Source: Thailand Startup News Jan 04, 2020
Thailand’s unit of early-stage VC fund 500 Startups, 500 TukTuks announced the new startups it has invested from its second fund.The names also include Volt14, which aims to reduce the cost of production and increase the capacity of Li-ion battery cells without changing any existing manufacturing process
The second batch of investment follows the first batch of six it had annou...
Source: Thailand Startup News Dec 12, 2019
Thai startup entrepreneurs' confidence has continued to fall, dipping to 51.85 for the third quarter because of lack of funding sources, the faltering economy, cautious consumer spending and intensified competition from international players, according to a Government Savings Bank (GSB) survey.
Even expectations for the next three months remained low despite the high season for touris...
Source : Thailand Startup News Dec 07, 2019
Malaysian travel startup, Tourplus, a company that provides personalized itineraries linking travelers to local guides, announced last week that it had raised a US$400,000 pre-seed round from a leading China based accelerator, SOSV Chinaaccelerator and a Chinese angel investor in the travel space with plans to expand his business into Malaysia.
Tourplus team
The pre-seed funding was actually ra...
Source: Thailand Startup News Dec 21, 2019
Social media startup Yubo, the social platform where Generation Z creates communities of friends around the world, announced a $12.3 million fundraising round led by Iris Capital and Idinvest Partners, alongside historical investor Alven, Sweet Capital, and Village Global.
Already with a predominantly English-speaking user base (mainly in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia), t...