Remove Community Remove Global Remove Indonesia
article thumbnail

eFishery Secures $200 Million Funding, Becomes Indonesia’s First Aquaculture Unicorn

ReadWriteStart

The funding round was led by 42XFund, which is based in Abu Dhabi, and participation came from a number of different investors, including Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan), responsAbility, and 500 Global, amongst others. The scope of eFishery’s ambitions goes well beyond the borders of Indonesia.

Indonesia 130
article thumbnail

[Singapore] Designs On A New Furniture Future

YoungUpstarts

Singapore’s furniture industry has evolved rather significantly from its humble beginnings in the 1960s when it comprised mainly of small family-run businesses, to a smaller number of players that are more professional and global in outlook that we have today. percent by 2015. Designed in Singapore.

Singapore 216
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

These Are The Most Exciting FinTechs To Emerge In Southeast Asia

YoungUpstarts

The countries are Singapore (490 FinTechs), Indonesia (262 FinTechs), Malaysia (196 FinTechs), Thailand (128 FinTechs), Philippines (115 FinTechs), and Vietnam (77 FinTechs). One major force driving the growth of the global financial service industry is e-commerce. It is being driven by financial technology, popularly known as FinTech.

Asia 138
article thumbnail

[Event] Tech In Asia Jakarta 2015

YoungUpstarts

Online platform for Asia’s tech community Tech in Asia will round off its highly vaunted Tech In Asia Conference series for this year with Tech In Asia Jakarta 2015 , which will take place on 11 and 12 November 2015 at Balai Kartini.

Asia 100
article thumbnail

NYC 3.0

thebarefootvc

Now that I’m back full time in NYC, I decided to run for the Board of NY Tech Meetup, a dynamic community of 20,000 entrepreneurs, investors, developers, designers and people interested in tech. Make no mistake: NYC has arrived solidly as major global tech hub. Below is my platform statement, which I am calling NYC 3.0:

Ghana 84
article thumbnail

Digital Nomads and the Remote Work Revolution

Transformify

For example no more funds have to be allocated to an expensive office complex, and the best talent can be chosen from the global pool, as opposed to people who are local. They use online communities on Reddit and other sites to share travel tips and budgets, the best locations, and the fun things to do. The whole world is their home.

Canada 52
article thumbnail

The Evolving Economics of the App

online.wsj.com

What countrys GDP is the size of the global app economy? Questions and Answers About HIV Cure The report that a 2½-year- old Mississippi baby appears to be cured of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has provoked intense interest, excitement and some skepticism among AIDS researchers and the community at large. Journal Community.