As a young immigrant in Brooklyn, Mo Shaikh often pondered over his father’s taxi earnings. His father would say he made $ 100, but Shaikh couldn’t understand why only $ 60 made it home. (The rest, he learned, went to intermediaries.) This early experience sparked his curiosity about financial systems, but also their shortcomings and […]
SleekFlow snaps up $7M to tap the conversational AI opportunity across Asia
SleekFlow, a Singapore- and Hong Kong-headquartered social commerce platform that has built a conversational AI suite for customer engagement targeted to Asian markets, said Wednesday it had secured a further $ 7 million in funding. The money will be used to continue developing its AI, as well as penetrate deeper into Southeast Asia and the […]
Antler doubles down on Southeast Asia with $72M second startup fund
Antler, the Singapore VC that focuses on early-stage investments, just closed its second Southeast Asia fund. It’s raised $ 72 million to double down on startups in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia. This should be welcome news for startups. Like other regions, Southeast Asia has faced a persistent funding slump. Between January and July 2024, […]
India’s Kazam powers up to roll out EV charging in Southeast Asia
EV charging station startup Kazam plans to expand beyond India, where it already holds a significant share of the market, and into Southeast Asia to gain an early mover’s advantage, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. The Bengaluru-headquartered startup, which has offices in Delhi and Pune and city managers in 4,000 postal codes across India, is set […]
Asia Vs. South America: How Fans From Different Places React In K-Pop Concerts, According To TWICE’s Jihyo
TWICE‘s Jihyo appeared in Mono Tube‘s YouTube channel. Here, she picked up trash while talking about different topics under the sun. One of them was the unique and similar qualities of TWICE’s fans in the different places that they have visited. Check them out below! South America First up, TWICE recently went to South America […]