Startups

beauty, wellness, salon, salons, hair

Second time lucky? Vaniday relaunches

The Singapore salon-booking app now has more services and a mall. Plus, a new CEO.

fitness, running, marathon, runner, exercise

The startup doing virtual fitness before it was cool

Pre-Covid, 42Race wanted to make running and workouts more accessible. And now that’s paying off.

Nextbillion

Ex-Grab employees get series A funding for 4-month-old AI startup

The AI startup is serving up localized data to major clients.

Y Combinator graduate Shipper gets series A funding

Indonesian startup wants to make life easier for online merchants.

karaoke, ktv, singing, performance, stage,

Singapore startup gets funding for socially distanced karaoke

South and Southeast Asia expansion is new target.

cash, coins, finance, payments, funding

Curlec gets funding to help businesses get paid on time

Malaysian startup wants to cut down on biz paperwork.

Ajaib

Building a fintech empire, Indonesia’s Ajaib adds stock-trading

The startup aims at millenials who’ve never invested before.

Life’s A Pitch: 6 more startups woo VCs

Apply now for two more pitch sessions coming up in June.