Daily Markup #78: GoGet’s Francesca Chia explains why the gig economy is now more important than… Daily Markup #78: GoGet’s Francesca Chia explains why the gig economy is now more important than… The new movement of work Speaking to BFM, Francesca Chia, co-founder and CEO of... Emmanuel Olalere August 18, 2020 · 6 min read
Daily Markup #77: Online grocery shopping continues to scale; StoreHub on ‘digital’ being the new… Daily Markup #77: Online grocery shopping continues to scale; StoreHub on ‘digital’ being the new… The new way to grocery shop For 500-backed e-grocery platform HappyFresh, the onset of... Emmanuel Olalere August 17, 2020 · 6 min read
Daily Markup #76: Grab CEO Anthony Tan’s op-ed on how Covid-19 has changed the way SMEs do… Daily Markup #76: Grab CEO Anthony Tan’s op-ed on how Covid-19 has changed the way SMEs do… Driving forward CEO of 500-backed Grab, Anthony Tan, penned an op-ed on Fortune detailing... Emmanuel Olalere August 14, 2020 · 6 min read
Daily Markup #75: eFishery secures Series B funding; Why Vokal created a Twitter-like platform… Daily Markup #75: eFishery secures Series B funding; Why Vokal created a Twitter-like platform… Fishy business Indonesian and 500-backed aquaculture startup eFishery — which provides fish and shrimp farmers with... Emmanuel Olalere August 13, 2020 · 5 min read
Daily Markup #74: Lingokids helps underprivileged children in India amidst Covid-19; Neuron’s… Daily Markup #74: Lingokids helps underprivileged children in India amidst Covid-19; Neuron’s… Education for all 500-backed Lingokids, the platform offering Oxford University Press-graded English language curriculums... Emmanuel Olalere August 12, 2020 · 6 min read
Daily Markup #73: Khailee Ng on why 500 Startups invested in Fave; Laka riding on the surge of… Daily Markup #73: Khailee Ng on why 500 Startups invested in Fave; Laka riding on the surge of… Early adopter 500 Startups invested in Fave in 2015. The objective was to drive... Emmanuel Olalere August 11, 2020 · 6 min read
Daily Markup #72: These are the top female entrepreneurs in every country; How GrabAds is… Daily Markup #72: These are the top female entrepreneurs in every country; How GrabAds is… The who’s who According to the BusinessFinancing.co.uk, a media site aggregating insights and data... Emmanuel Olalere August 10, 2020 · 5 min read
Daily Markup #71: These are the SEA startups selected for Google’s accelerator program; How this… Daily Markup #71: These are the SEA startups selected for Google’s accelerator program; How this… Class in session The first cohort of startups in the Google for Startups Accelerator:... Emmanuel Olalere August 6, 2020 · 5 min read
Daily Markup #70: Singapore’s TradeGecko gets acquired by US-based Intuit; Grab launches… Daily Markup #70: Singapore’s TradeGecko gets acquired by US-based Intuit; Grab launches… Done deal California-based Intuit has acquired 500-backed TradeGecko, a Singapore-based SaaS company that develops... Emmanuel Olalere August 5, 2020 · 4 min read
Daily Markup #69: [EXCLUSIVE] Eric Cheng of Carsome tells us how the V-shaped recovery happened… Daily Markup #69: [EXCLUSIVE] Eric Cheng of Carsome tells us how the V-shaped recovery happened… A BTS look 500-backed used-car platform Carsome recorded an impressive V-shaped recovery amidst an... Emmanuel Olalere August 3, 2020 · 6 min read