with startup acquisition

Gojek just confirmed it has bought iPad cash register startup Moka.

James Tan alongside Goh Yiping and Jeffrey Seah

Southeast Asia VC lifts lid on new $50m fund

Quest Ventures’ second fund comes with new targets.

food, ice cream, dessert

Singapore food startup gets funding for its ‘healthy’ ice cream

Will consumers scream for low-fat ice cream?

Lending startup KoinWorks pockets $20m fresh funding

It comes despite big risk to small businesses during pandemic.

truck, trucking, shipping, containers, logistics

Indonesia’s Kargo gets $31m series A funding to keep on truckin’

The 'Uber for logistics' startup has big-name backers.

hotel, travel, RedDoorz

Oyo, RedDoorz put staff on unpaid leave as tourism grinds to a halt

Hotel bookings are way down as the virus hits the travel industry especially hard.

streaming, movie, TV, entertainment

Despite streaming boom, iFlix cuts jobs

All media outlets are struggling as advertisers slash budgets.

doctor, healthcare, mask, virus, coronavirus, covid-19

Video doctor consultations startup gets $27m funding amid coronavirus outbreak

Doctor Anywhere, focused on Southeast Asia, is seeing a big leap in demand right now.

truck, trucking, shipping, containers, logistics

Making first investment, Lalamove backs trucking startup

The Uber-for-vans unicorn funds Inteluck’s big truck network.

Netflix rival Hooq files for bankruptcy

Sky-high content costs make it a tough business.