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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.
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.
6 Things I have learned to embrace as an entrepreneur
"There is nothing romantic about being an entrepreneur, and I wondered why there are schools that even think that starting a business is an imperative rite of passage for any student who is graduating from a tertiary institution."
ORIGIN: AI as a game changer in retail, finance, and customer engagement amid increased digitalization
Given the accelerated demand for digital services including e-payments, digital fund transfers, e-commerce purchases, and customer engagement, it will be too burdensome for traditional or manual systems to manage. Thus, innovations in AI are also being tapped in order to optimize how digital transactions and engagements are carried out.
Grab secures $2B 5-year term loan facility as industry heats up in SEA
Grab plans to use the loan to strengthen its position as the leading super app in Southeast Asia, through stronger liquidity and diversified financing.
What’s ahead? Southeast Asia startup and venture capital ecosystems 2021
Firms that introduce disruptive technologies in the tailwind industries such as Digital Wallets, Virtual Worlds, and New Retail are poised to thrive, as their solutions will continue to unlock new growth opportunities in existing markets and/or create new markets.
Design and delivery should be the main drivers of EdTech, say learning experts at Amdon Consulting Group
“In general, EdTech developers think too much as programmers rather than educators. At its core, the main drivers of success in an education platform are design and delivery.”
Venture builder, accelerator, or incubator: Which one can help your startup CEO career grow?
Startups are easy to start, difficult to maintain and extremely hard to grow because of competition. You will need a lot of capital investment to fuel your startup engine. This sparks the question of the relevance of these options based on the entrepreneur(s) and startup(s) involved.
Social finance platform Global Sadaqah’s flash-funding provides insights into Shariah-compliant crowdfunding
Global Sadaqah aims to provide high-tech solutions for corporate financial institutions, charitable organizations and other government entities involved and to be the nucleus of the Islamic social finance ecosystem.
