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What This Award-Winning Co-Working Space Plans To Use Their RM10 Mil Funding On
Co-working space WORQ have announced their success in acquiring RM10 million in crowdfunding, with Bangsawan Consulting and Phillip Capital coming on as new investors. They plan to use this new...
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Grab’s Anthony Tan Shares How He Feels About China, The Government, And...
Founded in 2012, Singapore-based online-to-offline mobile app company Grab might have made its name within the ride-hailing space in Southeast Asia, but it has loftier ambitions than that, driving home...
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This Team Is Raising RM1.5 Mil To Bank On Your Flower Endorphin Needs
Happy Bunch are raising their funds through pitchIN, a crowdfunding platform which works similarly like Kickstarter. Through equity crowdfunding, Happy Bunch hope to develop and market the first...
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Khailee Ng Shares 4 Subtle Shifts In The SEA VC Scene That You Might Have Missed
Khailee Ng of 500 Startups presented a short talk during the Wild Digital SEA 2018 conference last week, where he shared some observations about venture capitalism and funding in the SEA region. These...
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4 S’porean Friends Are Starting A ‘Durian Empire’ In Punggol – Sells Over 1...
When you think about Punggol, what comes to mind? BTO projects and young families, perhaps. But given how relatively young it is, Punggol often feels like a watered-down version of older, heritage-rich...
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Why This Danish VC Chose M’sia To Become The Home Of Its New US$60 Mil Fund
Danish venture capital firm 3B Ventures have announced the launch of Frontier Fund II, a fund focused on combining talents from the Nordics with impact investments into startups in Southeast Asia. The...
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Grab PH Fined Php 10 Million For Overcharging Users – Insists Php 2/Minute...
Ride-hailing firm Grab Philippines has been fined P10 million (US$186,895) by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) for overcharging its passengers. Since 5 June 2017, Grab...
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Dear VC, Do You Think There’s Still Room In M’sia For More E-Wallets?
Welcome back to Dear VC, the series where we get experienced venture capitalists to answer startup, funding, and venture capital-related questions from our readers. If you have a question you’d like...
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How S’pore’s Oldest Department Store TANGS Survived 86 Years – Valued At...
Orchard Road now looks nothing like how it did in the 1830s, when instead of shopping malls, the strip was decorated with gambier, pepper, nutmeg, and fruit plantations. In the late 1840s, graveyards...
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Singtel Partners Razer For An eSports Championship In Oct – Prize Pool Of...
Earlier in May, Razer publicised its partnership with Singtel to push e-payments, telecommunications services, and gaming-related services network to Southeast Asia. The Temasek-backed telco announced...
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S’pore Venture Capitalist Tiang Lim Foo On How He Singles Out Startups Worth...
As a seed-stage investor, Tiang Lim Foo, Partner at SeedPlus, sees the buds among the weeds. The companies that come to him sometimes have something that works, sometimes, not. Some of the companies...
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This Startup Raised RM500k Pre-Seed Funding To Help SEA Tour Guides Get More...
Online travel platform Tourplus have announced their success in getting RM500,000 in pre-seed funding from an undisclosed investor. They will use this new funding to improve the experience of tour...
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These M’sians Opened A Restaurant Only To Shut It Down In 18 Months—But Not...
Launched in 2016, Agak Agak, a social enterprise that formerly combined a restaurant and an apprentice training programme for underprivileged youth, has pivoted to focus on talent development,...
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M’sian Startup Organises New-Age Career Fairs That Are Invite-Only With...
WOBB’s The Awesome Career Fair Vol. 4 had 570 shortlisted candidates out of a whopping 3700 applications to meet with 30 companies ranging from MNCs to startups. Candidates were able to interact...
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Reservation Platform Eatigo Closes Pre-Series C Round – Raised Over US$25M...
Restaurant reservation platform, Eatigo, has received an 8-figure follow-on investment from existing investor, TripAdvisor, bringing its total funding to over US$25 million to date. The funding will...
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US Meal Subscription Startup Launches In S’pore – Gives You 12 Meals A Month...
Being in the F&B business is not just about cooking good food that customers sit down to enjoy anymore. These days, the importance of providing convenience in the way customers are served has taken...
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5 Reasons Why Pablo Cheese Tarts Didn’t Survive The Food Fight In M’sia
Just a few days ago, we got confirmation that Pablo’s first (and remaining store) in KL was shut down permanently. Their Facebook page was also deactivated (their Instagram page was just deactivated...
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Koufu Founder Once Sold Fruits At Sungei Rd – Now A Food Court Tycoon Earning...
Food court operator Koufu recently launched its initial public offering (IPO) for a mainboard listing at $0.63 a share. It aims to raise net proceeds of $70.5 million through the sale of 51.2 million...
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I Can’t Believe The Mak Ciks In This M’sian-Made Diner Dash Gave Me A Hard Time
Mak Cun’s Adventure is a mobile game available on iOS and Android based on the Bahasa Melayu TV show Mak Cun. The game was produced by Media Prima Digital, and mimics the gameplay of popular...
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She Built A Business Off A Diet That Makes You Eat Fat To Get Fit
Malaysians are a unhealthy bunch with over 5.6 million adults aged 18 and above considered as overweight. Carbless was launched to provide a healthier alternative to the typical unhealthy food that we...
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