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Amartha’s business co-op for unbanked entrepreneurs has pivoted into Indonesia’s fastest-growing P2P lending fintech for women, with over 800% growth in loans issued.
Amartha’s business co-op for unbanked entrepreneurs has pivoted into Indonesia’s fastest-growing P2P lending fintech for women, with over 800% growth in loans issued.
Empowering Ghanaian subsistence farmers, especially women, via apps boosting sales via direct links to buyers, cutting out intermediaries, and offering e-payments, micro-credits and insurance.
Empowering Ghanaian subsistence farmers, especially women, via apps boosting sales via direct links to buyers, cutting out intermediaries, and offering e-payments, micro-credits and insurance.
Feedzai is a powerful cloud-based AI tool detecting e-commerce fraud in real-time among trillions of dollars of transactions by the world’s largest corporates.
Feedzai is a powerful cloud-based AI tool detecting e-commerce fraud in real-time among trillions of dollars of transactions by the world’s largest corporates.
Using big data and predictive risk analysis, Pula is helping 4.4m farmers to boost yields, get insurance to protect their livelihoods against environmental hazards.
Using big data and predictive risk analysis, Pula is helping 4.4m farmers to boost yields, get insurance to protect their livelihoods against environmental hazards.
Ajaib’s online wealth management tool brings personalized mutual fund investing to the masses, potentially mobilizing billions of investable assets across Southeast Asia.
Ajaib’s online wealth management tool brings personalized mutual fund investing to the masses, potentially mobilizing billions of investable assets across Southeast Asia.
Unlocking the potential of pan-African commerce, on-demand logistics platform Kobo360 is scaling its trucking network across borders to speed up deliveries and reduce transportation costs.
Unlocking the potential of pan-African commerce, on-demand logistics platform Kobo360 is scaling its trucking network across borders to speed up deliveries and reduce transportation costs.
The first equity crowdfunding company to be licensed in Indonesia, Santara started locally in Yogyakarta to help SMEs in Indonesia, attract investors and raise capital.
The first equity crowdfunding company to be licensed in Indonesia, Santara started locally in Yogyakarta to help SMEs in Indonesia, attract investors and raise capital.
Pioneering insurtech leverages AI to tailor offers to SMEs and the self-employed, with monthly payments and no commission.
Pioneering insurtech leverages AI to tailor offers to SMEs and the self-employed, with monthly payments and no commission.
Cobee automates flexible compensation and benefits management, enabling companies, like Avis, Booking.com, Glovo and Holaluz, to increase their average employee benefits uptake by fourfold.
Cobee automates flexible compensation and benefits management, enabling companies, like Avis, Booking.com, Glovo and Holaluz, to increase their average employee benefits uptake by fourfold.
Indonesia's newly-licensed equity crowdfunding platform CrowdDana empowers people to invest in real estate and ease shortage of affordable housing.
Indonesia's newly-licensed equity crowdfunding platform CrowdDana empowers people to invest in real estate and ease shortage of affordable housing.
With plans to expand across Europe, StudentFinance uses AI-powered screening platform to recruit and train students to plug the skills gaps in fast-growing tech sectors.
With plans to expand across Europe, StudentFinance uses AI-powered screening platform to recruit and train students to plug the skills gaps in fast-growing tech sectors.
Micro-investing app, aimed at half of the world's millennials without retirement plans, rounds up users' card purchases to the nearest euro, saving the difference.
Micro-investing app, aimed at half of the world's millennials without retirement plans, rounds up users' card purchases to the nearest euro, saving the difference.
Future Food Asia 2021: Regenerative agriculture in Asia
The unique challenges facing regenerative agriculture in Asia require solutions different from those in the West, presenting opportunities for microfinancing and impact investment
AgroCenta: Providing market access and credit to African smallholder farmers
AgroCenta’s platforms empower Ghanaian subsistence farmers, especially women, boosting productivity and sales with e-payments, micro-credits and insurance, and direct connections to buyers, cutting out the intermediaries
Gojek and Tokopedia merge to form GoTo
The new entity, now Indonesia’s largest tech group, plans to go public in Indonesia and the US, targeting a $40bn valuation
Accelerating Asia's Amra Naidoo: We’re at an inflection point in Southeast Asia
Accelerating Asia’s co-founder Amra Naidoo reveals how the program adapts its curriculum to meet startups’ needs and the challenges accelerator programs face during the pandemic
Indonesian insurtech Qoala survives pandemic with new partners and products
Acquisition of Thai insurtech FairDee to spearhead expansion into Southeast Asia, building on earlier entry into Malaysia and Vietnam and a Covid-19 travel insurance product at home
Pula: Pioneering insurtech helps to improve Africa's food security
With Kenyan insurtech Pula’s micro-insurance products, millions of farmers no longer have to bear the full risk of losses from natural disasters and crop failures
BetterTradeOff: Taking the pain out of financial planning
The Singapore-based startup’s user numbers rose sharply during Covid-19. It wants to raise $11.5m by year-end, is planning a launch in Australia and is eyeing the US market
Ricult: Providing smallholder farmers easier access to capital
Based in Pakistan and Thailand, Ricult’s mobile app platform provides advanced weather forecasting, easy loan applications and direct market access to help farmers increase productivity and profits
Indonesian fintechs plug payday gaps, help workers stay away from loan sharks
Cash advance or “earned wage access” programs, already popular employee benefits in the US and Europe, are attracting investors and diverse clients in Indonesia
Indonesian unicorn Traveloka aims for US listing via SPAC
The online travel aggregator reported revenue drops and layoffs in 2020 but became profitable late last year, led by recoveries in Vietnam and Thailand
Bizhare equity crowdfunding attracts over 50,000 retail investors, starts secondary trading
A partner of the Indonesia Central Securities Depository, Bizhare also lowered minimum investment amounts, implemented scripless trading and handpicked businesses on its platform
Clarity AI uses machine learning and data analytics to effectively assess and score environmental, social and governance performance of companies and investment portfolios
Indonesian P2P lending platform Investree expands to the Philippines
With local partner Filinvest Development Corporation, Investree Philippines will support the country’s SMEs with its lending-based crowdfunding platform
P2P lender Investree collaborates with eFishery to provide loans for aquaculture SMEs
Access to quick financing would be a welcome relief to fish farmers, whose incomes have been battered by Covid-19, but can’t get bank loans
Indonesia launches national pitch competition HighPitch 2020 to re-energize its startup ecosystem
With 43 VC investors so far joining as judges and mentors, HighPitch 2020 aims to reconnect investors with young startups across the country amid Covid-19
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