Today’s top tech news, Sept 13: Jack Ma seals Alibaba deal on new Russian e-commerce platform
Alibaba’s overseas shopping site AliExpress formed a joint venture with Russian Direct Investment Fund, online…
This robot could put an end to the practice of manual manhole cleaning in India
Bandicoot is quipped with a pneumatic system which can clean the filth and other liquid…
Canadian startup Element AI to support AI Singapore in its Smart Nation initiatives
The two organisations will collaborate through AISG’s 100 Experiment programme, where both will jointly develop…
Cradle’s startups attract US$10M commercialisation funding under CIP Catalyst programme
As per a study done by Cradle in collaboration with HELP University, CIP Catalyst has…
Lazada to offer online financing for its sellers in Singapore
Developed by Finaxar, this solution allows sellers to directly access working capital using a fully…
Vietnam’s online travel booking startup Vntrip raises funding from Swiss investor
Last November, Vntrip secured an undisclosed sum in funding from late-stage investment company Hendale Capital Vntrip, an…
Hard for VCs to influence the success of B2C startups beyond capital, advice: Murli Ravi of Tin Men Capital
“The B2C startups that succeed in fashioning a business model can consume a lot of…
Beenext joins restaurant table reservation startup EazyDiner’s US$5.84M Series B round
The company has previously raised two round of funding, led by DSG Consumer Partners and…
Tin Men Capital makes first close of its US$100M B2B fund; invests in Overdrive IOT, Globaltix
It will invest in startups operating in verticals such as smart cities, security, enterprise productivity,…
Filipino foodtech company BigDish acquires restaurant and travel discovery platform Looloo
Through its online reservation platform, BigDish offer its users up to 50 per cent discounts…