The Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the rapid advancement of disruptive technologies including artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and blockchain, have shown the potential to significantly transform the economic landscape around the world.
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Malaysia’s digital economy amassed RM289 billion, accounting for 19.1% of GDP in 2019. This is driven by the rapid growth of e-commerce, with gross merchandise value (GMV) expected to grow to reach a total value of US$11.4 billion in 2020. Malaysia also leads ASEAN in e-wallet usage at 40%.
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Naluri believes it can be a unicorn with 150,000 users.
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Sarawak Energy, with Ministry of Utilities Sarawak, targets state’s full electrification by 2025 – and already exports power to Indonesian neighbour, West Kalimantan
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GoodLinker: a company that specialises in smart factory tools that help SMEs visualise production line data and embrace Industry 4.0.
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How DentX MedTech specializes in innovating medical devices for the dentistry space in Taiwan
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KiWi New Energy (KiWi) is a decentralised green energy platform that matches local solar power stations with users
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TuringCerts is a product by the whitehat hackers and programmers behind Turing Chain that uses blockchain to create tamper-proof e-portfolios
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There are many devices that attempt to address chronic health problems, but Taiwan's Singular Wings Medical is the world's first medtech provider that tackles multiple health problems with a single device
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Wherever possible, more people are now looking for technology to help them with outcomes as compared to before the pandemic. As a result, we’re seeing international barriers to talent break down, whether for remote work, to globalize, or open new sales channels. Companies will continue to employ a more international workforce than they did before.
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Gobi Partners’ continued faith and multiple investments into Carsome paved the way for the e-commerce platform to dominate Southeast Asia’s used car scene, en route to becoming Malaysia’s first and largest unicorn.
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Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystem saw $1.2 billion in exit value thus far this year, compared to $2 billion seen throughout the whole of 2020, according to Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia and India managing partner Ben Mathias.
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More and more venture capital (VC) firms and angel investors are wising up to the opportunity in investing in the region’s female founders. Despite the largely virtual deal-making environment over the past year due to COVID, women-led startups have secured multimillion-dollar rounds across a multitude of sectors.
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Fresh off a US$350 million Series C round led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2, Chicago-based fungi protein startup Nature’s Fynd is bypassing typical alt-protein markets in Europe to expand across Asia Pacific aggressively in 2022. Nature’s Fynd Chief Marketing Officer Karuna Rawal tells TechNode Global why.
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Carsome vs Carro: Who wins Southeast Asia’s used car fight?
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Indonesia's peer-to-peer (P2P) lending marketplace PT Investree Radhika Jaya (Investree) is set to be the first P2P platform to distribute government-issued sukuk scheduled in the coming months.
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Malaysia's Shariah-compliant BIMB Investment Management launched the world's first environmental, social and governance (ESG) sukuk fund on August 1. Reflecting a growing responsible finance sector in Malaysia, the company's CEO told Salaam Gateway the move was in response to market interest.
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