FedEx And eBay Team Up To Boost APAC Businesses Through New eCommerce Offerings
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp and one of the world’s largest express transportation companies, announced a new alliance with eBay, a leading e-commerce marketplace platform for fast-growing and…
LingoTalk Secures Initial Funding From Iterative Capital And Eduspaze
LingoTalk, an Indonesian-based education technology company and leading language learning platform for schools, announced it has received initial funding from Iterative Capital and Eduspaze, followed by several angel investors from…
Why Marketing Certifications Are A Smart Investment For IT Professionals
By Simon Dale, Managing Director Southeast Asia (SEA) and Korea, Adobe While the right technology is critical, it’s not the only piece that’s needed to deliver compelling customer experiences. People…
Adobe Study: Trust In Brands Drives Consumer Spending
Two in three APAC consumers say they will stop purchasing from brands that breach their trust Digital experiences outrank in-person for building consumer trust Four in ten APAC consumers plan…
Dutch Retention Management Platform Retail Rocket Bags €23.2M; Acquires New York’s Sailplay
Retail Rocket, a Dutch retention management platform, announced that it has secured €23.2M in a Series A round of funding led by Cyprus-based private equity fund Flintera. The company says…
Almere-Based Cargors Raises €750K To Make Europe’s Road Freight market Transparent
Cargors, a Dutch online platform that connects shippers with carriers, announced on Monday that it has secured €750K in a Seed round of funding. The announcement comes after raising a…
Casual Staffing Marketplace Sidekicker Pockets $20 Million From SEEK
A temporary staffing marketplace that’s like Airtasker for casual jobs has raised $20 million from SEEK Investments. Nine-year-old Sidekicker, which operates in Australia and New Zealand, has more than 12,000…
This SaaS Startup Is Breaking Language Barriers By Dubbing Video Content In Real-Time
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, online video content consumption across languages has increased, creating a need for TV shows and movies to be dubbed across different languages. With…
Get Upskilled Now And Pay Later: How FunctionUp Is Kickstarting Careers
In 2021, serial entrepreneurs Bharat Gupta and Pritesh Kumar founded FunctionUp to bridge the gap between college education and the skills required for a job. “The typical outcome of education…
Cohesity Brings Data Management As A Service To Singapore And Southeast Asia
Cohesity, a leader in next-gen data management, today announced it is expanding the availability of its Data Management as a Service (DMaaS) offerings to customers in Singapore and Southeast Asia. DMaaS is a portfolio…
PLS Plantations Appoints Lee Hun Kheng As Group CEO To Advance Business Transformation
PLS Plantations Berhad announced the appointment of Lee Hun Kheng as the Group's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) effective today and retains his role as Executive Director of PLS Plantations. He…
Asia-Pacific Housing Stakeholders
Key findings from the newly published Asia-Pacific Forum report will be brought to the global conversations on housing and shelter amid the impacts of climate change, and COVID-19 during the…
12 Out Of 2,000 Women Vie For Top Prize In Maggi’s Reality Show
MAGGI® is returning with its six-episode reality show, Resipi Berani MAGGI® Season 2. From a pool of 2,000 women, 12 mentees made the cut to take on a series of…
How Technology Contributes To Economical Gaps In Southeast Asia
The survey counted 206 professionals in the public services sector across the largest economies in Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines & Vietnam. The same survey showed that 60.6% of…
UK Fintech GoCardless To Acquire Latvia-Based Open Banking Data Provider Nordigen; Here’s Why
London-based GoCardless, a payment company that claims to make collecting payments by direct debit easy for everyone, announced on Friday that it plans to acquire Riga, Latvia-based Nordigen, a freemium…
