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27 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. SigTuple | India (Startup...
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What 500 Startups’ new China boss has on her wishlist
Edith Yeung. Photo credit: 500 Startups. 500 Startups, one of the world’s most active investors in very young tech companies, today announced the appointment of Edith Yeung as the new boss of its China...
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Despite founder split and losing almost all employees, Vault Dragon rises again
Ching (center, carrying pink rabbit) has gone through a lot. A messy co-founder divorce. A drastic pivot. Nearly all employees quitting. And all of it happening at the same time. While these would’ve...
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8 rising startups in Japan
This week’s roundup has something for everyone. Fintech, medtech, edtech, natural language processing, and pet-tech startups all scored funding. Full details below. MJI MJI manufactures a lifestyle...
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40 tech jobs in Asia this week: iPay88, Getlinks, Code Ninja 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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Xiaomi restarts global expansion with Pakistan launch
Lei Jun launched Xiaomi’s first phone in 2011. Photo credit: Xiaomi. Chinese gadget manufacturer Xiaomi announced today it’s launching in Pakistan – the world’s sixth-most populous country – after...
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SoftBank Korea’s ‘most impressive investment’ last year was not in Korea but...
At the center of the True Balance gang is Charlie (Cheol-won) Lee. Photo credit: True Balance. “The most impressive investment” made by SoftBank Ventures Korea last year was not a Korean or Japanese...
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Singapore’s Temasek invests in China’s Mobike ahead of expansion
Photo credit: Mobike. China’s Mobike, a bicycle-sharing service that works through an app, this afternoon announced it has received funding ahead of its launch in Singapore. Mobike’s newest investment...
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Flipkart sides with Microsoft in fight against Amazon on the cloud
Binny Bansal, co-founder of Flipkart, with Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. Photo credit: Flipkart. India is a hotbed for battles between the world’s leading providers of cloud computing – Amazon,...
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Singapore’s 2017 Budget focuses on more funding and international expansion...
Photo credit: irynarasko / 123RF. The shadows of Brexit, the US presidential election result, and an increasingly inward-looking world loomed large over the Singapore government’s 2017 budget...
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Myanmar sees rare series A investment as startups finally take off
Nyaung-u, Myanmar. Photo credit: marcovarro / 123RF. Ever since Myanmar opened up its economy following one of Asia’s most brutal dictatorships in 2010, everything from politics to culture and business...
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Paytm wants to pull an Alipay, will spend $90m on expanding QR code network
Photo credit: Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma’s twitter feed. Paytm, India’s largest digital wallet, is going to spend US$89.6 million to help merchants across India accept digital payments using QR...
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Decoding India’s big QR code gambit
India wants all her merchants to go cashless. Photo credit: rklfoto123 / 123RF. There is a huge disconnect in India when it comes to digital payments.The country’s retail system is still run by mom and...
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Satya Nadella in India; talks about AR, VR, digital transformation
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg. Photo credit: Johannes Marliem. Microsoft’s chief executive Satya Nadella is excited about “infinite” possibilities that...
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‘Sometimes you have to go out and get drunk’: 8 ways to become a sales rockstar
Photo credit: jordanrusev / 123RF. “In China, sometimes you have to go out and get drunk with a person – get really, really drunk with a person for a deal.” The room erupts with laughter. It’s the kind...
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Grab and Indonesia’s ex-top cop reach a compromise (UPDATED)
Badrodin Haiti, former chief of Indonesia’s national police. Grab’s attempt to win a powerful new board member almost backfired. The ride-hailing startup competing with Uber in Southeast Asia in late...
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After Brunei prince, Macau casino king Stanley Ho’s family invests in BookDoc
Stanley Ho. Photo credit: Forbes. Malaysia’s doctor booking service BookDoc seems to be building a roster of high-profile investors. After an investment from Prince Abdul Qawi, a member of the ruling...
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Jack Ma’s Ant Financial pushes into Korea with $200m investment
Photo credit: AsiaSociety. Ant Financial, a spin-off from Jack Ma’s online shopping empire and maker of China’s top mobile wallet app, today announced the latest in its series of overseas investments....
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Get on the up and up with 5 of Singapore’s hottest industry verticals
Try to think of a two-word phrase commonly used to describe Singapore, and you’ll probably come up with an old favourite like Garden City, Lion City or Island Nation. If the local authorities have...
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Will robots take away jobs? Satya Nadella and Elon Musk disagree
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg. Photo credit: Johannes Marliem. “In a country like India, where there is going to be a services-led economy, there are going...
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