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Top 10 Fintech Startup Investments Powering Southeast Asia in 2023

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register The Southeast Asian fintech startup has been a dynamic landscape, with countries like China, India, Singapore, and Indonesia emerging as fintech hubs, each with unique strengths and focus areas. Besides, governments across Asia actively work on fintech regulations to balance innovation and consumer protection.

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How to pitch me: 7 investors discuss what they’re looking for in September 2023

TechCrunch

If you’d like to know what investors are looking for, how they want to be approached and what they’re most likely to ask, keep reading.

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Singapore’s InterContinental Energy Attracts $115M Funding from GIC and Hy24

AsiaTechDaily

Bookmark ( 0 ) Please login to bookmark Username or Email Address Password Remember Me No account yet? Register Singapore-based InterContinental Energy has secured $115 million in equity investment to advance its mission of scaling up green hydrogen production. The funding comes from two investors: GIC, a global institutional investor, and Hy24 , recognized as the world’s largest clean hydrogen pureplay investor.

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VC Office Hours: How data can help improve social impact investing

TechCrunch

Erin Harkless Moore talks about Pivotal Ventures’ investment strategy, and its future.

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5 Ways You Can Win Faster with Gen AI in Sales

Incorporating generative AI (gen AI) into your sales process can speed up your wins through improved efficiency, personalized customer interactions, and better informed decision- making. Gen AI is a game changer for busy salespeople and can reduce time-consuming tasks, such as customer research, note-taking, and writing emails, and provide insightful data analysis and recommendations.

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If You Want to Be a Great Founder, Stop Thinking Like a Venture Capitalist

Entrepreneur's Handbook

My hot take: Your target market is wrong, your timeline is wrong, and you’re setting yourself up for heartbreak and failure.

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Customer Feedback Is (Almost) Useless

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Unless you gather it properly Continue reading on Entrepreneur's Handbook »

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Three Arrows Capital co-founder Zhu arrested in Singapore airport, sentenced four months in prison

TechCrunch

The liquidators behind Three Arrows Capital (3AC), the now-defunct crypto hedge fund, shared that the firm’s co-founder Su Zhu was arrested in Singapore at the Changi Airport while trying to leave the country.

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How To Use Automation As A Competitive Advantage

Entrepreneur's Handbook

Ft. Sabrina Castiglione | Pento SUBSCRIBE Each week, we interview real experts about topics you need to know about. Today we have Sabrina Castiglione, COO at Pento and ex-CFO at Tessian. Tessian make UK Payroll Smooth, Compliant and Error-Free. We’re covering How To Use Automation As A Competitive Advantage. Full episode here Next 3 weeks: Ali Tajskander (Founder of Wishpond)  — How To Scale Faster Through Acquisitions.

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X (Twitter) has paid almost $20M to creators, CEO says

TechCrunch

The company formerly known as Twitter has paid out nearly $20 million to creators, according to a post from X CEO Linda Yaccarino. The platform, now called X, began paying creators in July for a share of the ad revenue they earned from ads served in the replies to their posts to other verified users.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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AI Revolution: Top Lessons from OpenAI, Anthropic, CharacterAI, & More

Andreessen Horowitz

The AI Revolution is here. In this episode, you’ll learn what the most important themes that some of the world’s most prominent AI builders – from OpenAI, Anthropic, CharacterAI, Roblox, and more – are paying attention to. You’ll hear about the economics of AI, broad vs specialized models, the importance of UX, and whether we can expect scaling laws to continue.

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VW bails on its plan for a $2.1B EV plant in Germany

TechCrunch

Volkswagen’s $2.1 billion plan to launch a dedicated electric-vehicle factory in Wolfsburg, Germany is kaput. The automaker instead reportedly plans to modify its existing plants in Zwickau and Wolfsburg to handle production of a new flagship EV — the postponed Project Trinity — and an all-electric Golf hatchback.

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AI Revolution: Disruption, Alignment, and Opportunity

Andreessen Horowitz

The AI Revolution is here. In this episode, you’ll learn what the most important themes that some of the world’s most prominent AI builders – from OpenAI, Anthropic, CharacterAI, Roblox, and more – are paying attention to. You’ll hear discussion around the real-world impact of this revolution, on industries ranging from gaming to design, and the considerations around alignment along the way.

