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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.
Indonesian agritech pioneer Crowde has battled competition to stay ahead by pivoting from crowdfunding farming projects to channeling institutional lenders’ funds into agricultural loans.
Indonesian agritech pioneer Crowde has battled competition to stay ahead by pivoting from crowdfunding farming projects to channeling institutional lenders’ funds into agricultural loans.
Zero-waste app OLIO is rapidly scaling, letting retailers and households donate or swap surplus food and other goods in local communities in 50+ countries.
Zero-waste app OLIO is rapidly scaling, letting retailers and households donate or swap surplus food and other goods in local communities in 50+ countries.
China's live stream e-commerce platform Kuaishou went public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the world’s largest tech IPO since Uber in 2019.
China's live stream e-commerce platform Kuaishou went public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the world’s largest tech IPO since Uber in 2019.
Prizewinning pvDesign software automates solar plant design and its lifetime costs, reducing engineers’ time from weeks to minutes. More than 8,000 projects created worldwide and +2,000GW simulated.
Prizewinning pvDesign software automates solar plant design and its lifetime costs, reducing engineers’ time from weeks to minutes. More than 8,000 projects created worldwide and +2,000GW simulated.
This mental health startup provides affordable therapy-on-the-go through a telemedicine platform and app and has helped 250,000 users find suitable native-language therapists using AI.
This mental health startup provides affordable therapy-on-the-go through a telemedicine platform and app and has helped 250,000 users find suitable native-language therapists using AI.
Xendit, an all-purpose payment gateway and management platform for SMEs and startups in Southeast Asia, becomes a unicorn after expansion into the Philippines.
Xendit, an all-purpose payment gateway and management platform for SMEs and startups in Southeast Asia, becomes a unicorn after expansion into the Philippines.
With over 3,000 digital scents, ScentRealm enables consumers to smell odors with a wearable; has opened its scent database and editor to the public.
With over 3,000 digital scents, ScentRealm enables consumers to smell odors with a wearable; has opened its scent database and editor to the public.
Kuaikan (formerly Kuaikan Comic)
China's top online comics platform producing original-content comics, Kuaikan is one of the most popular apps for teenagers.
China's top online comics platform producing original-content comics, Kuaikan is one of the most popular apps for teenagers.
Refurbed will expand Amazon-style refurbished electronics marketplace, with carbon-neutral plan to cut CO2 emissions and plant 1m trees in at-risk biodiversity hotspots worldwide.
Refurbed will expand Amazon-style refurbished electronics marketplace, with carbon-neutral plan to cut CO2 emissions and plant 1m trees in at-risk biodiversity hotspots worldwide.
Developed by ex-UN experts, Everimpact provides real-time GHG data using satellites, sensors and IoT to help cities and companies manage and monetize emissions reduction.
Developed by ex-UN experts, Everimpact provides real-time GHG data using satellites, sensors and IoT to help cities and companies manage and monetize emissions reduction.
Pioneering AI SaaS combining virtual clinic and database for mental health professionals enables quicker diagnoses, with up to 90% accuracy.
Pioneering AI SaaS combining virtual clinic and database for mental health professionals enables quicker diagnoses, with up to 90% accuracy.
Cobee automates and extends flexibility in compensation and benefits management to meal vouchers, childcare, healthcare, etc., helping firms increase their average employee benefits uptake fourfold.
Cobee automates and extends flexibility in compensation and benefits management to meal vouchers, childcare, healthcare, etc., helping firms increase their average employee benefits uptake fourfold.
Spain’s fastest-growing car-as-a-service startup, now acquired by the Renault Group, is profit-making and operates across Spain, France and Italy, with 10,000+ subscribers.
Spain’s fastest-growing car-as-a-service startup, now acquired by the Renault Group, is profit-making and operates across Spain, France and Italy, with 10,000+ subscribers.
After emulating Chinese business models, Indonesian startups seek success abroad
Indonesia adapted and furthered the successful business models that created unicorns in China. Now, it's exporting its own to the rest of Southeast Asia, even beyond
Bdeo: Using video intelligence to automate, speed up insurance claims handling and payouts
Insurtech SaaS Bdeo lets insurers process 70% of motor and property claims without human staff; targets Series A close by year-end
Gojek CEO resigns to join Indonesia's new cabinet; named education minister
Nadiem Makarim was confirmed as Indonesia's education and culture minister and will become "a passive shareholder" in Gojek
Smile and Learn: The “Netflix of education” for three to 12 year olds
Smile and Learn lets schools offer AI-enabled personalized learning to every child in every classroom, for the price of a book
From laundry to beauty salons: Mr Jeff’s exponential franchising growth
Mr Jeff, the startup opening 100 new laundries a month, has entered the beauty market with price-competitive on-demand services
Affordable pet healthcare insurance at your finger “Tips”
Over 78% of China's pet owners buy insurance to get the best services for their dogs and cats. Tips, an online platform for pet insurance and healthcare products, wants their business
HumanITcare: The first real-time symptom tracker for mental illness patients
FollowHealth’s HumanITcare app combines wearables, analytics and AI to monitor and improve outcomes for sufferers of depression, schizophrenia, alcoholism and more
Despite early promise, China's on-demand bus services hit potholes on the road to profit
High costs – not a lack of customers – have forced promising on-demand bus service startups like DuduBus to shift their focus to corporate shuttle services
Propcrowd lets small investors access high ROI real estate with collective investment platform
Propcrowd disrupts real estate investing with its crowdfunding platform that buys, refurbishes and sells houses, then dividing the returns among small investors
Youcheck by Precept: The fact-checking app fighting misinformation
Youcheck, a Google DNI Fund winner, uses AI to spot fake news on social media, help journalists do better work
Education for all: Interview with DANAdidik CEO Dipo Satria
The student loan startup is narrowing its focus to funding students planning on healthcare careers, and it also hopes to attract more financing from impact investors
Get.AI: Using artificial intelligence to help humans write more efficiently
Writing productivity tool Get.AI automates mundane tasks, such as tracking the latest trending topics and speeding up research, improving writers' efficiency by as much as 70%
Cristina Fonseca: On a one-woman mission to make Portugal more innovative
The co-founder of Portugal's third unicorn, Talkdesk, is now an influential investor and AI authority
Raw Data: Bringing new predictability to harvests
Spanish ML, big data startup helps farmers perfect wine and fruit production in a fast-growing precision agtech sector
ZendMoney: Putting cash back into the pockets of Indonesian migrant workers
ZendMoney's unique remittance concept has already helped 90,000 migrant workers send money back home
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