Malaysia
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GuestReady raises $6M to help hosts on Airbnb and other services manage their property
GuestReady, a three-year-old service that lets shared-economy hosts manage their business on Airbnb and other rental sites, has announced a…
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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
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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PayPal shutters Malaysia office as part of customer service reorg
Payment giant PayPal has closed its office in Malaysia as part of a restructuring of its customer support teams. The…
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Trends
Singapore’s Credit Culture raises $29.5M for its soon-to-launch digital loan business
Singapore’s digital fintech companies are attracting investor attention and dollars in 2019. Fresh from Singapore Life — a digital-only insurer…
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Trends
Neuron Mobility raises $3.7M to bring e-scooters to Southeast Asia’s cities
Despite the rise in electric scooters in the U.S., you’d be forgiven for thinking that Asia — the region where…
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Finance
Experian leads $10M investment in Southeast Asia fintech startup Jirnexu
Consumer credit giant Experian is continuing to back Asian fintech startups after it led a $10 million investment in Southeast…
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Samsung fakes test photo by using a stock DSLR image
Samsung’s Malaysian arm has some explaining to do. The company, in an effort to show off the Galaxy A8 Star’s…
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