Your Kids Are Singing “Baby Shark”, But Her Business Wants To Make “Rasa Sayang” Great Again
After A Near-Miss Car Accident, This M’sian Chose To Start A Business Instead Of Buying 4D
The Muslim Travel Market Is Growing, But Where Are Its Unicorns?
We Ask M’sian Bosses: “Should Employees Who Screw Up On Social Media Be Fired?”
Korean Inspired, But S’pore Made: How 4Fingers Clawed Its Way To The Top And Earned $45M In 2018
Need New Notes For Ang Baos? Withdraw Them At DBS/POSB’s 42 Pop-Up ATMs All Around S’pore
PSA To M’sian Startups: If Your Financial Services Can Help The B40 Group, UNCDF Has $100K On Offer
At 22, This NYP Grad Is CTO Of A S’pore Pillow Startup And A Coder Who Can Detect Ransomware
So These Guys Think M’sians’ Hatred For Traffic Jams Can Be Easily Solved With… Vouchers
In 2016, This M’sian Chain Began Selling Raw Fish & Rice. Today, It Serves 100K People A Month.
This M’sian Startup Has Big Plans To Unite 170 Mil Mobile Gamers In SEA On One Platform
S’pore Retailer Naiise To Mentor 58 Emerging Local Brands, With Opening Of New Mall At Orchard Road
Inspired By ‘Aquaman’ Jason Momoa, He Opened The First Axe Throwing Range In S’pore And It’s A Hit
Bike-Sharing Came And Went. But Will The New E-Scooters Suffer The Same Fate In M’sia?
A New S’pore AI Startup Just Raised S$8.2M From Temasek & Sequoia India – Here’s What You Should Know About Them
How Do You Make A KL Co-Working Space All About Women, But Still Let The Men In?
This S’porean Now Lives In The Fast LAN With His Pocket Wi-Fi Biz – Grew From 7 To 2,000 Units Since Launch
Will M’sian Employers Soon Choose To Control Their Employees On Social Media?
After A S$300K Investment And A Few Close Shaves, This Hair Salon Now Serves Over 200 Clients Weekly
Dear VC, What Trends Are You Betting Your $$ On In 2019?
Even Before Launching In M’sia, WeWork Already Knew They’d Be A Hit With Landlords. Here’s Why.
This S’porean Teochew Family Is Brewing Up A Storm With Craft Beer – Taps Up To 6,000 Pints Monthly
Bring In RM500K In 2 Months? Done. Next Goal? Cure 100K Back Problems In M’sia.
Razer Unleashes The “Raptor” At CES 2019 – Its First-Ever Gaming Monitor With A 27-Inch Display
Fitness Subscription Startup ClassPass Gains Strength With Acquisition Of S’pore’s GuavaPass
2 Startup Failures Later, His 3rd Attempt Clinched Him A Spot In A RM4 Billion Industry
ATM Capital Tony Qu Tian: SEA Startup Valuation Could Grow Faster Than Their Chinese Peers’
Uber’s Lion City Rentals Sold For About S$350M – Likely To Supply Cars To Go-Jek And Grab Next
Why This M’sian-Owned Travel Startup Only Focuses On SEA’s Hidden Gem: Vietnam
I Went Full-On Huawei For A Week
Your Kids Are Singing “Baby Shark”, But Her Business Wants To Make “Rasa Sayang” Great Again
Baba Baa is a solo enterprise started by Lee Jiun that creates song books focusing on Malaysian, Indonesian, and Singaporean nursery rhymes.
After A Near-Miss Car Accident, This M’sian Chose To Start A Business Instead Of Buying 4D
Omnimatics is a Malaysian Internet of Things (IoT) company that offers innovative, connected vehicle technology to the transportation industry.
The Muslim Travel Market Is Growing, But Where Are Its Unicorns?
Muslim millennial travellers as the driving force undoubtedly play an important role in expanding the global economic impact of Muslim tourism.
We Ask M’sian Bosses: “Should Employees Who Screw Up On Social Media Be Fired?”
Employees are getting fired for posting insensitive comments on social media, hence we asked Malaysian bosses about what they would do.
Korean Inspired, But S’pore Made: How 4Fingers Clawed Its Way To The Top And Earned $45M In 2018
Its first outlet at ION Orchard started off as a standing-only space; and there were days when its sales would rack up to just a few hundred dollars.
