Indonesian crypto platform Reku is built for both new and experienced traders • Startups
Cryptocurrency transactions in Indonesia hit $60 billion last year, according to the country’s commodities futures trading agency. Crypto exchange and marketplace Reku has been riding the wave with what it says are the lowest fees on the market, and a platform...
Twitter whistleblower testifies of serious security flaws to Senate
Twitter's former security chief Peiter "Mudge" Zatko testified to a Senate panel on Tuesday that his former employer prioritized profits over addressing security concerns that he said put user information at risk of falling into the wrong hands."It's not...
New Starbucks Odyssey loyalty program ‘happens to be built on blockchain and web3’ • Startups
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The Aspiring Founders Program – Fall 2022
The Aspiring Founders Program is a six-week online program for formidable folks who want to launch a tech startup in the region, but don't know how. Source link
Former Tesla CFO joins drone delivery startup Zipline
Deepak Ahuja joined Zipline as Chief Business and Financial Officer in 2022.Courtesy ZiplineFormer Tesla CFO Deepak Ahuja will join Zipline's leadership team as the company's chief business officer and CFO, Zipline announced Friday.Zipline is a Silicon...
Alphabet’s Verily raises $1 billion as tech giants enter red hot healthcare sector • Startups
Verily, the life sciences business under Alphabet, said Friday that it has raised $1 billion, capital that will be used to expand its data-driven healthcare products tailored to individuals. The round was led by Alphabet, the company said in its announcement....
SEA tech ecosystem report
All you need to know about Southeast Asia's startup scene in five minutes. Source link
Edupia raises Series A to close the education gap in Vietnam • Startups
There’s a large education gap in Vietnam between urban centers, which have access to more resources, and the smaller cities and rural areas where 80% of students live. Edupia, an online learning platform, is bridging that divide with its live classes and...
Meet the 15 top-funded startups and tech companies in Vietnam
Here are the companies in Vietnam that are attracting tons of investors and have the resources to spend on software, talent, and expansion. Source link
TikTok is upending the music industry and Spotify may be next
Benee performs at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 18, 2022 in Manchester, Tennessee.Josh Brasted | Wireimage | Getty ImagesZoi Lerma was working at a Los Angeles bagel shop in early 2020 when she first heard the song "Supalonely" by Benee. She...
Twilio to lay off off 11% of company’s workforce
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AC Ventures reaches first close of a $250M fund for Southeast Asian startups • Venture Capital
AC Ventures (ACV), a venture firm focused on early-stage startups in Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia, has reached the first close of its fifth investment fund (Fund V). The fund is targeting $250 million and has raised 65% of that capital so far,...
Tighter VC capital forces AI startups to face the music • Venture Capital
Winter may hve arrived early for AI and machine learning startups. After years of rosy projections, growth and investor enthusiasm, a new report from PitchBook shows that VC activity in the AI sector declined precipitously over the past few months. Deal value...
VC fundraising gets weird as autumn nears • Venture Capital
The first half of 2022 broke fundraising records at VC firms, but at the same time, pretty much everyone we spoke to expected fundraising to slow to a trickle by the end of the year. And while it is slowing down, fundraising is also getting really weird. By...
The week an Apple event and YC Demo Day collided • Venture Capital
Happy Saturday, friends. Welcome back to Week in Review, the newsletter where we very quickly sum up the most read TechCrunch stories from the past week. Want it in your inbox every Saturday AM? Get it here. This week saw two big events running in parallel: an...
Zipline lands departing Verily CFO, Tesla veteran Deepak Ahuja • Venture Capital
Zipline has hired departing Verily CFO and Tesla veteran Deepak Ahuja as its first chief business and financial officer, an appointment that comes as the drone delivery and logistics startup accelerates its global expansion in Africa, the United States and...
‘Buy your mom an iPhone’ • Venture Capital
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Alibaba-backed VC joins $14m round of Vietnam edtech firm
Edupia aims to provide an easy and accessible English-learning platform to tackle language-based inequality in the country. Source link
PSG, Battery Ventures invest $100M in open source password manager Bitwarden • Venture Capital
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Solar Foods wants to replace industrial animal farming with a high-tech protein harvest – Venture Capital
Fermentation has a long, rich history in food production, from beer and wine to yogurt and cheese, leavened bread and coffee, miso and tempeh, sauerkraut and kimchi, to name just a few of the tasty things we can consume thanks to a chemical process thought to...
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