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The exit landscape in Southeast Asia has seen a huge rise in the recent past and if you consider the current trends, it will grow higher with every year. A report by Golden Ventures suggests a huge rise in the startup exits in the region with a resounding 700 plus startup exits expected for the […]

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Global finance leaders have always regarded fintech as the digital force that can bring unprecedented changes to the industry. Goldman Sachs estimates the worldwide fintech pie to be worth US$4.7 trillion, and with more than 12,000 startups in different parts of the world, this number will keep increasing. Fintech companies are gaining momentum because of […]

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Five women. Sixteen travel tech startups. One mission. That is how I would sum up my conversation with Community and Investment Manager at Amadeus Ventures in the Asia Pacific, Stephanie Strunk. Cited as one of the women to watch in the startup industry in APAC, she was the best person to talk about women in […]

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Revolut is introducing a new product specifically targeted toward kids aged 7-17 years old — Revolut Junior. Revolut Junior is a new app and service that integrates directly with the main Revolut app on the parent’s side. Parents or legal gardians who are also Revolut users can create a Revolut Junior account for their kid. After […]

The novel coronavirus pandemic has rapidly moved companies into a remote-first world. Nearly all of the world’s largest events have been canceled, put on pause or pivoted to online-only. In the tech world, event cancellations thus far have included SXSW, GDC, Mobile World Congress, Google I/O, Facebook F8, E3 and others. As more and more […]

Hello TechCrunch friends and family, tomorrow morning at 9 am Pacific Time we’re gathering on Zoom for an in-depth chat about our favorite startups from the latest Y Combinator Demo Day. This year’s installment of the twice-yearly startup event happened yesterday, a week early and online only. Like many other things, Demo Day was adapted […]