Need New Notes For Ang Baos? Withdraw Them At DBS/POSB’s 42 Pop-Up ATMs All Around S’pore
To cater to the spike in demand for CNY 2019, DBS/POSB customers can now head to 42 pop-up ATM machines at 20 locations to withdraw new notes.
PSA To M’sian Startups: If Your Financial Services Can Help The B40 Group, UNCDF Has $100K On Offer
The UNCDF has launched the Financial Innovation Lab with Bank Negara and MDEC, with grants to help financial inclusion targeting lower income groups.
At 22, This NYP Grad Is CTO Of A S’pore Pillow Startup And A Coder Who Can Detect Ransomware
This 22-year-old Nanyang Polytechnic graduate shares his experience coming from the Normal Academic stream and becoming the CTO of Mpillow Singapore.
So These Guys Think M’sians’ Hatred For Traffic Jams Can Be Easily Solved With… Vouchers
LandMiles is a Malaysian-made app that rewards users for travelling on land, allowing them to exchange the accumulated points for vouchers.
In 2016, This M’sian Chain Began Selling Raw Fish & Rice. Today, It Serves 100K People A Month.
The Fish Bowl is one of the early poké bowl restaurants based in Malaysia started by Aaron Lim in 2016, serving up healthy poké bowls to millenials.
This M’sian Startup Has Big Plans To Unite 170 Mil Mobile Gamers In SEA On One Platform
MEGPlay is a M'sian gaming startup that wants to become the go-to platform for mobile gamers in Southeast Asia to connect with each other.
S’pore Retailer Naiise To Mentor 58 Emerging Local Brands, With Opening Of New Mall At Orchard Road
Out of all homegrown labels at Design Orchard, 58 emerging brands will be mentored by successful local entrepreneurs who've been down the same path.
Korean Inspired, But S’pore Made: How 4Fingers Clawed Its Way To The Top And Earned $45M In 2018
Its first outlet at ION Orchard started off as a standing-only space; and there were days when its sales would rack up to just a few hundred dollars.
Need New Notes For Ang Baos? Withdraw Them At DBS/POSB’s 42 Pop-Up ATMs All Around S’pore
To cater to the spike in demand for CNY 2019, DBS/POSB customers can now head to 42 pop-up ATM machines at 20 locations to withdraw new notes.
At 22, This NYP Grad Is CTO Of A S’pore Pillow Startup And A Coder Who Can Detect Ransomware
This 22-year-old Nanyang Polytechnic graduate shares his experience coming from the Normal Academic stream and becoming the CTO of Mpillow Singapore.
S’pore Retailer Naiise To Mentor 58 Emerging Local Brands, With Opening Of New Mall At Orchard Road
Out of all homegrown labels at Design Orchard, 58 emerging brands will be mentored by successful local entrepreneurs who've been down the same path.
Inspired By ‘Aquaman’ Jason Momoa, He Opened The First Axe Throwing Range In S’pore And It’s A Hit
Inspired by an Instagram video of Aquaman star Jason Momoa, this Singaporean millennial opened the very first axe throwing range in Singapore.
Bike-Sharing Came And Went. But Will The New E-Scooters Suffer The Same Fate In M’sia?
Neuron Mobility is an e-scooter sharing startup from Singapore that has launched in Cyberjaya, Malaysia to provide last-mile transport services.
A New S’pore AI Startup Just Raised S$8.2M From Temasek & Sequoia India – Here’s What You Should Know About Them
Who are these Singaporean data scientists, and why has Temasek and Sequoia India noticed them in their startup's earliest stage?
After A S$300K Investment And A Few Close Shaves, This Hair Salon Now Serves Over 200 Clients Weekly
Sham Adam worked his way up to be a leading stylist at Salon Vim; and with over 16 years of experience, he invested $300,000 to start up his own hair salon.
This S’porean Teochew Family Is Brewing Up A Storm With Craft Beer – Taps Up To 6,000 Pints Monthly
The 1925 Brewing Co. is a microbrewery-cum-restaurant in Singapore that sells Teochew-inspired dishes and craft beers that are brewed locally.
Fitness Subscription Startup ClassPass Gains Strength With Acquisition Of S’pore’s GuavaPass
US-based fitness subscription startup, ClassPass acquires Singapore-based GuavaPass just five months after launching in the Lion City.
