Saudi VC Firm Hires Google Exec To Grow Tech Unicorns
Saudi Arabia’s STV, one of the country’s largest venture capital firms, has enlisted the help of a Google employee, Ivan Jakovljevic, with the hope of…
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Local digital spending to grow 2.7 times in a market worth US$9.1 bil
KUALA LUMPUR: Digital spending in Malaysia is expected to grow 2.7 times in 2025 in a market estimated to be worth US$9.1 billion. Facebook Malaysia country…
Global advertising spending to grow to US$615b this year
KUALA LUMPUR: Global advertising spending is expected to grow 3.9 per cent to US$615.4 billion this year, building on a growth of 2.6 per cent in 2019,…
Meet MarsCat, a robot cat with lots of love to give and room to grow
At CES 2020, one of the more well-represented gadget categories was definitely consumer robots – but none was more adorable than MarsCat, a new robo-pet from…
Companies hunt for talent as Singapore tech sector continues to grow
SINGAPORE: As a child, Huang Wei Long liked to tinker with his action figures and reconfigure their battery parts. When he grew older, he moved on to keyboards…
Muy raises $15M to grow its new cloud kitchen concept
The cloud kitchen craze has reached Latin America. Food tech startup called Muy landed a fresh $15 million Series B to expand into Mexico and soon Brazil. The…
E-commerce spend will grow from US$31 billion to US$120 billion by 2025
By 2025, projected annual spend for online shopping in South-east Asia is expected to hit US$120 billion, Facebook and Bain & Company said. You’re at home…
Malaysia’s economic power to grow as integration with Asian economies…
MALAYSIA’S economic power is expected to grow as the country integrates more deeply with other Asian economies in trade, innovation, culture, tourism and…
FarmWise Raises $14.5M to Grow Farming Robot System
SAN FRANCSICO – FarmWise, which develops autonomous farming robot systems, today announced raising $14.5 million in a Series A funding round, led by Calibrate…
Didi joins forces with Ping An to grow its ride-hailing platform
RIDE-HAILING companies across the globe are forming partnerships with all sorts of businesses to fuel their growth. In Southeast Asia, Grab and Uber have…