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A walk through the crypto jungle at Korea Blockchain Week | TechCrunch
Blockchain technology is all about decentralization and virtualization. So it’s a little ironic that humans love to come together in…
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Aptos
Aptos CEO Mo Shaikh shares his journey to web3 and market opportunities in Asia and Middle East | TechCrunch
As a young immigrant in Brooklyn, Mo Shaikh often pondered over his father’s taxi earnings. His father would say he…
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AI
SparkLabs closes $50M fund to back AI startups | TechCrunch
SparkLabs — an early-stage venture capital firm that has made a name for itself for backing OpenAI as well as…
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digital lending
Validus, a Singapore-based digital SME lending platform, secures $50M debt financing to help enterprises in Indonesia | TechCrunch
Validus, a Singapore-based digital lending platform for small and medium businesses, has secured $50 million in debt financing from HSBC…
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evergreens
Watch out for these 10 hot startups from South Korea | TechCrunch
The South Korean startup ecosystem has grown over the last decade as major tech firms and venture capital from the…
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blockchain
South Korean tech giant Naver launches crypto wallet in partnership with Chiliz | TechCrunch
Many tech companies are expanding their reach into the web3 market, integrating blockchain and web3 technologies into their products and…
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AI
SleekFlow snaps up $7M to tap the conversational AI opportunity across Asia | TechCrunch
SleekFlow, a Singapore- and Hong Kong-headquartered social commerce platform that has built a conversational AI suite for customer engagement targeted…
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Antler
Antler doubles down on Southeast Asia with $72M second startup fund | TechCrunch
Antler, the Singapore VC that focuses on early-stage investments, just closed its second Southeast Asia fund. It’s raised $72 million…
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Commerce
Singaporean e-commerce firm Qoo10's Korean units face probe due to payment delays to merchants | TechCrunch
The e-commerce market in South Korea ranks as one of the largest in the world, but it’s also proving to…
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Enterprise
Kakao founder issued arrest warrant by Seoul court | TechCrunch
A Seoul court issued an arrest warrant for Brian Kim, the founder of South Korean internet giant Kakao, on allegations…
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