ATM Capital Tony Qu Tian: SEA Startup Valuation Could Grow Faster Than Their Chinese Peers’
Alibaba investment veteran believes SEA startup’s valuation will be growing faster than their Chinese peers’.
Uber’s Lion City Rentals Sold For About S$350M – Likely To Supply Cars To Go-Jek And Grab Next
WayDrive Holdings, a new local joint venture between vehicle trader MotorWay Group and investment vehicle Toh Motors, have acquired 100 per cent of LCR.
Your Kids Are Singing “Baby Shark”, But Her Business Wants To Make “Rasa Sayang” Great Again
Baba Baa is a solo enterprise started by Lee Jiun that creates song books focusing on Malaysian, Indonesian, and Singaporean nursery rhymes.
After A Near-Miss Car Accident, This M’sian Chose To Start A Business Instead Of Buying 4D
Omnimatics is a Malaysian Internet of Things (IoT) company that offers innovative, connected vehicle technology to the transportation industry.
We Ask M’sian Bosses: “Should Employees Who Screw Up On Social Media Be Fired?”
Employees are getting fired for posting insensitive comments on social media, hence we asked Malaysian bosses about what they would do.
PSA To M’sian Startups: If Your Financial Services Can Help The B40 Group, UNCDF Has $100K On Offer
The UNCDF has launched the Financial Innovation Lab with Bank Negara and MDEC, with grants to help financial inclusion targeting lower income groups.
So These Guys Think M’sians’ Hatred For Traffic Jams Can Be Easily Solved With… Vouchers
LandMiles is a Malaysian-made app that rewards users for travelling on land, allowing them to exchange the accumulated points for vouchers.
In 2016, This M’sian Chain Began Selling Raw Fish & Rice. Today, It Serves 100K People A Month.
The Fish Bowl is one of the early poké bowl restaurants based in Malaysia started by Aaron Lim in 2016, serving up healthy poké bowls to millenials.
This M’sian Startup Has Big Plans To Unite 170 Mil Mobile Gamers In SEA On One Platform
MEGPlay is a M'sian gaming startup that wants to become the go-to platform for mobile gamers in Southeast Asia to connect with each other.
Bike-Sharing Came And Went. But Will The New E-Scooters Suffer The Same Fate In M’sia?
Neuron Mobility is an e-scooter sharing startup from Singapore that has launched in Cyberjaya, Malaysia to provide last-mile transport services.
How Do You Make A KL Co-Working Space All About Women, But Still Let The Men In?
HelloHERA is a co-working space in Kuala Lumpur that focuses on providing women workers and entrepreneurs a space to collaborate and connect.
Will M’sian Employers Soon Choose To Control Their Employees On Social Media?
In Malaysia, people are losing jobs over postings on social media. Should employers do more to control or restrict or educate employees' social media usage?
Dear VC, What Trends Are You Betting Your $$ On In 2019?
We ask four VCs for their thoughts about 2019's venture capital scene and which business trends they think will be the biggest ones of the year.
Even Before Launching In M’sia, WeWork Already Knew They’d Be A Hit With Landlords. Here’s Why.
We talked to WeWork about their "participating lease" model and how they plan to make it work in Malaysia's competitive co-working market.
GrabPay Expands In PH: Users Can Top-Up Prepaid, Pay Bills And Other Purchases In-App
Major merchants, restaurant partners and small businesses will also be able to receive mobile payments with GrabPay's QR technology.
Asia Is The World’s Largest Ride-Hailing Market With Over 70% Share – Grab Dominates SEA
Singapore-headquartered O2O company Grab has ambitiously ridden into eight countries, including emerging markets like Cambodia and Myanmar.
More Tech Jobs For Filipinos As PH Gov’t Invests US$100M To Build ‘Crypto Valley Of Asia’
This new facility is in line with the government's vision to foster a fintech ecosystem and attract international blockchain companies to set up shop in PH.
Retail, Not Remittances, Will Define Cryptocurrency In The Philippines
Many Filipinos believe that the most important application of cryptocurrency will be remittances, but they’re wrong.
Grab PH Denies Micab’s 29,000 Phantom Booking Allegations – Claims They Have “Malicious Intent”
Based on their internal investigations, Grab Philippines siad that "Eddie Ybañez's allegations are untrue and appears to have malicious intent".
