He halted his gym during MCO, spent RM70K to open a cafe instead. It was a good call.
Shakeasy Bar in Petaling Jaya sells plant-based protein smoothies as meal replacements for customers struggling to eat healthily.
Articles by Joycelyn Tan
These brands are ready for Malaysia’s EV transition, here’s what they offer as of 2021
Here are the companies in Malaysia that contribute to our EV infrastructure by providing charging stations, EV dealerships, and financing.
Uni student takes on a niche biz model in M’sia, her biggest competitor is a global brand
To The Heart.Co is an online business selling edible cookie dough and baked cookies providing free deliveries to customers around Malaysia.
Going the extra mile to bring something different to the M’sian macaron market
Bakaron by Alicia is an Instagram baker selling macarons with character designs online as gifts during festive events and celebrations.
Helping Malaysia’s unemployed, this site saw a 300% increase in signups over the pandemic
Qwork is a Malaysian hiring platform that provides relevant skill training to gig workers and matches them to companies.
There’s still no go-to M’sian vegan brand, this trio think they can take on that title
VickedGood is a Malaysian-based production facility for vegan food and desserts, and it supplies to cafes and grocery stores.
4 friends with a cloud kitchen & mission to help older M’sian hawkers go digital
kEATchen is a new cloud kitchen in Petaling Jaya for hawkers and street food vendors, helping them sell and deliver their food online.
M’sia doesn’t lack pineapple products, but these guys have bigger ambitions than competing
Brotani Ventures is a Malaysian startup that sells farm-fresh whole MD2 pineapples and healthy cold-pressed juices made from the fruit.
Simplifying smart homeownership with one M’sian app to control devices of various brands
LinkUp is a Malaysian startup that created a system allowing users to control different smart home devices from any brand in one app.
Leveraging durian season, this new M’sian brand sold 100K kilos of the fruit in a month
DooranDooran is a platform selling Musang King and D24 durian online. It also delivers them to those around Klang Valley.
What may turn you away from this M’sian biz brings 50% of its customers back for more
Fruit Cheezy Milk is an online F&B business in Malaysia selling pudding-like desserts, and it was started during the pandemic.
The right resellers can benefit a biz, this M’sian site aims to help companies find them
Ejenkita is a site for companies to manage and hire dropshippers and resellers in Malaysia to sell products via e-commerce.
Outside of surgery, these M’sian doctors run a business that makes soaps for charity
Smooth Soaperator is a Malaysian social enterprise selling handmade soaps founded by a group of doctors who make them in their off-time.
Hailing from Ipoh, this gaming chair biz says it’s now grown to sell 15k units per month
TTRacing is a Malaysian-made gaming chair brand from Ipoh that aims to create chairs that are ergonomic and affordable.
More than selling menstrual cups to M’sians, they actively try to break taboos about them
Suci Cup is a Malaysian business selling menstrual cups to replace sanitary pads and tampons, launched by women who want to break taboos.
14 Y/O DJ eatery that ignored social media learns it to start anew after COVID-19 closure
CintaRia@DJ shuts down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Its founder must now learn how to run an online business to maintain a new venture.