IT総合 Don’t ignore Asia tech
A lot can change in 12 years. When I first joined TechCrunch in 2012, I was the only writer it had based out of Asia. Fo...
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IT総合 IT総合 ‘Taiwan needs to find its own groove’: what startups want from the next president
Once Lai Ching-te is inaugurated as Taiwan’s president in May, his administration will mark an unprecedented three terms...
IT総合 Antler’s founder on its vertical AI bet in Southeast Asia
A growing roster of vertical AI startups is emerging in Southeast Asia to serve sectors ranging from seafood to finance....
IT総合 Singapore-based fintech Xalts acquires digital trade platform Contour Network
In a role reversal, Xalts, a Singapore fintech startup founded 18 months ago, has acquired Contour Network, a digital tr...
IT総合 How Neara uses AI to protect utilities from extreme weather
Over the past few decades, extreme weather events have not only become more severe, but are also occurring more frequent...
IT総合 Switzerland’s Wingman Ventures rebrands to Founderful, aims for a $120M fund
Wingman Ventures is seeking the best of Switzerland’s startups and its diverse portfolio already ranges from mobil...
IT総合 Rippling opens Asia-Pacific HQ as its international expansion gears up
After recent launches in the United Kingdom and Ireland, workforce management platform Rippling is continuing its ambiti...
IT総合 CARPL guides healthcare providers through the growing market of radiology AI apps
There’s an acute shortage of radiologists around the world, which means it is harder for medical teams to get imaging st...
IT総合 p0 uses LLMs to save enterprises from code catastrophes
Startup p0 is named after catastrophic events that can cause a platform to crash, leading to potential security breaches...
IT総合 Yume’s platform helps manufacturers turn potential food waste into money
While running a bar in Melbourne, Katy Barfield was taken aback by the large amount of ingredients thrown out at the end...
IT総合 Thankful Registry continues its emphasis on thoughtful gift giving
When TechCrunch first covered gift registry platform Thankful Registry eleven years ago, its philosophy was turning the ...
IT総合 Thankful Registry continues its emphasis on thoughtful gift giving
When TechCrunch first covered gift registry platform Thankful Registry eleven years ago, its philosophy was turning the ...
IT総合 Taiwan’s president-elect faces growing challenges with its chip industry
Lai Ching-te, who won Taiwan’s presidential election last Saturday, will be facing a crossroads in the country’s technol...
IT総合 IP analysis platform PatSnap launches CoPilot, its new AI assistant
Founded in 2007 to help IP and R&D professionals do their jobs more efficiently, Singapore-based PatSnap‘s fi...
IT総合 Singapore’s Locofy launches its one-click design-to-code tool
After using Figma to create user interfaces and experiences, developers are left with the hefty task of coding the desig...
IT総合 Parallel gets new funding for its teletherapy platform for kids with special needs
Schools in the United States are already struggling with a teacher shortage. For students with thinking and learning dif...
IT総合 Sydney-based generative AI art platform Leonardo.Ai raises $31M
Sydney, Australia-based Leonardo.Ai is the one of the latest generative AI startups to raise funding. Today, the AI art ...
IT総合 Gravel gets funding from NEA to support Indonesia’s booming construction industry
Indonesia’s construction industry is growing quickly, driven by residential and industrial building, alongside infrastru...
IT総合 Backed by East Ventures, Fr8Labs aims to digitize Asia’s logistics industry
In Western markets, freight forwarders are well into digitizing their operations, but the same doesn’t hold true in Sout...
IT総合 FEBE Ventures launches $75 million second fund
FEBE Ventures’ name stands for “for entrepreneurs by entrepreneurs,” and true to form, it is continuing to support seed-...
IT総合 Wind.app makes DeFi accessible to the average consumer
Hussain Elius is best known as the co-founder of Pathao, one of Bangladesh’s top ride-sharing apps. For his latest start...
IT総合 Inflow connects small fashion brands with manufacturers in Vietnam
Textiles and garments contribute 16% of Vietnam’s total GPD, but it’s challenging for small garment brands to take advan...
IT総合 Pakistan-based BusCaro is providing safer transportation options, especially for women
When Maha Shazhad was 19, she was force to drop out of university in Pakistan because she couldn’t find safe and reliabl...
IT総合 Singapore-based Climate Alpha analyzes the impact of climate change on real estate
Founded by an expert on geography and globalization, Climate Alpha’s AI-based platform helps real estate owners and inve...
IT総合 Avarni gets backing to help large enterprises hit their net-zero goals
For a lot of companies, Scope 3 emissions make up the bulk of their carbon footprint, but are time-consuming and expensi...
IT総合 Customer data-syncing and analysis startup Hightouch acquires HeadsUp
Customer data-syncing startup Hightouch announced today it has acquired HeadsUp. As part of the deal, HeadsUp co-founder...
IT総合 Refilled wants to save 100 million plastic bottles from the landfill
The Australian government recently set new packaging regulations after an official review found just 18% of plastic pack...
IT総合 Etaily is a “one stop solution” for consumer brands that want to enter Southeast Asia
E-commerce in Southeast Asia grew rapidly during the pandemic, and that momentum is continuing. A McKinsey report found ...
IT総合 Blackbird invests in Carepatron’s “radically accessible” healthcare management platform
When TechCrunch covered Carepatron’s pre-seed last year, it was focused on serving solo practitioners and small health p...
IT総合 Dashtoon uses AI to turn storytellers into comics artists
Dashtoon wants to make anyone with a story to tell into a comics artist, even if they can’t draw. It provides aspiring c...