PH’s Micab Saw 15,000 “Phantom Bookings” In June – Evidence Allegedly Points To Grab (Again)
Micab has been a target of a massive phantom booking spree in their app this past June, and its internal investigation point to ride-sharing rival Grab.
Grab PH Fined Php 10 Million For Overcharging Users – Insists Php 2/Minute Travel Fee Is “Legal”
The LTFRB imposed a P10-million fine on Grab Philippines for charging its passengers an additional P2 per minute on top of its approved fees.
Grab Launches GrabAssistant In Manila – Drivers Double As Personal Shoppers From Just Php 99
Grab drivers – who are enlisted from the firm’s GrabExpress same-day delivery service – can buy and deliver goods of up to 1,000 pesos.
From Deliveries To Cleaning, This App Will Run Your Errands For You At Only Php49/Half Hour
MyKuya is a mobile app that matches you with nearby 'kuyas' and 'ates' who can run your errands such as buying coffee and washing the dishes on-demand.
PH Billionaire And HK Fintech Company Team Up To Loan $$$ To Filipinos Without Bank Accounts
John Gokongwei has a hand in mobile application Cashalo,an online lending platform for Filipinos to get loans without going through the bank.
This Startup Organizes Mystery Road Trips So You Can Explore Underrated Destinations In The Philippines
The travel startup started off as a passion project between two friends – Gallegos and Jeffrey Patrick Lui – before it was officially launched as a business in 2016.
How Selling Wine Online Got This PH Startup Over US$1 Mil In Valuation
Winery Philippines sources wines from across the globe to find cheaper options without sacrificing quality, and recently raised funds, putting the company's value at seven figures USD. It was founded by Chris Urbano.
Why “Struggling” Chinese E-Commerce Firm Acquired S’pore-Based Ezbuy For US$86M
S'pore-based ezbuy has been fully acquired by "struggling" Chinese e-commerce platform LightInTheBox in a deal worth US$86 million.
Alibaba Announces First Major Restructure After Jack Ma’s Retirement In An Internal Memo To Staff
Zhang is now looking to set the foundation and leadership team in place to prepare for another 5-10 years of future development plans of Alibaba.
Over 600 Cold Storage, Giant, 7-Eleven And Guardian Stores In S’pore To Accept WeChat Pay From Nov 1
From November 1, WeChat Pay users can make payment at any of the over 600 Cold Storage, Giant, 7-Eleven and Guardian stores islandwide.
China’s Social Credit System: A Laudable Initiative or a Disaster Waiting to Happen?
The goal of the system is not to rate a person's "credit score" but to rate the trustworthiness of a person.
Chinese Startup XiangShou Uses Foldable Box To Drop Meals, Parcels, Groceries At Your Doorstep
XiangShou brings more convenience to consumers by placing a personal locker at their door and saving them the hassle to travel to the nearest lockers.
Didi Launches Taxi-Hailing In Japan Through SoftBank Joint Venture – Marks Osaka As First Stop
Didi will work with more than 10 local partner taxi companies, which will tap on Didi’s online fleet management and dispatch system.
XiaoMai Launches Convenience Food Kitchen And Mobile Delivery Carts – Will It Be The Next 7-Eleven?
Customers can buy their meals via the app half an hour in advance, and collect the meal at any of the mobile dining carts.
“I Blame Myself” – Didi CEO’s Memo To Staff On Recent Passenger Murders
In an internal company-wide memo, Didi founder Cheng Wei expressed deep remorse over the recent passenger murders while using their carpooling service.
Alibaba’s Jack Ma To Retire From His US$420B Empire In Sep 2019 – CEO Zhang To Step Up As Chairman
Jack Ma, 54, will continue to mentor senior management as part of an advisory board called the "Alibaba Partnership".
Asia Is The World’s Largest Ride-Hailing Market With Over 70% Share – Grab Dominates SEA
Singapore-headquartered O2O company Grab has ambitiously ridden into eight countries, including emerging markets like Cambodia and Myanmar.
China’s Sleazy Hotel Room-Sharing Service Shui Shui Has Disappeared From App Stores Again
Will you dare to share your room with a complete stranger? A Chinese service similar to Couchsurfing has gone offline again.
Chinese Ride-Hailing Giant Didi Completely Halts Carpooling After Second Murder In 3 Months
Didi reportedly failed to investigate into an earlier complaint against the accused driver who committed the second murder.
