Daily Markup #561: This week’s stories on US$56.5M raised for proptech & better ecommerce in Southeast Asia, and more
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Daily Markup #561: This week’s stories on US$56.5M raised for proptech & better ecommerce in Southeast Asia, and more

Buying and selling houses, everyday goods, and preloved items in Southeast Asia gets easier from here, thanks to 500-backe...

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Daily Markup #560: Escavox helps the big guys reduce food waste; Neuron Mobility provides support for the homeless; Koo promotes indigenous crafts
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Daily Markup #560: Escavox helps the big guys reduce food waste; Neuron Mobility provides support for the homeless; Koo promotes indigenous crafts

Born to be freeeesh Happy 4th Birthday, Escavox! The Australia-based 500-backed supply chain intelligence startup has cert...

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Daily Markup #541: This week’s stories on US$15M raised to serve Arisans, startup fundraising, tech recruitment, and more
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Daily Markup #541: This week’s stories on US$15M raised to serve Arisans, startup fundraising, tech recruitment, and more

This week, we introduced a new member of the 500 family, Mapan! The team serves low-income Indonesians by digitizing the t...

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Daily Markup #539: eFishery makes shrimp farming (Aqua)easy; Neuron Mobility’s carbon negative goal; Escavox tackles food insecurity with facts
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Daily Markup #539: eFishery makes shrimp farming (Aqua)easy; Neuron Mobility’s carbon negative goal; Escavox tackles food insecurity with facts

Swimming towards greater productivity Shrimp farming traditionally involves intense manual labor and subjective assessment...

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Daily Markup #531: This week’s stories on US$7M raised by Naluri to advance healthtech and more healthcare stories from SwipeRx, Prenetics, and Homage
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Daily Markup #531: This week’s stories on US$7M raised by Naluri to advance healthtech and more healthcare stories from SwipeRx, Prenetics, and Homage

A 500-backed startup a day keeps the doctor away! It’s a big week for healthcare — Naluri raised US$7M Pre-Series B to bri...

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Daily Markup #530: Naluri raises US$7M to expand to Thailand; Thinking inside Escavox’s blue box; Laka looks out for cyclists with collective model
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Daily Markup #530: Naluri raises US$7M to expand to Thailand; Thinking inside Escavox’s blue box; Laka looks out for cyclists with collective model

Affordable & accessible healthcare On the back of the pandemic, Southeast Asia is seeing an epidemic of chronic non-co...

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Daily Markup #526: This week’s stories on mobility making headlines & positive environmental impact, and more
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Daily Markup #526: This week’s stories on mobility making headlines & positive environmental impact, and more

Transport comes in all shapes and sizes; they bring us to places, and this week, they come together to form our top storie...

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Daily Markup #523: Grab’s digital map powers more businesses in SEA; Homage injects equality into caregiving; Escavox outsmarts food waste problem
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Daily Markup #523: Grab’s digital map powers more businesses in SEA; Homage injects equality into caregiving; Escavox outsmarts food waste problem

From ride-sharing to map-sharing Good things are meant for sharing, especially in an increasingly connected world! 500-bac...

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Daily Markup #496: This week’s stories on US$80.5M raised for mobility & motion design, solutions for food fights & waste, and more
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Daily Markup #496: This week’s stories on US$80.5M raised for mobility & motion design, solutions for food fights & waste, and more

The first week of May welcomes big Series B movements as Neuron Mobility lands US$43.5M for micromobility and LottieFiles ...

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Daily Markup #494: Gilmour trains students in SPASE; Bukalapak’s approach to capturing diverse Indonesia; Escavox gives food a voice with no-fuss tech
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Daily Markup #494: Gilmour trains students in SPASE; Bukalapak’s approach to capturing diverse Indonesia; Escavox gives food a voice with no-fuss tech

New generation, new technology 500-backed rocket startup Gilmour Space, alongside other space industry experts, will be wo...

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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 #480: Gilmour Space builds smart microsatellite; Una Brands invests US$100M in Aussie retailers; Escavox intelligence stops disruptions
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Daily Markup #480: Gilmour Space builds smart microsatellite; Una Brands invests US$100M in Aussie retailers; Escavox intelligence stops disruptions

Teamwork makes the dream work Two Australian companies teamed up to build and launch a smart microsatellite, the first of ...

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Daily Markup #399: This week’s stories on US$10M raised for sustainable living, car affordability & road safety campaigns, and more
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Daily Markup #399: This week’s stories on US$10M raised for sustainable living, car affordability & road safety campaigns, and more

The plant-based movement gets a boost this week with an injection of US$10 million for sustainability platform abillion. I...

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Daily Markup #396: Carsome & Grab campaign to benefit over 100,000 drivers; Escavox prepares for a ~US$3.5M funding round; AUS expects Indian drone market to hit up to US$4B
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Daily Markup #396: Carsome & Grab campaign to benefit over 100,000 drivers; Escavox prepares for a ~US$3.5M funding round; AUS expects Indian drone market to hit up to US$4B

Boosting ownership Two 500-backed startups – used car marketplace Carsome and super app Grab – have teamed up ...

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Daily Markup #369: This week’s stories on acquisitions by PolicyPal & Una Brands, Curlec’s 4x growth, and more
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Daily Markup #369: This week’s stories on acquisitions by PolicyPal & Una Brands, Curlec’s 4x growth, and more

November is off to a flying start with acquisitions by 500-backed startups. PolicyPal officially enters the financial plan...

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