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Currently valued at $20bn, Chinese social-commerce platform Xiaohongshu has over 300m users, most of whom are females from big cities with high purchasing power.
Currently valued at $20bn, Chinese social-commerce platform Xiaohongshu has over 300m users, most of whom are females from big cities with high purchasing power.
Indonesia’s most popular OTA, Traveloka is an easy-to-use source of cheap regional flights and accommodation for the fast-rising Indonesian and Southeast Asian middle class.
Indonesia’s most popular OTA, Traveloka is an easy-to-use source of cheap regional flights and accommodation for the fast-rising Indonesian and Southeast Asian middle class.
With over 1,000 clean and comfortable rooms across Indonesia, Airy Rooms ensures that budget travelers need not compromise on amenities.
With over 1,000 clean and comfortable rooms across Indonesia, Airy Rooms ensures that budget travelers need not compromise on amenities.
Unlocking the potential of pan-African commerce, on-demand logistics platform Kobo360 is scaling its trucking network across borders to speed up deliveries and reduce transportation costs.
Unlocking the potential of pan-African commerce, on-demand logistics platform Kobo360 is scaling its trucking network across borders to speed up deliveries and reduce transportation costs.
An app to provide municipalities and beachgoers with hourly updates of seawater quality, boosting environmental awareness and warning of potential dangers.
An app to provide municipalities and beachgoers with hourly updates of seawater quality, boosting environmental awareness and warning of potential dangers.
In two years, this social trends monitoring platform has launched over 30 projects worldwide, letting businesses and governments anticipate, detect and track behavior and movements.
In two years, this social trends monitoring platform has launched over 30 projects worldwide, letting businesses and governments anticipate, detect and track behavior and movements.
DuduBus provides Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) by connecting underutilized vehicles with businesses for their employees' corporate shuttle services, using algorithms to optimize routes for increased efficiency.
DuduBus provides Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) by connecting underutilized vehicles with businesses for their employees' corporate shuttle services, using algorithms to optimize routes for increased efficiency.
First cloud-based, corrective and preventive facilities management and maintenance platform to employ near-field communication technology, saving managers 40% of the time spent on adminstration.
First cloud-based, corrective and preventive facilities management and maintenance platform to employ near-field communication technology, saving managers 40% of the time spent on adminstration.
Using AI-image processing, SweetEscape can produce over 150 professionally edited photographs 48 hours after photo shoots.
Using AI-image processing, SweetEscape can produce over 150 professionally edited photographs 48 hours after photo shoots.
Targeting millennials' wanderlust, multi-destination travel platform Airhopping booked €3 million revenue in two years, making it yet another promising startup backed by Spanish tycoon Juan Roig.
Targeting millennials' wanderlust, multi-destination travel platform Airhopping booked €3 million revenue in two years, making it yet another promising startup backed by Spanish tycoon Juan Roig.
Providing privacy, peace and quiet in public areas through intelligent, noise-proof and comfortable private cabins, including luxury sleeping pods, meeting rooms and phone booths.
Providing privacy, peace and quiet in public areas through intelligent, noise-proof and comfortable private cabins, including luxury sleeping pods, meeting rooms and phone booths.
Riding on the growth of halal tourism, Halal Local conveniently offers directions and access to Muslim-friendly facilities and information for travellers on the road.
Riding on the growth of halal tourism, Halal Local conveniently offers directions and access to Muslim-friendly facilities and information for travellers on the road.
TroopTravel wins global corporates with user-friendly Big Data and AI-powered digital travel planning platform.
TroopTravel wins global corporates with user-friendly Big Data and AI-powered digital travel planning platform.
In a united move, Portuguese startups fight to mitigate Covid-19 impact in unprecedented crisis
As strong growth of previous years falters, Portugal's startups were quick to mobilize themselves to detail the help they would need from the state to deal with their biggest challenge yet
Alipay opens its platform to speed up digitalization of Chinese service providers amid Covid-19
As Alipay continues to battle WeChat for super-app supremacy, it's created a stronghold in China’s services industry, where 80% of businesses still operate under brick-and-mortar models
Spanish startups and investors rethink strategies as Covid-19 hits funding, valuations
Investors and startups in Spain say most funding has stalled, and share their strategies and advice for coping with the downturn
Faraday Venture Partners’ MP Gonzalo Tradacete: “We are actively looking for startups”
Amid the Covid-19 slump, Faraday Venture Partners' CIO and MP shares his expectations for startup investments and favored sectors, the measures his firm has taken so far to help investees ride out the crisis, and more.
“From a record year to a tragic year” – Investor Eneko Knorr on Spain’s 2020 startup funding
Startups should focus on profitability but for investors with leeway, there are still great opportunities, says Spanish angel investor Eneko Knorr. He shares his outlook, top picks and advice on riding out the Covid-19 crisis
Covid-19: Indonesia's P2P lenders ready for slower business, default risk
P2P lending startups set up stricter scrutiny, budget reserves; playing key role in helping Indonesian businesses survive the Covid-19 crisis
UPDATED - Coronavirus: Indonesian startups launch tracking and healthcare tools, financial support
Amid a weak public health system, Indonesia's startups try to plug the gap with healthcare and monitoring tech solutions, while edtech and other online platforms see surge in demand amid social distancing
IP Buoys: Mooring 4.0 smart buoys to protect marine ecosystems
Save the Posidonia! That’s the call from enterprising sailors who, with their startup IP Buoys, have found a way to protect the seagrass and marine life from the damaging impact of nautical tourism
Unicorn Xiaohongshu refines social commerce model after stumble, as bigger players jostle in
Once the epitome of China's O2O social commerce success, Xiaohongshu (RED) tries to reinvent itself amid challenges from internet giants, influencers and short videos
Startups join the fight in China's coronavirus crisis
Chinese startups have discovered their technologies can play a major role in the nationwide efforts to battle the coronavirus epidemic
Triporate: Producing business travel itineraries and bookings 10x faster than human agents
Triporate helps corporates save time and money with its automated travel bookings from analyzing staff emails; it raised €1.3m recently
Citibeats, a social trends monitoring tool for governments and businesses, wins €1.4m funding
Citibeats tracks and analyzes what the public is saying online in any language; wants to boost its presence in LatAm and Asia
Indonesian rental and asset management platform Travelio bags US$18m funding
The four-year-old proptech startup recently raised Series B funding as it gains ground in Indonesia’s growing real estate investment market
Iomob: Universal mobility app to help people find best route from A to B
Rapid growth in MaaS will boost revenue to over €1m by 2020 for Spanish transport app Iomob
Lawtech startup Reclamador.es takes negligent companies to task
Reclamador.es’ team of top-notch lawyers has seen a 98% success rate in their fight for consumers’ rights, though scaling up has been difficult