Uncovering stories of startups in Asia Part 1: Of challenges, funding and going global
Startups from China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Nepal and Israel took to the stage at the WiT Bootcmap held in conjunction with WiT Singapore 2018 conference last month to share their stories and the state of the startup ecosystem in their countries.
In this first part of the report we f [...]
e27 Academy Scholarship is open for entries, deadline November 23
Calling all entrepreneurs! e27 Academy – a three-day startup learning programme in Batam (November 28-30) – has launched a scholarship programme, open to any early stage startup founders with an innovative business idea or market-ready product.
e27 Academy will offer a series of workshops, ro [...]
Teenage Tesloop founder switches direction from ride sharing to data connectivity: Here’s why
Ahead of their on-stage conversation at Phocuswright next Wednesday in Los Angeles, teenage founder of Tesloop, Haydn Sonnad, reveals to Yeoh Siew Hoon a change of direction for the company he founded in 2015 when he was 16.
Tesloop, the Tesla ride-sharing service started by teenager Haydn S [...]
KKday raises Series B+ funding, co-led by LINE Ventures and Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund
Continuing to build momentum, Taiwan tours and activities startup KKday has just raised Series B+ funding, co-led by LINE Ventures and the Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund.
Existing investors, including CDIB Capital and Monk’s Hill Ventures, also participated with follow-on investments, following KKd [...]
Applications now open for the 2019 Booking Booster programme, focused on sustainable tourism and social enterprise startups
Applications are now open for the third annual Booking Booster accelerator programme for travel technology startups in sustainable tourism; deadline: December 2, 2018.
Up to 10 social enterprise startups will be selected and invited to the Booking Booster three-week accelerator programme in Amste [...]
How Queenie Lee went from law graduate to travel entrepreneur in Kazakhstan
While other Singaporean girls of her age chose to stay home to pursue conventional careers after university – she herself studied law after all – 26-year Queenie Lee opted for a different path, and found herself running a travel business in Kazakhstan.
It all started in England where she was [...]
Kinnevik and Temasek lead US$150m round for travel booking platform GoEuro
Berlin travel startup GoEuro has received fresh funding of US$150 million, described as “one of the largest-ever investment rounds in Germany”, doubling its total capital raised to date.
Kinnevik AB, a Swedish investment firm, and Temasek, an investment company headquartered in Singapore, led [...]
WiT Singapore 2018: MakeMyTrip’s Deep Kalra shares thoughts on the “secret sauce”, game changers and what excites him
MakeMyTrip’s chairman and group CEO Deep Kalra is often a favourite on our WiT stage because India is just that exciting and MakeMyTrip has been a key figure in the online travel community there. This time, Kalra shared about his journey from harder times to better, more promising ones, and what h [...]
WiT Singapore 2018: Expedia and Traveloka – a collaborative partnership of global might and local power
In mid-2017 one of the biggest news that hit the world of online travel was Expedia Group investing US$350 million in Indonesian OTA Traveloka, making it South-east Asia’s first travel unicorn.
Greg Schulze, senior vice president, commercial strategy and services, Expedia Group, said then, “W [...]
WiT Singapore 2018: Content marketing takes new form by inspiring travellers through sound
Need a sure bet way to go hyper-local and stand out from the crowd? Tell a story that literally nobody else could tell – by creating a soundscape track of your hotel. Luke Clark listened in on Martin Reiher's presentation on “Sound Of Travel” at WiT Singapore 2018.
Or maybe just talk to s [...]
