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Retail Asia25/04/2019

Rewards program ShopBack has secured a further US$45 million in its latest funding round. Joining the shareholders’ register are newcomers including Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten, EV Growth, and EDBI, a Singapore government-linked strategic investor. Amit Patel, CEO of Rakuten subsidiary Ebates and Willson Cuaca, managing partner at EV Growth, will join ShopBack’s board of directors. […]

Retail Asia31/07/2017

Singaporean start-ups eyeing the Indonesian market can now look to a new innovation hub in its capital. Block71 Jakarta, a 1,500 sq m facility in the Kuningan district, officially opened its doors yesterday to 24 businesses from both countries. Operations had begun in March. The hub, a tie-up between the National University of Singapore’s entrepreneurial […]

Retail Asia18/07/2017

Korea has leaped into being one of Asia’s leading economic powerhouses in less than a century after the post-war devastation back in the early 1950s. Many attribute the rapid growth to the nation’s tough working culture — represented by an obsession to generate short-term, outstanding outcomes mainly in the business circle. This has brought about such […]

Retail Asia05/04/2017

Vietnam Television (VTV) and HCM Communist Youth Union on Monday announced a new TV programme titled “Startup Nation,” which is expected to promote startups inVietnam. The announcement was witnessed by Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ, Minister of Science and Technology Chu Ngọc Anh, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường, leaders of the youth […]

Retail Asia15/02/2017

The size of the Thai start-up sector is expected to double this year, with especially high growth potential seen in the areas of fintech (financial technology) and tech for the healthcare, logistics and retail industries. Meanwhile, US tech giant Cisco is investing more than US$100 million (Bt3.5 billion) to support start-ups in Asia-Pacific. The Thailand […]

Retail Asia03/02/2017

John Wu has been the ‘technology pillar’ of Alibaba for almost 10 years. The former technology director and a leading group of investors have poured nearly $3 million into Vntrip.vn – a Vietnamese startup operating in online hotel reservations. Le Dac Lam, the founder and CEO of the startup, has confirmed the news. “The investment […]

Retail Asia30/01/2017

Vietnam’s hottest buzzword for 2016 must have been startups, as never before have millions of young Vietnamese been so warmly encouraged to innovate and start their own business. To show its commitment to young entrepreneurs, the Vietnamese government named 2016 as “the year of startups”. Under the spotlight, the passion young Vietnamese have for innovation […]

Retail Asia17/10/2016

Indonesia`s creative industry is considered to have the potentials to contribute to national economic growth, according to Head of Research and Industry Development of Industry Ministry Haris Munandar. “Currently, the contribution of t creative industries is still relatively small, which is 7 percent of the national industrial growth of 18-20 per cent, but they have […]

Retail Asia07/09/2016

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India is the third biggest home to tech startups, following the US and the UK, a study indicates. The study, conducted by Assocham in association with Thought Arbitrage Research Institute, also indicates that Bengaluru hosts the largest share of technology startups in the country, followed by Delhi NCR and Mumbai. Hyderabad and Chennai are also […]

Retail Asia02/09/2016

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Alibaba Cloud and Infocomm Investments (IIPL) have announced plans to collaborate to drive technology innovations in Singapore, built upon Alibaba Cloud’s support network and suite of cloud infrastructure services. The announcement was made at the Create@Alibaba Cloud Start-up Contest (CACSC). The collaboration will combine Infocomm Investments’ existing initiatives for local startups and technology innovations and […]

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ShopBack Secures Fresh New Funding

Help for Singapore start-ups in Indonesia

Korea needs to draw long-term growth plan for startups

TV programme “Startup Nation” to air shortly in Vietnam

Thai start-up sector tipped to double in value as support grows

Foreign funds pour money into Vietnamese startups

The stars of 2016’s Year of Startups

Creative Industries Contribute to Economic Growth

India is world’s third biggest startup hub

Alibaba Cloud, IIPL to support Singapore startups