Top 35 Hardware Startup Investors in Malaysia in October 2023

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• Ouch — Ouch specializes in insurance services in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Bizbaz — Bizbaz offers financial intelligence solutions to financial institutions, fintech firms, e-commerce and telecommunication companies in Asia.With teams in Singapore, Israel, Vietnam, Philippines and Malaysia, Bizbaz offers a full suite of financial intelligence solutions, including but not limited to, comprehensive risk assessment, alternativecredit scoring, fraud detection, eKYC, financial product aggregation and recommendation systems.
• Dropee — Dropee is a SaaS-enabled marketplace that connects local independent retailers with brands in South East Asia via an ordering app. The marketplace's unique value proposition makes it easier for businesses both big and small to manage their procurement and supply chain ecosystem. It allows businesses to get connected in order to buy and sell inbulk and the enterprise solution allows businesses to streamline their operational processes to work more efficiently and effectively.Dropeee’s platform connects suppliers with small-to-medium enterprise (SME) business owners in real-time to streamline the product fulfillment process and facilitate bulk purchases through a suite of enterprise solutions. The supply-chain in Malaysia and across Southeast Asia lacks meaningful real-time connectivity between suppliers and retailers. The modern, digital approach to the wholesale industry allows retailers to discover, purchase, and manage inventories for their store all on a single marketplace platform.

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• SUPA — SUPA BOLT | Get insights to turn label noise into trusted and usable data. Begin your data-centric AI journey today.
• SUPA — Supahands is the leading end-to-end data labelling partner for AI/ML companies. Find out more and set up a POC within 48 hours by speaking to us today!
• MoneyMatch — MoneyMatch is a FinTech startup enabling cross-border international payments and remittances which are cheaper, faster and more convenient than traditional banks. Starting off in Malaysia, MoneyMatch has since expanded out to Australia as well with plans for further expansion in Southeast Asia. Since just the past 1.5 years, MoneyMatch has alreadytransacted over MYR 260 million sending money out from Malaysia to over 70 countries worldwide helping under-served SMEs (small and medium enterprises) save hundreds of thousands in margins

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• Raus — Raus is a hospitality-tech startup that offers new opportunities to take a break from big city life. Raus serves as a welcome escape from the seemingly endless demands and constant stimuli of modern life with perfectly simple cabins, close enough for a spontaneous getaway, far enough away to completely unwind.
• Productpine — Discover, experience, and buy emerging brands and products from all over the world, at Productpine. Shop online through a personalized journey and be inspired!
• The Naked Market — The Naked Market is a next-generation consumer products company that is creating a portfolio of food & beverage brands.

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• Freename — Redefining Web3 Naming System. Web3 Registrar: custom TLDs and Domains
• LunarCrush — Smarter crypto, NFT, and stock investing with insights from millions of conversations happening across social.
• SuperSight — SuperSight (https://supersight.xyz/), a UK-based start-up, is building crypto-specific Large Language Models (LLMs) to revolutionise the way we interact with crypto data. With 420 million crypto users but only 30,000 able to code for onchain insights, SuperSight bridges the gap, enabling easy access to information from a range ofboth on-chain and off-chain sources like Discord, Telegram, Twitter, Mirror, Podcast Transcripts, and news sites. Beyond just collecting data, SuperSight uses AI to improve the search experience, making it personalised, accurate, and ultimately, more insightful.

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• Mawari — Our mission is to unlock new perspectives with real-time immersive technology powered by a decentralized network of global resources
• Housmart — Housmart is a real estate media company
• StoreHub — StoreHub is an all-in-one POS system that helps future-proof F&B and retail businesses in Southeast Asia. Manage and grow your business, anytime, anywhere.

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• Speedoc — Speedoc is an industry leader in the digital health space with a mission to provide accessible and affordable healthcare to patients. As a virtual clinic and hospital care provider combining physical-digital services to challenge the traditional centralized, facility-based model, Speedoc believes that this will be the solution to the agingpopulation faced by many countries in the region as the demand for medical care increases. Their services include house call doctors, nurses, medications delivery; and is complemented by telemedicine, remote diagnostics and health monitoring. With Speedoc, home medical services need not be limited to only certain groups of patients, but to everyday people who may require GP or A&E visits for themselves or their loved ones.
• Fairatmos — Create your Green House Gasses sequestration project proposal, verify for credits, support projects and buy credits all in one platform.
• Validus — Validus offers fast SME working capital loan in one day, free SME business account for growing businesses and startups, and instant corporate debit cards.

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• MFast — MFast operates as a fintech platform. MFAST is a brand under Digital Payment Solution Joint Stock Company - DigiPay JSC.
• Pi-xcels — Eco-friendly NFC digital receipts solution for actionable shopper data and enhanced customer journeys. No App, Just Tap. With one-tap convenience, Pi-xcels unlocks omni-channel marketing opportunities and boosts performance for retailers with our customer intelligence platform.
• Serve Robotics — Why move a 2-pound burrito in a 2-ton car? Meet Serve, the future of sustainable, self-driving delivery.

