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Y Combinator unveils free online startup course
Sam Altman. Photo credit: TechCrunch. Y Combinator has put up an online Startup School. You may sign up for a spot in the 10-week massive open online course starting today. It’s free. (Disclosure: Tech...
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5 most popular mobile development jobs in Singapore
More than 70% of businesses are implementing a mobile strategy and mobile developers are in huge demand today. We’ve rounded up 5 recent jobs for the iOS and android developers – click to find out...
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These 6 startups caught our eye at Singapore’s first Vikingcubator
“Our unique selling point is our axes in the skulls of our enemies.” Photo credit: NejroN / 123RF. Vikings and startups have a lot in common. Vikings raided and pillaged coastal populations for around...
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With $600k funding, flower delivery startup sets its sights on weddings
Whether you want to surprise a loved one or simply design your home or workplace, BloomThis wants to be your wingman. The Malaysian startup delivers unique artisan flowers in a bespoke box on-demand...
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PatSnap launches R&D center in Singapore to boost patent intelligence tech
Photo credit: stokkete / 123RF. Intellectual property (IP) intelligence startup PatSnap is leveling up its Singapore presence with a new research and development center in 2017. The company first...
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5 startups exhibiting for the first time at TIA Singapore 2017
Tech in Asia Singapore 2017 is once again proving to be the place for startups to present their new technology to the marketplace. From an initial 75 startups five years ago, the upcoming sixth edition...
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Stop using Uber
Photo credit: itchaznong / 123RF. Since this article will make some people mad, I’m going to make this clear right out front: this is an opinion piece. It reflects my opinion, not the official position...
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Popular video streaming app Bigo Live now valued at $400m after series C round
Singapore-based Bigo Live, the social video streaming app that has taken Southeast Asia by storm, has closed its series C funding round, led by Ping An Overseas Holdings. The investor is an asset...
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10 sales and business development jobs: TabSquare, Easyship, BookAd and more
Looking for sales and business development opportunities? We have handpicked 10 jobs for you this week. Click on the links below and apply away! Recruiting and keen to list your jobs in future...
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Indonesian micro-lender Amartha scores funding from major bank
Photo credit: missbossy. Indonesian peer-to-peer lending firm Amartha said today it’s raised a series A investment led by Mandiri Capital Indonesia (MCI), the VC fund of Indonesia’s largest bank by...
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Alibaba buys Paytm stake from Reliance Capital, Chinese giant digs into India
Photo credit: Alibaba. Reliance Capital, the financial services arm of Anil Ambani’s Reliance Group, has sold its stake in One97 – the parent company of Paytm – for US$42 million to Alibaba. There’s no...
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Why an AI-focused venture fund just raised $13m, backed by India’s top tech...
Photo credit: vantuz / 123RF. Top tech entrepreneurs including Flipkart’s Binny Bansal, MakeMyTrip’s Deep Kalra, Zomato parent Info Edge’s Sanjeev Bikhchandani, and former Infosys chief Mohandas Pai...
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Digital telco expands to new countries, expects to hit 4-6% of Singapore’s...
Circles.Life co-founder and CEO Rameez Ansar. Photo credit: Circles.Life. Mobile telco upstart Circles.Life burst into the Singapore market last May with an all-digital post-paid offering. Subscribers...
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Caramo wants to make Vietnam’s used car market safe and transparent
Photo credit: Wikimedia. Having raised angel funding this week, Caramo hopes to put the brakes on the stigma associated with buying used cars in Vietnam. The process is similar to other countries:...
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Believe in karma? This insurtech startup does – and will donate to a charity...
Vishal Gondal, founder of GOQii. It was 2012. Vishal Gondal was at the peak of his career. Touted the “King of Gaming,” his company IndiaGames had become a market leader and sold to Disney for US$100...
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Hyperloop begins feasibility study in Indonesia
A Hyperloop concept visualization. Photo credit: Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), one of the entities developing a type of futuristic vacuum-tube...
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India’s pain and gain from the US’ curb on H-1B visas
Photo credit: Gage Skidmore. India’s fears over the impact of Donald Trump being US president – the country accounts for the lion’s share of Indian IT services exports – became a reality this week. US...
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They live in villages, learn from Youtube, and pay via Paytm. Meet the Google...
Women in Sirasapalli show off their smartphones. Photo credit: Tech in Asia. I have been flaunting a pair of handmade red earrings all day long. I bought it from a young girl in a tiny village in...
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How Baidu’s deep learning framework can give China a leg-up in the AI race
Baidu’s Silicon Valley AI Lab, where PaddlePaddle was born. Photo credit: Baidu. Chinese search giant Baidu has been on a roll of artificial intelligence investments this year, from acquisitions like...
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Handcrafted shoes startup incubated at YC is getting into the Macbook sleeve...
Photo credit: Markhor. Artisanal-shoe startup Markhor, which was part of Y Combinator’s Fall 2015 batch, announced today that it’s returning to its Kickstarter roots. The fledgling company, headed by a...
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