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Shortlisted candidates will be judged by a panel of regional VC’s, entrepreneurs, ecosystem leaders and tech corporate executives, and will also get networking opportunities with regional and international VC’s. The top winner of the Southeast Asia start-up founders will be flown to Dubai by TiE for the global finale.

The prolonged COVID lockdowns and their “knock on” effects in the form of operational disruptions, labor shortages and higher running costs have significantly impacted its business and the quality of service.

ZTRUS hopes to scale in Thailand within two years and shall explore some clients in Southeast Asia.

The Airasia Super App, which was officially launched in Thailand earlier in February announced Tuesday the start of operations for its e-hailing service, Airasia Ride in Bangkok. Thailand becomes the second country for Airasia Ride’s ASEAN expansion, and will offer taxi rides as part of its first phase of entry into the market.

PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GoTo Group), the largest digital ecosystem in Indonesia, announced Monday that its gross revenue for the first quarter of 2022 (1Q22) increased by 53 percent year on year to Rp5.2 trillion ($357.38 million), representing an improvement in take rate from 3.5 percent to 3.7 percent due to better monetization in e-commerce and…

Some of the venture capital firms have already started scouting opportunities to invest in renewable energy startups in the region.

Pebble has launched an app that pays you to save, spend, and send your money in one digital wallet. With the rollout of the product, Pebble concurrently announced their $6.2M raise to ignite the growth of The Money Revolution.

Funding Societies, the Singapore-based small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) digital financing platform, on Wednesday introduced its Shariah-compliant trade financing solutions based on Commodity Murabahah (Tawarruq) for creditworthy and underserved Malaysian micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) seeking to grow their business or expand their…

Grab Financial Group (GFG), a Singapore-based fintech platform, announced Monday that it will be launching GrabFin, a new brand for its digital payments, insurance, lending and wealth management offerings. Following its launch in Singapore and Malaysia, the GrabFin brand will be progressively rolled out in other Southeast Asian markets in the coming months.

Southeast Asian Metaverse Builder Virtualtech Frontier (VTF), which has an extensive background in developing virtual environments, NFTs, and game development, has announced its vision to create a high utility Metaverse platform. Backed by venture capital firm 500 Global, the fresh funds will go towards team expansion to serve their waitlist of customers.