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China’s answer to Quora now worth a billion bucks
Zhihu’s office. Quora, that Q&A site you used a few years back and then forgot about, is not having as much luck as its Chinese clone. Zhihu, launched two years after Quora, is now a startup...
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Freecharge ties up with a homegrown OS to take on rival Paytm
Freecharge is rolling up its sleeves to take on rival Paytm. The Snapdeal-backed digital wallet company has tied up with India’s first native-language operating system for phones, Indus OS, which is...
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Here’s why iService gets smart money to extend the lives of smartphones
Photo credit: Pexels. “In today’s world, people don’t panic as much when they sprain their hand as they do when their phone falls flat on the ground!” quips Ankit Chowdhary, co-founder of iService. The...
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Why the who’s who of Indian tech invested in this edtech startup
The Unacademy founder. Photo credit: Unacademy. Bangalore-based Unacademy, which offers online learning courses, just got US$ 4.5 million in series A funding. Freshdesk CEO Girish Mathrubootham and...
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Empty house? This startup will design and fill it for you in 40 days
Need this to fit into a 12 ft by 15 ft space? Foyr can help you out. Photo credit: Loren Kerns. In 2014, engineer Shailesh Goswami set out to be a magician. After a disenchanting experience doing his...
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4 rising startups in India – Jan 13, 2017
Photo credit: Michael Pardo. Move past fashion and ecommerce – these new startups with niche offerings are grabbing investor attention right now. Drivekool This Bangalore-based online marketplace for...
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Half the work people do can be automated: McKinsey
Softbank’s Pepper. Photo credit: Wikimedia Here’s a scary thought or a reason to rejoice, depending on which side of the equation you belong. Half the work people do in their jobs can be automated,...
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500 Startups boosts Thai microfund to $15m
Thailand’s mototaxis. Photo credit: Wikimedia. 500 TukTuks, 500 Startups’ microfund for Thailand, has finally closed at a sum of US$15.4 million, up from US$10 million at its launch. Led by Krating...
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When is the right time to exhibit your startup?
Early-stage startups often have to make tough decisions to find early adopters, especially when funds are tight. Should SEO and Facebook budgets be increased? Or would it be more worthwhile to...
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10 intern jobs in Asia this week
Good day folks! Here are the latest intern jobs in Asia this week! This list will focus on highlighting digital and tech-centric intern jobs from a healthy mix of startups and companies across tech...
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Cash-strapped tech billionaire behind Faraday Future forced to sell big...
Jia Yueting, in tech bro hoodie, gets a tour of the Faraday Future FF 91 earlier this month at CES 2017 from Faraday’s Richard Kim. GIF by Tech in Asia, from company live stream. Two months after...
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21 startups in Asia that caught our eye
Here’s our newest round-up of the featured startups on our site this week. If you have startup tips or story suggestions, feel free to email us. Enjoy this week’s list! 1. Legalese | Singapore...
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SPH’s Q1 media profit crashed by half year-on-year
Photo credit: Reuben Schade. Singapore Press Holdings, Singapore’s largest newspaper publisher, continues to struggle in the online world. Its quarterly media profit before taxation fell from US$43...
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40 tech jobs in Asia this week: Codemi, MC Payment, Stasis Labs and more
Good day folks! Here are the latest tech jobs in Asia this week! This list will focus on highlighting digital and tech-centric jobs from a healthy mix of startups and companies across tech and...
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Inside story of how a turnaround CEO tried to repair Housing for its sale
Photo credit: vicnt / 123RF Stock Photo Indian real estate portal Housing.com got acquired last week by another online property marketplace PropTiger. It was a distress sale at a valuation of US$70-75...
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5 rising startups in Japan
Just in time for the new year, this week’s roundup features two healthtech startups. The newly funded companies raised money primarily from corporate venture capital funds. Leading firms such as...
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Riding on its AI research, Baidu opens AR lab
Augmented reality turns your phone and its camera into a new kind of view. Here a subway passenger checks out Baidu’s AR simulation of historic Beijing. Photo credit: Baidu. Chinese tech giant Baidu is...
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India’s top two grocery startups aren’t merging. It probably won’t make sense...
A BigBasket distribution center. Photo credit: BigBasket. On-demand grocery startups Big Basket and Grofers say they are not merging, irrespective of what media reports today claim. Big Basket CEO Hari...
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Southeast Asia startup funding at record high in 2016, thanks mainly to Grab,...
Photo credit: sifotography / 123RF. Startups in Southeast Asia pulled in more moolah than ever before from investors in 2016. Total funding in the region hit US$2.6 billion, up over 60 percent from the...
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Singapore’s The Artling raises $1.8m series A to be the go-to online art...
Photo credit: thampapon1 / 123RF. Art and luxury item marketplace operator The Artling has raised a series A worth US$1.75 million, it announced today. The funding comes from Edipresse Media, a...
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