StoreHub, a startup that helps retailers digitize their business, has closed a $5.1 million Series A round led by Vertex Venture to expand in Southeast Asia.
The startup was founded in 2014 and it offers point-of-sale technology and digital services to retailers. The idea is to help bring the long tail of less sophisticated physical merchants online to help them digitize their finances and… Read More
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Malaysia’s Dahmakan chows down $2.6M for its end-to-end food delivery service
Dahmakan, a food delivery startup from Malaysia that graduated Y Combinator last year, has raised $2.6 million as it begins to explore the potential to expand its business across Southeast Asia. The startup distinguishes itself from the likes of FoodPanda and Deliveroo with an “end-to-end” approach to food, that’s to say that it cooks all dishes itself and dispatches them… Read More
Malaysia’s Dahmakan chows down $2.6M for its end-to-end food delivery service
Dahmakan, a food delivery startup from Malaysia that graduated Y Combinator last year, has raised $2.6 million as it begins to explore the potential to expand its business across Southeast Asia. The startup distinguishes itself from the likes of FoodPanda and Deliveroo with an “end-to-end” approach to food, that’s to say that it cooks all dishes itself and dispatches them… Read More
Data-friendly YouTube Go comes out in beta in Southeast Asia
Google has released its data-friendly YouTube Go app in some of Southeast Asia, and Africa’s new markets.
Available now in beta for Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, and the Philippines, the app is a way to get video to users in countries where data avail…
Man gets arrested after he dresses up as ‘suicide bomber’ for Halloween
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One man’s ill-advised Halloween outfit idea has landed him in trouble with the authorities in Malaysia.
Police said they arrested the unnamed man on Tuesday, after a startled resident ran into the man in an apartment building’s elevator, while the latter was dressed as a “suicide bomber.”
His outfit, which he claimed was for a Halloween party, included a chequered head dress, a fake beard, and a mock “bomb” made of cardboard, wires and empty water bottles.
Apartment residents panic after seeing man in suicide bomber costumehttps://t.co/dmm9moQKaG pic.twitter.com/d3VMZrsNto
— The Star (@staronline) November 7, 2017 Read more…
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