{"id":2866,"date":"2021-12-31T06:48:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-31T06:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866"},"modified":"2021-12-31T06:48:25","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T06:48:25","slug":"daily-markup-409-top-stories-in-december-on-over-us24m-raised-for-sustainability-automating-fb-businesses-digitizing-the-haulage-sector-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866","title":{"rendered":"Daily Markup #409: Top stories in December on over US$24M raised for sustainability, automating F&amp;B businesses, digitizing the haulage sector &amp; more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The last month of 2021 records important wins for sustainability. abillion bags US$10 million for its review platform, Ion Mobility launches an e-motorbike that it has pledged to make affordable, and Carnot Innovations is recognized for its smart building technology that helps save over 15% in energy costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Missed last month\u2019s roundup? Check it out <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup386\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/K9M-NNmxg-vndBk9QHGLklJiSqmFcplSym_iL1GSdvUW0gD2-6P_bye-cLlkfFCYm4ceGGa9bRbAFd2VM99mrpP-17YXjg8k4YQIH0-IAtlFCBUNXLDmE8CaT5Kz1XAcFyf8ZFOr\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption>Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@createandbloom?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Photo Boards<\/a> on<a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/sustainability?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\"> Unsplash<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup398\">abillion secures US$10M to build peer-to-peer marketplace<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup390\">Food Market Hub bags US$8.5M for empowering F&amp;B businesses<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup405\">Haulio raises US$5.75M in Series A round<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup395\">Friz wins US$100,000 grant in female founder program<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup402\">Grab to provide opportunities for 400 special needs students<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup390\">Ion Mobility launches e-motorbike, to make ownership affordable<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup391\">Carnot wins award for energy- and cost-saving AI solution<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup407\">Boxgreen gives people &amp; \u2018ugly\u2019 fruits second chances<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup406\">Aerodyne aids in Malaysia flood search &amp; rescue<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup395\">Kredivo launches new card to benefit more underbanked<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup396\">Carsome &amp; Grab campaign to benefit over 100,000 drivers<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup392\">Khailee Ng on how a taxi company evolved into Grab, the super app<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup393\">Luxclusif acquired by Farfetch to boost fashion tech offerings<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup391\">AUS acquires Algopixel to level up drone solutions<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup391\">Stockbit to acquire &amp; rebrand brokerage partner<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup392\">Jala Tech poised to enter Vietnam market<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup398\">e-Komoditi to take part in 500 Global program<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup403\">Prenetics offers 60-min COVID-19 pre-departure testing at airport<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dailymarkup388\">Vishal talks trends in fintech entrepreneurship<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other stories you may have missed:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>E-pharmacy startup <a href=\"https:\/\/dawaai.pk\/\">Dawaai<\/a> has partnered with Orange Tree Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides equal opportunities for financially-challenged households, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:6877567679100669952?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A6877567679100669952%29\">supply medications at subsidized rates<\/a>.<\/li><li>Co-founder James Gilmour of eponymous rocket startup Gilmour Space Technology has been named one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessnewsaustralia.com\/articles\/australia-s-top-100-young-entrepreneurs-21-30--2021-.html\">Australia&#8217;s Top 100 Young Entrepreneurs<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last month of 2021 records important wins for sustainability. abillion bags US$10 million for its review platform, Ion Mobility launches an e-motorbike that it has pledged to make affordable, and Carnot Innovations is recognized for its smart building technology that helps save over 15% in energy costs. Missed last month\u2019s roundup? Check it out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2867,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[321],"tags":[479,476,334,392,402,341,342,485,364,416,377,328,143,340,418,370,489,469,484,365,329,490],"class_list":["post-2866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monthly-recaps","tag-aarav-unmanned-systems","tag-abillion","tag-aerodyne","tag-boxgreen","tag-carnot-innovations","tag-carsome","tag-dawaai","tag-e-komoditi","tag-finaccel","tag-food-market-hub","tag-friz","tag-gilmour-space","tag-grab","tag-haulio","tag-ion-mobility","tag-jala","tag-khailee-ng","tag-kredivo","tag-luxclusif","tag-prenetics","tag-stockbit","tag-vishal-harnal"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Daily Markup #409: Top stories in December on over US$24M raised for sustainability, automating F&amp;B businesses, digitizing