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Ecosystem Roundup: Singapore’s Insider raises US$32M Series C; gojek names new CTO; AwanTunai, NDR Medical, Percipient, Fave secure investments


Singapore’s multichannel growth management platform Insider raises US$32M Series C led by Riverwood Capital; Total funding raised to date is US$47M; The firm serves 800 global enterprise brands and has 550 people across 24 countries. e27 gojek names Severan Rault as new CTO; He previously held leadership roles at Amazon and Microsoft; Rault is also a […]

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What Ant Group’s upcoming IPO means for the Southeast Asian startup ecosystem


The startup ecosystem in China and Southeast Asia (SEA) is closely related in its own unique ways. It is often said that whatever trend arising in China at the moment will give us a preview of what might happen in SEA in the next few years. The two markets impact each other both directly and […]

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Will Laos be home to a unicorn some day?


Make no mistake, the secret is out. The tech market potential in Southeast Asia (SEA) has been realised and the region is now the global hotbed for tech startups. Renowned global investors are chomping to enter the market and the digital payments sector in Indonesia is a testament to that. OVO, an Indonesian digital payments […]

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How to build customer trust even amidst a recession


With thoughts about a more sustainable future, businesses should prepare for all scenarios that may play out in the post-coronavirus world. Companies are capable of predicting the market conditions and overcoming a recession if they accept the real state of things. “Now” requires us to transit most of the business operations in the online world, […]

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What startups need to learn from The Mandalorian


As a Star Wars fan, I had a great time watching The Mandalorian recently. It struck me that there are some lessons that we can pick from the series, especially for all of us in the startup ecosystem. (Disclaimer: I consider myself a noob. I have just enjoyed the movies but have not read any books […]

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In brief: Percipient raises US$5M, Partipost raises US$3.5M


Percipient funding The story: Singapore’s digital banking technology company Percipient has raised US$5 million funding. Investor: Silicon Valley-based VC firm Stat Zero. Plans with the capital: To support the launch of its digital twin solution TWINNTM. What does Percipient do?: Founded in 2015, Percipient is a financial services digital transformation company. TWINNTM is a digital […]

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