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Grab vs. Go-Jek: The Battle for Ride-hailing Market Domination
The fight for domination in the ride-hailing market is heating up as ride-hailing giants Singapore’s Grab and Indonesia’s Go-Jek are forging new financial services alliance. With Go-Jek’s Singapore entry closing in, the Indonesian ride-hailing giant announced a tie-up with DBS Bank for regional payment. Shortly later, Grab revealed a strategic alliance with United Overseas Bank […]
Thai ICO Unicorn Omise secures investment from Global Brain
Omise lands the Japanese investment to bolster its blockchain Stripe alternative
Byju’s Fresh US$100 Million Funding From General Atlantic Boosts New Valuation to US$2 Million
Byju is the first edtech startup to get unicorn status in India. India’s largest education tech startup Byju’s, which reinvents academic learning through the mobile app, has recently raised a US$100 million funding from private equity player General Atlantic for a 5 percent stake in the startup. This marks General Atlantic first investment in the […]
Best-Selling Malaysian Author and Facebook Marketing Trainer Marcus Teoh to Speak in the United States
Teoh will be sharing his knowledge on Zero Budget Facebook Marketing at Southern Illinois University (SIU) Carbondale on October 9 and University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC) on October 11.
Warburg-backed Singapore unicorn Trax targets US$3 billion valuation in next three years
Trax, a computer vision solutions and analytics firm based in Singapore is targeting to reach US$3 billion in valuation over the next three years. It currently stands at nearly US$1 billion. Its Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Joel Bar-El spoke at DealStreetAsia’s Asia PE-VC Summit 2018, explaining that the valuation target is not far-fetched as […]