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[Press Release] Singapore HQ and SEA focused Insurtech Igloo sees quintuple gross written premiums in a year; COVID-19, rapid digitalisation and microinsurance key drivers

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Singapore-based Insurtech Igloo is closing the year with very favourable performance results, expecting a fivefold increase in gross written premiums facilitated through its platform compared to 2019. Since its launch, the insurtech has sold more than 100 million policies across Southeast Asia to date. Micro-insurance products play an important role in this region and Igloo […]

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Singapore-based Insurtech Igloo is closing the year with very favourable performance results, expecting a fivefold increase in gross written premiums facilitated through its platform compared to 2019. Since its launch, the insurtech has sold more than 100 million policies across Southeast Asia to date. Micro-insurance products play an important role in this region and Igloo

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[Press Release] Founder Institute (FI) announces Pacer Ventures as Investor in Residence for its African Accelerators

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PALO ALTO & LAGOS, Dec 14, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Founder Institute (FI), the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, today announces Pacer Ventures as ‘Investor in Residence’ for the Founder Institute’s African Accelerator program. As part of the program, all startups that graduate the Founder Institute in Africa will be reviewed by Pacer Ventures for potential investment in

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PALO ALTO & LAGOS, Dec 14, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Founder Institute (FI), the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, today announces Pacer Ventures as ‘Investor in Residence’ for the Founder Institute’s African Accelerator program. As part of the program, all startups that graduate the Founder Institute in Africa will be reviewed by Pacer Ventures for potential investment in

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[Press Release] ZALL Smart Commerce and CIC Launch Digital Silk Road Initiative

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Looks to boost China-ASEAN trading opportunities and facilitate commodities trading via enhanced digital connectivity SINGAPORE, Dec 15, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Commodities Intelligence Centre (“CIC”) announces a momentous 2020 as it has jointly launched a “Digital Silk Road” initiative led by ZALL Smart Commerce Group (“ZALL”), Asia’s leading B2B e-commerce Group, and joined Singapore’s Blockchain for Trade &

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Looks to boost China-ASEAN trading opportunities and facilitate commodities trading via enhanced digital connectivity SINGAPORE, Dec 15, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Commodities Intelligence Centre (“CIC”) announces a momentous 2020 as it has jointly launched a “Digital Silk Road” initiative led by ZALL Smart Commerce Group (“ZALL”), Asia’s leading B2B e-commerce Group, and joined Singapore’s Blockchain for Trade &

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[Press Release] Apple Co-founder Steve Wozniak’s New Ambition Kicks Off on HBTC

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SINGAPORE, Dec 14, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Steve Wozniak, Apple’s co-founder, is dedicated to developing a new blockchain project called Efforce. With the purpose of funding energy-efficiency projects, Efforce launched its token WOZX on HBTC.com, a 100% Token Holder Owned Trading Platform. The cooperation between a high-tech team backed by Wozniak and a leading

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SINGAPORE, Dec 14, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Steve Wozniak, Apple’s co-founder, is dedicated to developing a new blockchain project called Efforce. With the purpose of funding energy-efficiency projects, Efforce launched its token WOZX on HBTC.com, a 100% Token Holder Owned Trading Platform. The cooperation between a high-tech team backed by Wozniak and a leading

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[Press Release] Top Digital Exchange Bithumb Lists CyberVein Native Token CVT

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SINGAPORE, Dec 9, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – CyberVein, the next generation big data and analytics company, has announced a major breakthrough in its listing strategy: effective today, CyberVein’s native token CVT will be traded on South Korea’s oldest and largest digital asset exchange platform, Bithumb. Bithumb was established in 2014 and now offers hundreds of trading pairs. With

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SINGAPORE, Dec 9, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – CyberVein, the next generation big data and analytics company, has announced a major breakthrough in its listing strategy: effective today, CyberVein’s native token CVT will be traded on South Korea’s oldest and largest digital asset exchange platform, Bithumb. Bithumb was established in 2014 and now offers hundreds of trading pairs. With

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[Press Release] Verofax Asia and AURI to launch Sustainable Traceability App powered by AntChain

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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Verofax Asia and AURI, a lifestyle brand with headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, announced an MOU to jointly launch an Asset Digitization and Traceability App for sustainable product passporting, to be adopted by suppliers of fashion and lifestyle products in the industry from Q1 2021.

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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 9, 2020 – (ACN Newswire) – Verofax Asia and AURI, a lifestyle brand with headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, announced an MOU to jointly launch an Asset Digitization and Traceability App for sustainable product passporting, to be adopted by suppliers of fashion and lifestyle products in the industry from Q1 2021.

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[Press Release] Brinc Partners with Manulife Asia to Launch the BOOST Program for Insurance, Health and MedTech Startups

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Manulife, a leading international insurer, and global venture accelerator firm Brinc launched today a program to search for startups to fast-track digitization and build digital solutions to improve the health and financial wellbeing of customers across Asia. Startups can apply for a spot until 15 February 2021 at: https://www.brinc.io/manulifeboost The Manulife BOOST program gives startups from

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Manulife, a leading international insurer, and global venture accelerator firm Brinc launched today a program to search for startups to fast-track digitization and build digital solutions to improve the health and financial wellbeing of customers across Asia. Startups can apply for a spot until 15 February 2021 at: https://www.brinc.io/manulifeboost The Manulife BOOST program gives startups from

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Putting Bitcoin’s Record-Breaking Rally in Context

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Bitcoin’s price crossed US$19,892 last Monday, breaking its previous record of $19,782.21, which it hit in December 2017. Here’s why this price rally is different. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) climbed to a record high on November 30, reaching over US$19,892 on various exchanges. The actual figure varies between news reports, depending on the exchange

