Daily Markup #367: Una Brands acquires glass startup by 15-year-old for US$730,000; Escavox beefs up the red meat industry with real-time shelf-life calculator; Aerodyne’s Swiss partnership to deploy cutting-edge drone tech globally

A class act A company started by a 15-year-old schoolboy has been acquired by...

November 2, 2021 · 2 min read

Daily Markup #366: PolicyPal acquires US-based firm to enter financial planning market; Neuron partners with Moovit to expand mobility options in Brisbane; Prenetics appointed exclusive testing partner for Hong Kong marathon

An expansive move 500-backed insurtech startup PolicyPal has entered the financial planning market. It...

November 1, 2021 · 2 min read

Daily Markup #365: Top stories in October on FarMart, Ion Mobility, Pandorum, Doyobi & Friz securing over US$25M in funding and more

It’s a big month for 500-backed startups. Five 500-backed startups secure over US$25 million...

October 29, 2021 · 2 min read

Daily Markup #364: ICS enters US$4M facility to finance protective gear in Indonesia; Carsome runs community programs to relieve pandemic hardships; ANGIN launches Indonesian entrepreneur accelerator

Funding safety 500-backed Impact Credit Solutions (ICS) and Indonesian fintech company Restock.ID have entered...

October 28, 2021 · 3 min read

Daily Markup #363: Carousell on CNN about reaching one million listings in its first year; Naluri is building SEA’s largest mental health dataset; UrbanMetry on the romanticization of homeownership in Malaysia

Keeping it simple Fresh off its unicorn announcement, co-founder CEO of 500-backed Carousell, Siu...

October 27, 2021 · 3 min read

Daily Markup #362: Grab suite of tools boosts merchant sales by 6x; Horangi selected as partner to fight rise of cyber threats in Singapore; abillion releases report on Singapore plant-based movement

Laying the foundation Small and medium businesses (SMB) in Southeast Asia just got a...

October 26, 2021 · 3 min read

Daily Markup #361: FarMart bags US$10M for unlocking food supply chain; Pandorum closes US$4.8M for organ repair technology; Doyobi lands US$2.8M to serve STEM educators

Reaping the rewards 500-backed agritech startup FarMart has bagged US$10 million in a Series...

October 25, 2021 · 2 min read

Daily Markup #360: This week’s stories on Ion Mobility’s US$6.8M funding, Carousell’s acquisition of Ox Street & more

Lots of news coming from Singapore this week as electric vehicle startup Ion Mobility...

October 22, 2021 · 1 min read

Daily Markup #359: KrediFazz fully licensed to offer fintech services and education; Talkpush adds language assessment capability to automated hiring process; Why OhmniLabs shies away from humanoid robots

License to lend KrediFazz, a subsidiary of 500-backed FinAccel, has become a fully licensed...

October 21, 2021 · 3 min read

Daily Markup #358: Carousell acquires Ox Street for its dedicated community of sneakerheads; 500 Southeast Asia’s upcoming string of successful exits; ANGIN connects Indonesian startups with the Netherlands

A fitting union 500-backed e-commerce startup Carousell has acquired Ox Street in a move...

October 20, 2021 · 3 min read

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