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Indonesia’s Qlapa scores series A to scale handicrafts marketplace
Photo credit: Qlapa. Indonesian marketplace for handmade products Qlapa today announced it has closed its series A round, led by Aavishkaar Frontier Funds, an impact investor from India. Existing...
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Alibaba to use blockchain to fight China’s fake food
A fake egg found on sale in China in 2012. Photo credit: China Daily. China has a fake food problem. Counterfeit soy sauce, rice, and eggs are among the potentially deadly items found for sale. Now...
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Entrepreneur First’s inaugural Singapore cohort has VR, IoT, nanosatellites,...
Entrepreneur First co-founders Matt Clifford and Alice Bentinck address the crowd at the company’s first Singapore demo day. Photo credit: Entrepreneur First. Company builder Entrepreneur First...
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Startup101: Blueprint for startup success
Starting a company is similar to a baby learning how to walk – it requires a lot of hard work, perseverance and the willingness to rough it out. Every step of the way requires in-depth consideration,...
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31 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. Geek+ | China (Startup...
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Last Week in Tech: China’s hits and misses
Photo Credit: CNN. Localizing to the Chinese market is tough, and is Jeff Bezos in a Transformers’ movie? Welcome to Last Week in Tech, where we look back at what happened in the tech and startup...
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Snapcart raises $3m to improve its customer engagement and analytics tech
Photo credit: Snapcart. Indonesia-based cashback and consumer analytics startup Snapcart announced today a fresh injection of US$3 million. This is a follow-on round on the startup’s pre-series A...
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What do these investors want to hear in your business pitch?
Finding the right investor for your startup is essential in the fundraising process. Prior to any pitch, you need to do your homework and identify investors who typically invest in startups in your...
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Co-working unicorn WeWork heading to Singapore, Tokyo next
WeWork’s Tower 535 co-working space in Hong Kong. Photo credit: WeWork. WeWork’s expansion into Asia is in full swing. From our checks, it looks like branches in Singapore and Tokyo will open soon. So...
View ArticleJapan tests self-driving buses (Video)
It’s not electric, and neither does it put on futuristic airs. Meet Japan’s practical take on the self-driving bus, courtesy of SB Drive, a subsidiary of telco company and technological frontier pusher...
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The technology behind 200-people video calls
Image credit: Pexels. A businessman is on a call with his client. The call drops. He tries to call back. But the connection is lost, if not choppy. That’s a commonly faced problem around the world. But...
View ArticleThe age of selfie drones (Video)
We’ve all been there – cheap, telescopic aluminium rods waved dangerously close to your face in the quest to help its user capture a more natural picture. But a new age of crowdfunded projects, along...
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A fintech startup risks quick loans to salaried folks that banks overlook
Photo credit: 401(K) 2012. In an unremarkable building off Bangalore’s Cunningham Road, a fintech startup is trying to make the most out of a blind spot of traditional banking: personal loans for the...
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Want a team of great engineers? The LINE starts here
If you’re at all into Korean dramas, it might be a no-brainer what your choice of messaging app is. One particular app was, after all, heavily featured in 2014’s hit drama My Love from the Star, where...
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She’s studying Hindi in China with an eye to the future of tech
Tian Siwei in the campus of Peking University where she opted to learn Hindi. Photo credit: Tech in Asia. The tree-lined streets were peaceful and quiet at dusk inside the Peking University campus. It...
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Southeast Asia’s fintech pivot
Photo credit: rakchai / 123RF. Grab and Go-Jek are fighting tooth-and-nail to serve commuters in Indonesia. Yet, their biggest battle may be in another arena. Grab is said to be raising a fresh US$1.5...
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Japan, UK, and Indonesia claim victory at Startup World Cup
Japanese startup UniFa took home one massive trophy – and a US$1 million prize. Startup World Cup, a global startup competition comparable to Seedstars World in scale and ambition, held its final event...
View ArticleFarming drones are taking off in China (Video)
As aerial drones become affordable, an increasing number of Chinese farmers are adopting them for use in the fields. Here’s how AI systems and smartphone integration are easing farmers into using this...
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Oculus Rift has a new rival in China
Huang Chaiming, 29-year-old founder of Hypereal. Photo credit: Hypereal Though China’s VR market hit an estimated US$300 million last year, very few of its startups made it outside of the country’s...
View ArticleSimulation rides are getting quite real (Video)
Remember when simulator rides were basically a tiny cinema in a box, which sat on a bunch of humming and hissing hydraulics that shook the box about for three minutes of screams and laughter? Oh, how...
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