the haulage sector &amp; more - Markup<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Daily Markup #409: Top stories in December on over US$24M raised for sustainability, automating F&amp;B businesses, digitizing the haulage sector &amp; more - Markup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The last month of 2021 records important wins for sustainability. abillion bags US$10 million for its review platform, Ion Mobility launches an e-motorbike that it has pledged to make affordable, and Carnot Innovations is recognized for its smart building technology that helps save over 15% in energy costs. Missed last month\u2019s roundup? Check it out [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Markup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/500southeastasia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-31T06:48:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-31T06:48:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photo-boards-D0xQQsZovws-unsplash.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1278\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ching Yee Ho\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/\",\"name\":\"Markup\",\"description\":\"Serving bite-sized news on 500 Southeast Asia&#039;s portfolio companies and insights to fuel your momentum in life and business.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photo-boards-D0xQQsZovws-unsplash.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photo-boards-D0xQQsZovws-unsplash.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1278},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866\",\"name\":\"Daily Markup #409: Top stories in December on over US$24M raised for sustainability, automating F&amp;B businesses, digitizing the haulage sector &amp; more - Markup\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-31T06:48:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-31T06:48:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/519b865263ce8210988e9676b536923f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Daily Markup #409: Top stories in December on over US$24M raised for sustainability, automating F&amp;B businesses, digitizing the haulage sector &amp; more\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/519b865263ce8210988e9676b536923f\",\"name\":\"Ching Yee Ho\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a65dd4b61125a19ff989c4d621a9a0a8f9e7d34b0118d60e00ecec7fd41e330?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a65dd4b61125a19ff989c4d621a9a0a8f9e7d34b0118d60e00ecec7fd41e330?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ching Yee Ho\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?author=5\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Daily Markup #409: Top stories in December on over US$24M raised for sustainability, automating F&amp;B businesses, digitizing the haulage sector &amp; more - Markup","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Daily Markup #409: Top stories in December on over US$24M raised for sustainability, automating F&amp;B businesses, digitizing the haulage sector &amp; more - Markup","og_description":"The last month of 2021 records important wins for sustainability. abillion bags US$10 million for its review platform, Ion Mobility launches an e-motorbike that it has pledged to make affordable, and Carnot Innovations is recognized for its smart building technology that helps save over 15% in energy costs. Missed last month\u2019s roundup? Check it out [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866","og_site_name":"Markup","article_publisher":"http:\/\/facebook.com\/500southeastasia","article_published_time":"2021-12-31T06:48:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-12-31T06:48:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1278,"url":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photo-boards-D0xQQsZovws-unsplash.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ching Yee Ho","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/","name":"Markup","description":"Serving bite-sized news on 500 Southeast Asia&#039;s portfolio companies and insights to fuel your momentum in life and business.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photo-boards-D0xQQsZovws-unsplash.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/photo-boards-D0xQQsZovws-unsplash.jpg","width":1920,"height":1278},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866#webpage","url":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866","name":"Daily Markup #409: Top stories in December on over US$24M raised for sustainability, automating F&amp;B businesses, digitizing the haulage sector &amp; more - Markup","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2021-12-31T06:48:23+00:00","dateModified":"2021-12-31T06:48:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/519b865263ce8210988e9676b536923f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?p=2866#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Daily Markup #409: Top stories in December on over US$24M raised for sustainability, automating F&amp;B businesses, digitizing the haulage sector &amp; more"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/519b865263ce8210988e9676b536923f","name":"Ching Yee Ho","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a65dd4b61125a19ff989c4d621a9a0a8f9e7d34b0118d60e00ecec7fd41e330?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2a65dd4b61125a19ff989c4d621a9a0a8f9e7d34b0118d60e00ecec7fd41e330?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ching Yee Ho"},"url":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/?author=5"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2866"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2868,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2866\/revisions\/2868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailymarkup.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}