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From laundry to beauty salons: Mr Jeff’s exponential franchising growth
Mr Jeff, the startup opening 100 new laundries a month, has entered the beauty market with price-competitive on-demand services
- Spain
- 5 min read
A new unicorn rises as OVO's $1bn valuation confirmed
The Lippo Group subsidiary continues to grow in strength as it battles for market share with Gojek’s e-wallet and others
- Indonesia
- 2 min read
With universal QR code, Indonesia achieves e-payment harmony
The move to standardize Indonesia's QR code is expected to unify the country's cashless payments system and lift tens of thousands of small merchants into the payments mainstream
- Indonesia
- 5 min read
Indonesian state enterprises launch e-wallet LinkAja, competing with Go-Pay and OVO
Even with a wider range of services and extensive state backing, LinkAja faces a tough battle
- Indonesia
- 5 min read
Game Prime 2019 – Let the games commence!
This month, Jakarta's annual game exhibition to showcase more than 50 developers, promoting the industry’s potential locally and abroad
- Indonesia
- 2 min read
Indonesia transport ministry to regulate ride-hailing app discounts
Despite criticism from riders and drivers, the ministry will cooperate with business competition supervisor to curb excessive discounts and prevent price wars
- Indonesia
- 3 min read
#WahyooChallenge: From charity to publicity
Inspired by social media trends, the Wahyoo team came up with a way to give back to society, and found their idea going viral
- Indonesia
- 3 min read
Ruangguru cracks business model as it reaches 13 million student users
Holding pole position as Indonesia's popular tutoring services app, Ruangguru is revving up to expand into the lucrative corporate training sector
- Indonesia
- 4 min read
For equality in education, Odilo brings books in the cloud free to millions worldwide
The "Amazon for digital content" Spanish edtech startup delivers virtual libraries and classrooms to kids and adults worldwide
- Spain
- 7 min read
Prosa.ai and Indonesian ministry fight fake news with "anti-hoax" chatbot
Launched a week before the elections, this Telegram-based chatbot provides alternative references to read before you share
- Indonesia
- 3 min read
Red Points: US$38 million Series C to power US conquest
The Barcelona-based startup is ramping up US sales and deep-tech capabilities for its online brand protection platform
- Spain
- 6 min read
Indonesia finance ministry cans e-commerce tax compliance law
The ministry says the law was misunderstood, but industry players had long questioned the need for such regulation
- Indonesia
- 3 min read
Indonesian local crafts marketplace Qlapa shuts down
Series A funding failed to keep startup afloat as business remains unprofitable, regional heavyweights close in
- Indonesia
- 3 min read
Omniflow gets €2 million boost for its solar-, wind-powered IoT street lights
Thanks to Portugal's Omniflow, renewable energy street lamps doubling up as Wi-Fi hotspots, e-chargers and traffic monitors may soon be ubiquitous street furniture in tomorrow's smart cities
- Portugal
- 6 min read
Tiger Brokers, a Chinese online brokerage for trading foreign stocks, announces US IPO
The Jim Rogers-backed fintech startup wants to raise US$150 million as it sees growing demand from younger Chinese investors
- China
- 4 min read
