Singapore
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This entrepreneur is donating unwanted bike-sharing cycles to underprivileged students in Myanmar
What is the world to do with the graveyards of dockless bicycles left over after China’s bike sharing startups retreated…
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Finance
EV Growth closes $200M fund to cover Southeast Asia’s Series B funding gap
East Ventures has long been known as one of Indonesia’s longest-serving and most active seed-stage investors, but now it has…
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Trends
Agritech startup TaniGroup raises $10M to help Indonesia’s farmers grow
In 2016, former World Bank analyst Eka Pamitra teamed up with five friends to start a business that would help…
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STARTUPS
A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh
At just 26, Waiz Rahim is supposed to be involved in the family business, having returned home in 2016 with…
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Business
Vertex Ventures hits $230M first close on new fund for Southeast Asia and India
Tis the season to be raising in India and Southeast Asia. Hot on the heels of new funds from Strive…
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STARTUPS
Alibaba-backed facial recognition startup Megvii raises $750 million
One of China’s most ambitious artificial intelligence startups, Megvii, more commonly known for its facial recognition brand Face++, announced Wednesday…
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Trends
Boeing is moving to address potential issues in new 737s as Europe bans its plane
In the wake of the second fatal crash in six months involving Boeing 737 Max 8 airplanes, the European Aviation…
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Trends
Singapore says personal details of 14,200 HIV patients were posted online
For the second time inside a year, private health information belonging to people in Singapore has been compromised. Following a…
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