Singapore’s P2P knowledge sharing startup Kalpha expands to Vietnam
Singapore-based edutech startup Kalpha, which provides a P2P knowledge-sharing platform, will officially launch its application on April 2020 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. This also marks its first international expansion.
Founded in 2018 by Jack Soh and Jaden Teo, the startup aims to make learning affordable and universally accessible to everyone.
“We strongly believe that education should be relevant, experiential and personalised in this crazy fast-paced society. Learning from experienced individuals is always more engaging and rewarding as compared to textbooks in a formal classroom environment,” said CEO Soh.
Indian e-scooter rental firm Bounce raises US$6.5M to build an ecosystem of electric vehicles
Bounce, a bike and e-scooter rental firm announced a US$6.5 million investment today, according to TechInAsia. The company recently also raised US$105 million Series D funding, led by Facebook’s Co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital Group and Accel.
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The new funds will be used to integrate electric vehicles (EVs) to its platform, expand regionally, and accelerate profitability.
Bounce aims to move towards sustainable mobility and assist in reducing costs per kilometre.
BEYOND selects OneConnect as strategic tech partner in the bid for Digital Full Bank license
Digital banking consortium BEYOND announced today that it has selected OneConnect Financial Technology, a member of NYSE-listed OneConnect Financial Technology, as the strategic technology partner to jointly develop innovative digital banking products and services for Singapore SMEs and their workforce.
The BEYOND consortium is led by V3 Group through its fintech arm V3 Fintech and Singapore’s contactless payment pioneer EZ-Link, and comprises leaders in the Singapore business community, including Singapore Business Federation, Far East Organization, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and Heliconia Capital Management.
Gan Chee Yen, Chairman-designate of BEYOND said, “BEYOND is progressively building up a future-ready infrastructure that will position us to support and elevate Singapore SMEs and their workforce. The current economic difficulties experienced by many Singapore businesses and their employees have further reinforced BEYOND’s determination to support digital transformations in order for these businesses to be more sustainable and resilient.”
Tan Bin Ru, CEO (APAC & UAE) of OneConnect, said: “Together with BEYOND, we will create innovative products and services that will better serve consumers, SMEs, as well as other underbanked and underserved segments in Singapore and ASEAN.”
Vidhya Duthaluru named Engineering Head for Uber’s customer care platform
Global ride-hailing company Uber announced today Vidhya Duthaluru has joined as its Global Engineering Head for the customer care platform.
Duthaluru will be involved in leading teams in Uber’s Bay Area and Bangalore tech centres to improve customer support experiences and feedback mechanisms for users worldwide.
Prior to this Vidhya had joined Uber’s Bangalore tech centre in August 2018 to set up a team to build customer care platform technology known as the Customer Obsession team within Uber.
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