Tech Start-up Community secures Series A funding, working with investors from China and Indonesia to propel Southeast Asia’s Tech Ecosystem forward
e27 has raised a S$3M Series A venture round led by TechTemple Group and joined by Linear Venture, Convergence Ventures, Venturecraft and Spacemob. Also joining the round are successful entrepreneurs and investors including Douglas Khoo, Co-Founder of Qunar (invested in by Baidu for US$306M) and Tur [...]
Locomote, backed by Travelport funding, powers on to change corporate travel
The idea of Locomote was born when Melbourne-based cousins Ross and David Fastuca (pictured) spoke to corporations about their problems booking their travel and found out what a disjointed experience it was.
“There were problems with duty of care, risk management, customer complaints with exist [...]
The game that got everyone fired up and someone fired – it’s 20 years in the making
How can a game that’s not even launched in Singapore get everyone talking about it, fighting to get downloads of it before its official release and even someone fired in Singapore?
Pokemon GO, the augmented reality game which allows you to travel between the real world and the virtual world [...]
Saki Kobayashi, LCO-Creation: How WIT Startup Pitch opened my eyes to new opportunities
Saki Kobayashi, a young entrepreneur, co-founder and COO of LCO-Creation Singapore, was one of the finalists who pitched at WIT Japan & North Asia 2016 in Tokyo in early June. She shares how her participation opened her eyes to new opportunities in travel.
Taking part in the WIT Japan & [...]
Under Brexit cloud, travel leaders share experiences of Asia
The timing of the first WIT Europe in London held yesterday could not have happened at a more poignant time in the city’s history and travel industry leaders, while grappling with uncertainty, agreed there couldn’t be a better time than now to seize the Asia opportunity.
Every speaker express [...]
Woomentum’s fourth CrowdFundHer Live shows entrepreneurship isn’t just a man’s game
It takes a crowd to raise a startup, so that’s what turned up to support the fourth CrowdFundHer Live event, held by Woomentum at the Bloomberg offices last week.
Conducted like a live crowdfunding campaign, the evening saw five startups across a range of industries (from travel to cosmetics) p [...]
A Matter of Opinion: Bobby Healy on Google’s Stealth Attack on Travel
Bobby Healy, CTO, CarTrawler, believe that Google poses the biggest long-term threat to the profitability and growth of airlines, hoteliers and travel intermediaries that they have ever seen. Here’s why.
Over the last number of years, Google has entered more and more areas of the market thro [...]
Why Douglas Khoo believes coding is the new language and what he’s doing about it
It is simply not enough to earn a classic degree from a prestigious university anymore as digital technology ‘disrupts’ virtually every industry, from farming to hospitality.
The pace at which businesses produce new technologies that are capable of changing the way we live and operate is incr [...]
Anand Nadathur takes lessons from father to sharpen SilverNeedle for next generation of travellers
The occasion was the launch of the first Sage Hotel in Western Perth but actually it was more significant than that for Singapore-based SilverNeedle Hospitality – it also marked the comeback of Anand Nadathur to the business he founded.
Anand, the younger son and director of the Nadathur Gr [...]
WIT Japan champion startup THERE helps South Koreans find and book tours & activities
South Korea’s THERE, which won this year’s WIT Japan and North Asia Startup Pitch competition, aspires to be the country’s first ‘things to do’ booking platform offering curated tours, activities, dining, attractions, shows and local transport, at the lowest available price.
It was THER [...]
