Asia’s tech news #108: NFT in Thailand, Malaysian edtech, SEA smart warehouses…

WK Wright
4 min readNov 16, 2021

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Asia’s tech news #108: NFT growth in Thailand, Malaysia’s re-skilling edtech, smart warehousing across SEA, Filipino OFW fintech…

India: 5 startups from across Madhya Pradesh, working in education-tech, SME digitization, retail-tech…yourstory.com

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated digital adoption across India. This trend has led to increased demand for online-first products catering to Bharat. And, Madhya Pradesh-based startups are only getting…

Thailand: GuildFi, ecosystem infrastructure to connect games, NFTs, and communities, raises $6Mtrendingnews.asia

GuildFi, a Thai startup that aims to create an ecosystem that connects the intricate jigsaws of the metaverse, has completed a US$6 million seed…

Malaysia: ReSkills EdTech raises $1.5M with online live-learning, over 1000 learning hours in 5 languageswww.malaysiakini.com

Malaysian-born start-up ReSkills EdTech has proven to be one of the fastest growing online live-learning platforms. It recently secured a US$1.5 million investment from a group of private angel…

Startup India Seed Fund scheme allocates $400K to Atal Incubation Centre and Pondicherry…timesofindia.indiatimes.com

AIC-PECF is one of the seven incubation centres in India that will receive a seed fund of Rs 3 crore each. The EAC selected these seven centres after reviewing their progress and achievements during a…

Singapore: TreeDots raises $11M Series A to cut food waste with integrated supply chain and…techcrunch.com

Every year, tons of food ends up in landfills because of cosmetic issues (they won’t look nice in stores) or inefficiencies in the supply chain. Singapore-based TreeDots, which says it is the first food surplus…

IGNITE 2021 Cyber Conference: November 16–19
IGNITE 2021 Cyber Conference: November 16–19

China: Cainiao, Alibaba logistics division, to establish smart warehouse network across SE Asiawww.parcelandpostaltechnologyinternational.com

Smart warehouse network in Southeast Asia, which will cover a total land area close to 2,500,000m2, across Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

Philippines: Beam & Go, giving overseas workers control over remittances, allowing them to…www.bworldonline.com

Beam & Go, a local fintech startup, gives overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) control over their remittances by allowing them to specify how much money should go to a specific purpose, such as…

Taiwan: Blocto NFT and crypto wallet is backed by Mark Cuban, building on BloctoBay NFT marketplacecointelegraph.com
Taiwan Blocto, the nonfungible token (NFT) and crypto wallet announced today Dallas Mavericks owner and serial investor Mark Cuban has invested in Blocto and the company behind the product portto

Australia: Sea Forest wins Ocean Impact Pitchfest with seaweed in livestock feed, reducing methaneasia-pacificboating.com
Sea Forest pioneers the commercial production of asparagopsis seaweed, which can reduce livestock methane emissions by 90%.

GSMA: Digital Societies in Asia Pacific (pdf)
GSMA: Digital Societies in Asia Pacific (pdf)

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WK Wright
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