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Kenya’s MarketForce Acquires Digital Payment Platform Digiduka.
MarketForce, a Kenyan startup that provides end-to-end retail distribution for consumer brands, has announced the strategic acquisition of Digiduka, a company that aims to bring Africa’s informal retailers into the digital economy.
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Sampingan lands US$5M Series A to connect independent blue-collar workers with enterprises in Indonesia
Sampingan has more than 850K workers in 80 cities connected through its online platform and is serving over 100 enterprises
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Antler-backed Singapore startup develops 60-second Covid-19 breath test
Singapore-based startup Breathonix announced that it has developed a breath test that can detect Covid-19 within a minute.

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28/09/2021Singaporee27

Base bags pre-Series A for its organic, vegan, halal staple skincare products targeting Indonesian millennials

One-year-old Base offers personalised-recommendation skincare through its smart skin test

17/09/2021SingaporeDeal Street Asia

It’s time for e-commerce enablers to make a mark in Vietnam: Antler’s Erik Jonsson

Erik Jonsson, an e-commerce veteran and partner at global early-stage venture capital (VC) firm Antler, says the Vietnamese e-commerce sector is going through an interesting churn as it gets ready to usher in a new wave of e-commerce enablers.

14/09/2021SingaporeTech In Asia

Antler joins $1.5m round of Singapore bookkeeping startup

Bluesheets, a Singapore-based bookkeeping automation platform, announced that it has raised US$1.5 million in a funding round.

14/09/2021Singaporee27

Bluesheets raises US$1.5M to further expand its business, enters new client segments

This funding round for Bluesheets was led by Investible, the Australian investment group that is known as an early backer of Canva

02/09/2021SingaporeTech In Asia

Ex-CEO of Rocket Internet-backed Carmudi hired to lead Antler’s Indonesian unit

Antler, a startup accelerator and early-stage venture capital firm, has appointed Subir Lohani as its new country head for Indonesia.

18/08/2021SingaporeIndia Today

Startup aims to replace nasal swab with ‘lollipop-like device’ which collects saliva for Covid-19 testing

A startup based in Singapore and India is aiming to replace the nasal swab technique of Covid-19 testing with its new method that uses a ‘lollipop-like device’ to collect saliva samples for the same.

17/08/2021SingaporeTech In Asia

Antler-backed medtech firm creates ‘lollipop-like’ Covid-19 testing swab

Test At Home (TAH), a medical technology startup backed by Singapore-based venture capital firm Antler, has completed clinical trial of its proprietary “lollipop-like” device that helps individuals collect saliva samples for Covid-19 self-testing.

13/08/2021SingaporeAsian Investor

Why Singapore’s institutional investors could soon warm to cryptocurrencies

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) last week announced that it was ready to grant operating licences to several cryptocurrency firms, part of government moves to turn Singapore into a leading crypto hub.

22/07/2021SingaporePressKrASIA

Meet the 14 new startups from Antler’s Southeast Asia Demo Day

Antler has backed 90 startups in Southeast Asia since its first Singapore cohort in July 2018.

12/07/2021SingaporeThe New York Times

A Covid Test as Easy as Breathing

Scientists have been dreaming of disease-detecting breathalyzers for years. Has the time for the technology finally come?

Kenya’s MarketForce Acquires Digital Payment Platform Digiduka.

Sampingan lands US$5M Series A to connect independent blue-collar workers with enterprises in Indonesia

Antler-backed Singapore startup develops 60-second Covid-19 breath test