Daily Markup #349: Kredivo & DBS announce US$70M joint financing; Prenetics strengthens safety & compliance in COVID-19 testing supply chain; Grab helps clients with consumer action & conversion A partnership in fintech Customers of 500-backed Kredivo are set to gain greater access... Ching Yee Ho October 6, 2021 · 2 min read
Daily Markup #345: Top stories in September on 500-backed startups raising more than US$300M in funding, turning unicorn, going public & more Big numbers make big news this month! A series of funding rounds totaling more... Ching Yee Ho September 30, 2021 · 2 min read
Daily Markup #341: This week’s stories on Carousell & Prenetics entering the unicorn club, Dagangan’s US$11.5M raise, and more Unicorns abound in Southeast Asia! Carousell raises US$100 million and becomes the region’s newest... Ching Yee Ho September 24, 2021 · 2 min read
Daily Markup #337: Carousell enters billion-dollar startup club with US$100M raise; Prenetics to become Hong Kong’s first unicorn by 2022; 500 Startups rebrands to 500 Global, raises largest fund to date A whole new world Since its founding in 2010, 500 Startups has invested in... Ching Yee Ho September 20, 2021 · 3 min read
Daily Markup #336: This week’s stories on the 500-backed startups and founders leading the way to the future & more This week, a total of 17 500-backed founders and executives have been honored for... Ching Yee Ho September 17, 2021 · 1 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 #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 #310: This week’s stories on FinAccel’s US$2.5B SPAC deal, Seppure’s ~US$1.5M awards & more This week’s top news: FinAccel, parent company of ‘buy now, pay later’ platform Kredivo,... Ching Yee Ho August 12, 2021 · 2 min read
Daily Markup #307: Boxgreen’s healthy snacks give former inmates a second chance at life; Prenetics partners healthcare group to create the future of medicine; How celebrity endorsements influence these Southeast Asian countries A wholesome product 500-backed snack subscription platform Boxgreen started from the idea of offering... Felicia Chia August 3, 2021 · 4 min read