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Promoting breakthrough scientific research and technological innovations [Q&A with Vingroup’s Dr. Le Mai Lan]
The VinFuture prize award ceremony will be a festival honoring not only outstanding academic work but also promoting excellent research and inventions that bring the best and most practical values to humans.
For HERO Protein, meat alternatives should taste and feel just like the real thing [ORIGIN Innovation Awards Q&A]
In this TechNode Global Q&A with Coco Tse, Vice President, Strategy & Operations at HERO Protein, we learn how the company is improving on the concept of meat alternatives through different manufacturing processes that ensure the quality of both taste and texture that more closely resembles the real thing.
Indonesian social commerce startup Super raises $28M Series B led by SoftBank Ventures Asia
The company plans to use its Series B funding to double down on its presence in East Java and launch in other Indonesian provinces later this year. Currently, the startup mainly offers FMCG products and is looking into expanding its product range. Lastly, the company plans to use the money to further develop its white label brand, SuperEats.
ORIGIN: Sizzling innovations in FoodTech are enhancing taste, nutrition, and sustainability
In this TechNode Global feature on the winners at the ORIGIN Innovation Awards -- Startup Awards in Food Tech, we caught up with the founders of Sesamilk and HERO Protein to find out how their innovations are contributing to better food and improved sustainability in Asia and globally.
The land of unicorns: The rise of startups in Indonesia
What will it take to realize Indonesia’s potential as the land of unicorns? In a nutshell, it entails a paradigm shift within Indonesia’s startup ecosystem. Instead of fast returns and quick gains, startups, traditional businesses and investors alike should focus on long-term sustainability.
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.
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.
Philippines ‘buy now, pay later’ platform Plentina raises $2.2M in Seed funding round to accelerate credit access to the underbanked
The FinTech startup plans to use its fresh capital to grow its data science, business development, and customer operations teams.
