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Deliveroo today announces its partnership with A Plastic Ocean Foundation (APOF), a local charitable organisation dedicated to stopping plastic pollution and initiating ocean recovery from human impacts, to safeguard and preserve Hong Kong’s precious wetland…
A Beijing consumer rights group said on Tuesday it had asked Missfresh to work on plans to refund its customers and explain how it will rectify its business after receiving a number of complaints, adding to pressures facing the Tencent Holdings and Tiger…
Startup Viet 2022, an annual event hosted by VnExpress to promote entrepreneurship, closes registration in seven days. The sixth edition of the competition, themed “the New Era of Innovation,” has received dozens of registrations since it opened June 13. The…
Financial startup Anfin, which seeks to make stock investment easy for any user, has raised funding of $4.8 million in a Pre-Series A round from a consortium of investors. It was led by angel investor Clement Benoit and U.S.-based startup accelerator Y…
Vietnamese startups have great expectations of the blockchain technology, envisaging practical e-commerce and entertainment impacts as the country pursues digital transformation. “We dream of becoming a billion-dollar company,” said Nguyen Tuan Quynh,…
While we all wait for the rollout of the city’s anti-pandemic fund to support residents and businesses affected by the ongoing public health crisis, some of Hong Kong’s biggest companies have also stepped up to help. In a recent announcement, foodpanda, the…
Vietnam could be Asia’s next startup hub after local companies saw a funding surge over 40 times in the last five years, a venture capitalist said. Venture funding for startups in Vietnam reached $2.1 billion last year, up from just $48 million in 2017, Binh…
One Mount provides solutions covering the entire financial services, distribution, real estate, and retail-sector value chain. Approved in June 2020, the National Digital Transformation Program aims to turn Vietnam into a country with digital technology…
Taipei-headquartered XREX has named a managing director in Singapore as it sets its sights on expanding its platform in the region. Taipei-headquartered XREX has appointed Christopher Chye as managing director of XREX Singapore and director of product. In…
With shops closed and delivery services facing restrictions due to the Covid-19 outbreak in Hanoi, apartment dwellers have stepped infill the supply gap by selling online. Thu, a clerk at a media company, who is working from home amid the social distancing,…
Indian food delivery startup Zomato Ltd ` will raise US$1.26 billion by pricing its shares at 76 rupees each in its initial public offering, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter. The sources could not be named as the information has…
Indonesian e-commerce firm Bukalapak is keen to raise as much as US$800 million in an initial public offering (IPO) in August, two people with knowledge of the matter said, the first of two big tech listings in Jakarta this year that will add long-sought…
Two partners at U.S. venture capital fund 500 Startups have founded Ascend Vietnam Ventures with plans to invest in 25 local companies. Their early-stage investments will range from $500,000 to $2 million and be in tech startups in areas like finance,…
Indonesian ride-hailing and payments firm Gojek and e-commerce leader Tokopedia formally announced their merger today in a transaction that will create a technology powerhouse in the country’s largest deal. Sources familiar with the situation had earlier said…
Vietnamese startups are attracting increasing attention from foreign funds, and there have been at least seven million-dollar investment deals in Q1. The biggest deals include a $100-million funding round by U.S. investor Warburg Pincus in payment app MoMo, a…
Vietnamese game studio Topebox and its blockchain partner KardiaChain have raised $1 million for an upcoming blockchain game called My DeFi Pet. The investors include Shanghai-based venture capital firms Axia8 Ventures, OKEx Blockdream Ventures, and the…
