Daily Markup #513: The top stories in May on a unicorn listing, over US$190M raised for mobility, the Metaverse, fintech, foodtech, and more
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Daily Markup #513: The top stories in May on a unicorn listing, over US$190M raised for mobility, the Metaverse, fintech, foodtech, and more

May has been an exciting month of big achievements and new milestones for 500-backed startups! Hong Kong’s first unicorn l...

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Daily Markup #481: This week’s stories on Glife’s acquisitions, Una Brands’ US$100M investment, and more
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Daily Markup #481: This week’s stories on Glife’s acquisitions, Una Brands’ US$100M investment, and more

Some of us eat to live; others live to eat. Yet, we can all agree that there’s nothing worse than food that has gone bad! ...

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Daily Markup #479: Dawaai helps patients get better through education; Carousell drives community over commerce; Nas Academy empowers creators
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Daily Markup #479: Dawaai helps patients get better through education; Carousell drives community over commerce; Nas Academy empowers creators

Keeping the doctor away Ever missed a dose or two of your medication and maybe even tried to play catch up the next day? Y...

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Daily Markup #476: This week’s stories on US$35M raised for agriculture, a major acquisition in fintech, and more
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Daily Markup #476: This week’s stories on US$35M raised for agriculture, a major acquisition in fintech, and more

Agriculture harvested big wins this week with two 500-backed startups, Malaysia’s Plant Cartridge and India’s FarMart rais...

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Daily Markup #452: This week’s stories on fundraising for spacetech, owning a stake in sustainability, and more
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Daily Markup #452: This week’s stories on fundraising for spacetech, owning a stake in sustainability, and more

This week brings many firsts for 500-backed startups. Aliena is seeking to raise a US$10 million funding round to develop ...

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Daily Markup #448: Top stories in February on over US$60M raised by 500-backed startups, two acquisitions, and more
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Daily Markup #448: Top stories in February on over US$60M raised by 500-backed startups, two acquisitions, and more

The shortest month of the year has brought 500-backed startups an impressive amount of funding. Over US$60 million was rai...

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Daily Markup #442: This week’s stories on US$11.3M raised for super apps & small businesses, sustainable space tech, and more
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Daily Markup #442: This week’s stories on US$11.3M raised for super apps & small businesses, sustainable space tech, and more

This week, 500-backed startups were all about increasing access and affordability. Appboxo is making it easy for any devel...

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Daily Markup #409: Top stories in December on over US$24M raised for sustainability, automating F&B businesses, digitizing the haulage sector & more
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Daily Markup #409: Top stories in December on over US$24M raised for sustainability, automating F&B businesses, digitizing the haulage sector & more

The last month of 2021 records important wins for sustainability. abillion bags US$10 million for its review platform, Ion...

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Daily Markup #323: This week’s stories on Omnilytics’ acquisition of Supahands, FinAccel being the first SEA fintech to list in the US & more
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Daily Markup #323: This week’s stories on Omnilytics’ acquisition of Supahands, FinAccel being the first SEA fintech to list in the US & more

Top news this week: Two 500-backed startups, Singapore’s Omnilytics and Malaysia’s Supahands, come together in a US$20 mil...

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Daily Markup #284: Top stories in June on US$153.5M funding rounds by Kredivo, Lingokids, Dawaai & Naluri

As we close the first half of 2021, we look back at the biggest stories in June, plus news you may have missed. Four 500-b...

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Daily Markup #276: This week’s top stories on Dawaai’s US$8.5M funding, Shohoz’s new edtech platform & more

This week, 500-backed South Asian startups make our mid-June roundup. Pakistan-based Dawaai raises US$8.5 million in fundi...

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Daily Markup #272: Dawaai lands US$8.5M, serving 11 million in 98 cities; Shohoz launches edtech platform with Scholastic learning tools; ESPL raises funds to fight COVID-19 in India

Credit: Dawaai / YouTube Healthcare for all 500-backed e-pharmacy startup Dawaai has raised US$8.5 million in a round led ...

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Daily Markup #258: This week’s top stories on funding rounds from ESPL, BukuKas & iPrice Group, Aerodyne’s Japanese partnerships & more

This week, three 500-backed startups, ESPL, BukuKas, and iPrice Group announced successful funding rounds. Meanwhile, Aero...

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Daily Markup #131: Dawaai is at the forefront of a major shift in Pakistan’s ~US$3 billion…

Disrupting the pharmaceutical supply chain Credit: Pakistan Today 500-backed healthtech startup Dawaai is striving to be a...

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Daily Markup #82: Carsome launches Experience Centre with new B2C segment; CEO of Pakistani…

Sporting a new look 500-backed Carsome announced the launching of a business-to-consumer (B2C) segment, offering a differe...

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