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Elon Musk’s X headed for ‘rule of law’ clash with EU, warns Twitter’s former head of trust & safety

TechCrunch

The former head of trust and safety at Twitter has warned the platform now known as X is charting a collision course with the European Union’s rebooted digital rulebook, the Digital Services Act (DSA) — which carries penalties of up to 6% of global annual turnover for confirmed breaches of the online governance regime.

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10 Ways to Leverage Buyer Signals and Drive Revenue

In today’s ultra-competitive markets, it’s no longer enough to wait for buyers to show obvious signs of interest. Instead, sales teams must be proactive, identifying and acting on nuanced buyer behaviors — often before prospects are fully ready to make a purchase. In this eBook from ZoomInfo & Sell Better, learn 10 actionable ways to use these buyer signals to transform your sales strategy and close deals faster.

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Salary Transparency: Clarity or Chaos?

Andreessen Horowitz

With recent landmark legislation being passed around salary transparency, many companies are playing catch up as they interpret and implement changes. In this episode, members of the a16z People Practices Team, Shannon Schiltz and Brandon Cherry explore how companies can best prepare themselves to not just survive, but thrive in this new environment.

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Pudgy Penguins’ approach may be the answer to fixing NFTs’ revenue problems

TechCrunch

The company's toy-focused expansion is its bet that NFTs should have a broader presence, one that’s not limited to the digital world.

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‘Backstory’ introduces you to YC’s Group Partners, starting with the unbeatable Surbhi Sarna

Y Combinator

When Surbhi Sarna was just thirteen, a sudden and excruciating pain in her side changed her life. The pain led to weeks of testing and flimsy diagnoses that would ultimately boil down to “Ovarian cancer, maybe ?” At this already pivotal time in her life, Surbhi and her family had to make an impossible decision: undergo a risky and potentially harmful surgery, or… wait and see.

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BeReal pushes back at report that it’s losing steam, says it now has 25M daily users

TechCrunch

Just under a year ago, the buzzy new social app BeReal looked to be on the rise, with reportedly 20 million users launching the app every day to snap their candid photos.

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How Top Tech CFOs Solve Annual Planning’s Biggest Challenges

Gearing up for 2025 annual planning? Our latest eBook from the Operators Guild is your ultimate guide. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community. Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments.

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So what happened to Blue Apron?

TechCrunch

How Blue Apron got to where it is today an interesting story, and one that we should trace from the company's IPO through to today.

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[DailyPay in PR Newswire] With an unwavering commitment to data security, DailyPay achieves the highest security certification in the industry

OurCrowd

The post [DailyPay in PR Newswire] With an unwavering commitment to data security, DailyPay achieves the highest security certification in the industry appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Two large equity funds launched this week. What gives?

TechCrunch

Two large equity funds came out of the gate this week. So, what gives? Earlier this year we covered how Liquidity Group, a growth-stage debt financier, raised $40 million and launched a $250 million debt fund for tech companies. Backers included Apollo (private equity, and Yahoo! owner) and MUFG (a Japanese bank).

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Signal-Based Selling: How to Leverage 4 Key Buying Signals

As prospects define their problem, search for solutions, and even change jobs, they are generating high-value signals that the best go-to-market teams can leverage to close more deals. This is where signal-based selling comes into play. ZoomInfo CEO Henry Schuck recently broke down specific ways to put four key buying signals into action with the experts from 30 Minutes to President’s Club.

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[ThetaRay in IBS Intelligence] TangoPay taps ThetaRay AI Solution to monitor global remittances

OurCrowd

TangoPay an Authorized Payment Institution based in the UK has partnered with ThetaRay to protect its global payments platform from financial crimes amid growth. TangoPay enables expats living in the UK to access fast and affordable financial services to transfer money abroad through its app-based service to 70+ countries.

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When predatory investors damage your chances of success

TechCrunch

Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. You know what isn’t a great idea for my energy levels? Enjoying a week of TechCrunch Disrupt and then getting straight on a plane to attend a startup event in Oslo, Norway.

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Startups may have trouble finding their enterprise footing

TechCrunch

According to a survey from Battery Ventures, the percentage of respondents that let their engineers self-select tools fell from 74% in Q3 2023 to 44% last quarter.

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Google Pixel Event 2023: Pixel 8, Watch 2 and everything else we expect

TechCrunch

It’s been a wild few weeks for consumer hardware news, but it seems the season is finally winding down. We’ve already seen big events from Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, and now it’s time for Google to get in on the action. After all, being fashionably late to consumer electronics is kind of Google’s thing.

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Enhance Customer Value: Unleash Your Data’s Potential

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.