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Unique Startup Business Models – Story – 2 – Zilingo zilingo business model Founded in 2015 by Ankiti Bose and Dhruv Kapoor, Zilingo is an online platform that launches small fashion businesses online. Focusing on enterprises in South East Asia, Zilingo provides a multitude of services to small merchants to take their business online.  Zilingo is a B2B platform … Read more

Ascend Money becomes Thailand’s first fintech unicorn after raising $150m ascend money truemoney 150m series Ascend Money, Thailand’s digital payment firm, has become the country’s first fintech unicorn, after raising $150 million in a funding round that valued the company at $1.5 billion, according to a statement. The latest funding round was led by US-based investment firm … Read more

Resume Builder AI-platform Rezi adds new feature AI Writer with GPT-3 rezi.ai Rezi, a resume builder software platform, has added a new feature, Rezi AI Writer, which will help you write the perfect resume with the help of text generation AI and billions of data points. Rezi, is a Korea-based startup, that focuses on writing resumes … Read more

Indonesian agritech startup ARIA scores pre-Seed funding pt aria agri indonesia ARIA, an Indonesian agritech startup, has raised a pre-Seed funding from GK Plug and Play Indonesia, with participation of East Ventures and agriculture and logistics market leaders Triputra Group, WareSix, and Sahabat Group. ARIA is an agritech firm with a purpose to increase efficiency, productivity, and crop … Read more

Kimberly Yao, CEO And Co-Founder Of CloudEats- A Pioneer Cloud Restaurant Company In SouthEast Asia Kimberly Yao is a Chinese-Filpino entrepreneur. She was a Managing Partner of the largest stand-alone food, beverage, and entertainment group in the Philippines for 9 years until the end of 2018. She founded Boozy. Ph, the first on-demand beverage delivery … Read more

Grab backer 500 Durians rebrands as 500 Southeast Asia 500 durians 500 Durians, the Southeast Asia-focused fund of global venture capital firm 500 Startups, has rebranded to 500 Southeast Asia in a nod to the region’s growing status as a world-class innovation economy. 500 Southeast Asia, whose investment themes include fintech, healthcare, the creator economy, All-commerce ecosystem, human … Read more

Pintu secures $35m to build Indonesia’s largest cryptocurrency exchange indonesian pintu 35m series a lightspeed Indonesian crypto asset exchange Pintu announced raising $35 million in its extended Series A funding round led by multi-stage venture capital Lightspeed Venture Partners. The round was also backed by existing investors Alameda Ventures, Blockchain.com Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Intudo Venture, … Read more

Gojek bags additional $300m from telco operator Telkomsel telkomsel 300m gojek novembersinghtechcrunch Indonesian ride-hailing giant Gojek announced Monday that it has received an additional investment of $300 million from local digital telecommunications operator Telkomsel to explore more opportunities in digital services. In a statement, Gojek said the investment follows Telkomsel’s initial investment in November 2020, which led to the … Read more

Indonesian agritech TaniHub eyes expansion after raising $65.6m in funding indonesia based tanihub group series shu tech crunch Indonesian agritech startup TaniHub Group announced that it has raised a total of $65.5 million in its Series B funding round that will fuel its business expansion. The funding round was led by MDI Ventures and participated by new … Read more

Carzuno expands into Thailand with car subscription Carzuno, a Singapore-based all-inclusive subscription platform for cars, announced that it has launched its operations across Thailand. The company hired Wisate Kirin (ex-Carro, Toyota, Michelin) and Cathrin Samijtiwong (ex-Servcorp, HappyFresh) to spearhead the car subscription operations and enhance Carzuno’s service offering by creating local partnerships, expanding the local team … Read more