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Bitcoin’s price crossed US$19,892 last Monday, breaking its previous record of $19,782.21, which it hit in December 2017. Here’s why this price rally is different. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) climbed to a record high on November 30, reaching over US$19,892 on various exchanges. The actual figure varies between news reports, depending on the exchange

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Hong Kong-based Virtual Asset Exchange HKbitEX Secures US$10M Series A2

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HKbitEX will be using the funds to enhance its technology, bolster compliance capabilities, and expand its offerings in the Security Token Offering market. Hong Kong-based virtual asset exchange HKbitEX has raised US$10 million in a Series A2 round, according to a statement today. New investor Axion Global Investment led the round. Existing investors Draper Dragon

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HKbitEX will be using the funds to enhance its technology, bolster compliance capabilities, and expand its offerings in the Security Token Offering market. Hong Kong-based virtual asset exchange HKbitEX has raised US$10 million in a Series A2 round, according to a statement today. New investor Axion Global Investment led the round. Existing investors Draper Dragon

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Unicorn Club 2020: 8 Startups That Became Indian Unicorns

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The latest in the Indian subcontinent’s race to establish itself in the global innovation and tech landscape: here are eight Indian unicorns that worked their way into the billion-dollar club this year. Unicorns have become nothing short of a buzzword in 2020. In a span of seven years, the number of unicorn companies per year

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The latest in the Indian subcontinent’s race to establish itself in the global innovation and tech landscape: here are eight Indian unicorns that worked their way into the billion-dollar club this year. Unicorns have become nothing short of a buzzword in 2020. In a span of seven years, the number of unicorn companies per year

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Flipkart’s PhonePe Spun Off, Attracts US$700M Funding from Walmart

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As the competition heats up in India’s payments space, Flipkart announces partial spin-off of PhonePe. Flipkart’s majority shareholder Walmart will also be investing for a minority stake in PhonePe. Indian ecommerce marketplace Flipkart Group has partially spun off its digital payments division PhonePe, the eretail company announced in a statement yesterday. The company further announced

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As the competition heats up in India’s payments space, Flipkart announces partial spin-off of PhonePe. Flipkart’s majority shareholder Walmart will also be investing for a minority stake in PhonePe. Indian ecommerce marketplace Flipkart Group has partially spun off its digital payments division PhonePe, the eretail company announced in a statement yesterday. The company further announced

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[Press Release] WeWork launches new “All Access” membership for businesses to unlock opportunities in the Greater Bay Area

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WeWork, the world’s leading flexible office space provider, announced the launch of WeWork All Access membership in Hong Kong, for businesses to access a number of WeWork locations across various markets in the region including spaces in the Greater Bay Area. As part of WeWork’s dedication to evolve its offerings and empower businesses to thrive

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WeWork, the world’s leading flexible office space provider, announced the launch of WeWork All Access membership in Hong Kong, for businesses to access a number of WeWork locations across various markets in the region including spaces in the Greater Bay Area. As part of WeWork’s dedication to evolve its offerings and empower businesses to thrive

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[Press Release] Announcing the winners for the ORIGIN Innovation Awards 2020

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TechNode Global has announced the winners for the first edition of ORIGIN Innovation Awards. The winners were announced during the ORIGIN Conference, an on-demand conference track about the latest developments in the Asia tech and startup scene within TECHFEST Live x ROAD-TO-WCIT Malaysia 2020. 2020 winners include early-stage startups, venture capital firms, corporates, community builders, and influential

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TechNode Global has announced the winners for the first edition of ORIGIN Innovation Awards. The winners were announced during the ORIGIN Conference, an on-demand conference track about the latest developments in the Asia tech and startup scene within TECHFEST Live x ROAD-TO-WCIT Malaysia 2020. 2020 winners include early-stage startups, venture capital firms, corporates, community builders, and influential

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[Press Release] European Fintech Starts Crowdfunding with Record-breaking EUR 5.3M on First Day

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Mintos, the leading platform for investing in loans in Europe, reached its crowdfunding target of €1 million in just 15 minutes after opening to its community, raising a record amount of €5.3 million in the first 24 hours and continuing to crowdfund. November 19th, 2020. Mintos, the leading alternative investment platform for investing in loans

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Mintos, the leading platform for investing in loans in Europe, reached its crowdfunding target of €1 million in just 15 minutes after opening to its community, raising a record amount of €5.3 million in the first 24 hours and continuing to crowdfund. November 19th, 2020. Mintos, the leading alternative investment platform for investing in loans

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[Press Release] WeWork announces exclusive offers with Visa

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To support businesses of all sizes to grow and navigate the future of workspace, WeWork announced its largest market-wide exclusive offers with Visa, presenting Visa Commercial Card holders with access to safe and flexible workspace across its extensive network in Hong Kong.   Visa Commercial Card holders in Hong Kong and Macau will benefit from

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To support businesses of all sizes to grow and navigate the future of workspace, WeWork announced its largest market-wide exclusive offers with Visa, presenting Visa Commercial Card holders with access to safe and flexible workspace across its extensive network in Hong Kong.   Visa Commercial Card holders in Hong Kong and Macau will benefit from

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The Insurtech Industry is Thriving, and APAC Startups Are Tapping In

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The insurtech market in the APAC region is big enough for players of all sizes, as long as their value proposition checks out, says Coherent Co-Founder and CEO. Now’s a good time for insurtech startups. The APAC region is marked by large swathes of uninsured people, families, and businesses. The mortality protection gap in the

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The insurtech market in the APAC region is big enough for players of all sizes, as long as their value proposition checks out, says Coherent Co-Founder and CEO. Now’s a good time for insurtech startups. The APAC region is marked by large swathes of uninsured people, families, and businesses. The mortality protection gap in the

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