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The secret to building a digital health unicorn in Southeast Asia

The secret to success in digital health in Southeast Asia is to take a harder, non-consensus view. But that alone is not enough; you need to continue to believe you’re right despite peer pressure and smart people telling you otherwise.

Vietnam’s Touchstone Partners announces first close of inaugural $50M VC fund to invest in local startups

Touchstone Partners has announced the first close of its inaugural $50 million venture capital fund. The fund is backed by New York-based Pavilion Capital, Vulcan Capital, and several other investors and family offices. 

With $2.6M pre-Series A, Vietnam’s Dat Bike aims to drive the future of Southeast Asia’s e-bike market [Q&A with Founder & CEO Son Nguyen]

We want to transform the 250 million gasoline bikes in Southeast Asia to electric vehicles. We believe that if given a choice, everyone would pick electric over gas.

The 4 drivers of digital transformation

These are critical and challenging transformations that the world’s leading companies must embrace and implement. The mantra then is "Innovate or die."

Founders of impact-driven businesses during the Impact Boost Camp

Why should businesses track their social impact?

Impact-driven businesses should invest resources in measuring and managing their social impact. It can provide them a lot of benefits in the end which can also affect their relevance in the market and their sustainability.

Oswald Yeo, Co-Founder and CEO of Glints

HR and hiring should move from transactional to full-stack ecosystem approach, says Glints Co-Founder and CEO Oswald Yeo

The long-term goal for Glints is to evolve the talent ecosystem in Southeast Asia from simply being transactional in nature to an end-to-end solution for both businesses and talent

The power of data: What insights can real-time air quality monitoring reveal about your workplace health and safety?

Managing indoor air quality is key to ensuring a healthy indoor environment that fosters quality of life and work performance and it starts with effective measurement and monitoring. 

Retail analytics platform Trax raises $640M Series E led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and BlackRock 

Trax plans to use the fresh capital to continue providing digital transformation solutions for brick-and-mortar retail companies by expanding its products.

Building HealthTech solutions that last beyond the pandemic

How do we build a HealthTech solution that not only solves a specific problem but plugs into and grows with the landscape of other connected health solutions to provide better value?