Daily Markup #327: This week’s stories on funding rounds by Carsome & YAS MicroInsurance, affordable loans for healthcare by ICS & more This week, newly crowned unicorn Carsome raised a new funding round of US$170M, while... Ching Yee Ho September 3, 2021 · 1 min read
Daily Markup #326: Carsome boosted by US$170M funding, eyes US listing; YAS MicroInsurance lands funding for inclusive protection starting from US$0.50 All geared up With a valuation of US$1.3 billion, 500-backed Carsome has cemented its... Ching Yee Ho September 2, 2021 · 2 min read
Daily Markup #325: ICS enters US$20M credit facility to offer affordable loans to fight COVID-19 in Indonesia; Bukalapak to increase credit card approvals & prevent fraudulent activities; Stockbit partners brokerage firm to increase access to capital market investment Pillars of support 500-backed fintech startup Impact Credit Solutions (ICS) has partnered with Sharia-compliant... Ching Yee Ho September 1, 2021 · 2 min read
Daily Markup #324: Top stories in August on FinAccel’s US$2.5B SPAC deal, Parcel Perform bagging US$20M in funding & more This month, Indonesian startups make big waves on the global stage. FinAccel plans to... Ching Yee Ho August 30, 2021 · 2 min read
Daily Markup #323: This week’s stories on Omnilytics’ acquisition of Supahands, FinAccel being the first SEA fintech to list in the US & more Top news this week: Two 500-backed startups, Singapore’s Omnilytics and Malaysia’s Supahands, come together... Ching Yee Ho August 27, 2021 · 2 min read
Daily Markup #322: Omnilytics to acquire Supahands for US$20M to supercharge retail tech capabilities; Carsome understands people better with data; Carousell discovers what makes millennials tick Ramping up in retail Two 500-backed data-driven startups have come together in a US$20... Ching Yee Ho August 26, 2021 · 3 min read
Daily Markup #321: Singapore Founder Spotlight on Val Yap of PolicyPal, Vikas Garg of abillion & Alvin Ea of Haulio Breaking glass ceilings Val Yap, founder of 500-backed insurtech startup PolicyPal, was recently selected... Ching Yee Ho August 25, 2021 · 3 min read
Daily Markup #320: Prenetics launches Circle HealthPod, the world’s most advanced at-home COVID-19 test; Zenysis helps governments crunch health data in minutes; Naluri publishes insights from Malaysia’s largest mental health dataset A pocket-sized lab 500-backed Prenetics, together with property conglomerate New World Development (NWD), have... Ching Yee Ho August 24, 2021 · 3 min read
Daily Markup #319: FinAccel on being the first Southeast Asian fintech startup to list in the US; Ayannah partners mobile wallet to launch new remittance service for cash users; Bibit fights fraudsters to protect its 1 million users On the unicorn track Akshay Garg, CEO and co-founder of 500-backed FinAccel, appeared on... Ching Yee Ho August 23, 2021 · 3 min read
Daily Markup #318: Did you miss our big announcement about 500 Southeast Asia? In case you missed it, 500 Durians is now 500 Southeast Asia! More than... Ching Yee Ho August 20, 2021 · 1 min read