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• FlashIntel — Unlock a network of 1+ billion prospects. Utilize AI-powered workflows for streamlined engagement and faster deal closures with ideal buyers.
• Pebble — Pebble is a electric vehicle manufacturing startup.
• Klarity — Klarity provides nurse practitioners and physician assistants with the marketing, software, and human resources they need to succeed in offering profitable telehealth services online.

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• Poladrone — Founded by a team of engineers, Aonic aims to build a future-proof ecosystem of solutions that propels traditional industries forward. Through our 5 business verticals, we are able to provide turnkey,
• Aonic (Formerly Poladrone) — Founded by a team of engineers, Aonic (Formerly Poladrone) is an all-in-one drone solutions provider for enterprises that are looking to modernise and streamline their operations workflow. A staple in the commercial drone industry, Poladrone is rapidly expanding beyond the skies and later rebranded into what we are today – Aonic, demonstrating ourcommitment to our clients to provide them with a holistic ecosystem beyond our core drone capabilities.
• Rice Robotics Limited — The #1 Autonomous Workforce Provider in Hong Kong. Made and Designed in Hong Kong.

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• Bababos — Bababos is a platform that allows SME manufacturers to quickly access a variety of high-quality raw materials, from polymers and chemicals to steel and other metal products. This eliminates the need to handle numerous suppliers. The company's platform streamlines the buying process by digitizing administrative duties. Additionally, Bababosprovides manufacturers with flexible payment options that lessen their financial burden and enable them to concentrate on what they do best—producing high-quality products. Bababos enhances the SME producers' supply chains.
• Saladin — Saladin is an online platform that provides life, health, automotive, and travel insurance services.
• Bunker — Bunker is a financial analytics platform that provides modern executives deep visibility of their numbers. Bunker provides intuitive financial dashboards and monthly reports.

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• Dropee — Dropee is a SaaS-enabled marketplace that connects local independent retailers with brands in South East Asia via an ordering app. The marketplace's unique value proposition makes it easier for businesses both big and small to manage their procurement and supply chain ecosystem. It allows businesses to get connected in order to buy and sell inbulk and the enterprise solution allows businesses to streamline their operational processes to work more efficiently and effectively.Dropeee’s platform connects suppliers with small-to-medium enterprise (SME) business owners in real-time to streamline the product fulfillment process and facilitate bulk purchases through a suite of enterprise solutions. The supply-chain in Malaysia and across Southeast Asia lacks meaningful real-time connectivity between suppliers and retailers. The modern, digital approach to the wholesale industry allows retailers to discover, purchase, and manage inventories for their store all on a single marketplace platform.

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• Dropee — Dropee is a SaaS-enabled marketplace that connects local independent retailers with brands in South East Asia via an ordering app. The marketplace's unique value proposition makes it easier for businesses both big and small to manage their procurement and supply chain ecosystem. It allows businesses to get connected in order to buy and sell inbulk and the enterprise solution allows businesses to streamline their operational processes to work more efficiently and effectively.Dropeee’s platform connects suppliers with small-to-medium enterprise (SME) business owners in real-time to streamline the product fulfillment process and facilitate bulk purchases through a suite of enterprise solutions. The supply-chain in Malaysia and across Southeast Asia lacks meaningful real-time connectivity between suppliers and retailers. The modern, digital approach to the wholesale industry allows retailers to discover, purchase, and manage inventories for their store all on a single marketplace platform.

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• respond.io — Respond.io is a business messaging platform that connects contacts from Email, Whatsapp, Social Media, Website widget in one place.

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• GIMO — Founded in 2019, Vietnam's fintech company Gimo provides Earned Wage Access (EWA) and other payroll services to underbanked Vietnamese workers. The company aspires to tap into millions of workers who don’t have a bank account or have limited access to financial services, helping them to alleviate their financial stress and build financialsecurity, thus driving financial inclusion in Vietnam and the region.
• Stag — STAG is a trading platform that provides practice trading stocks, stock investing, and personal financial management services.
• Glider — Receive more payments, more often by transforming how your business requests & collects customer bill payments. Automated collections, agent assited & more.

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• HiScene — HiScene focuses on researching and developing core technologies and products for augmented reality. The company is committed to be an artificial intelligence company which provides the most natural human-computer interaction and explores the deepest data value.
• Ximmerse — Ximmerse offers a range of mobile visual computing and inertial tracking research solutions for AR/VR devices. The company’s solutions include a cross-platform optical tracking system based around a high FOV stereo camera; and a suite of controller peripherals.Ximmerse was launched by Mike Bailey in December 2014 and is based in Guangdong,China.
• DeepScience — DeepScience is an extended reality content technology company providing AI digital human-driven engines and technical art platforms.

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• Pop Meals — Expect exciting, locally trending meals at an affordable price! Now with dine-in, pickup and delivery .
• 90 Seconds — Shoot high quality video anywhere in the world with 90 Seconds.
• Coffee Meets Bagel — Online dating can be different. Make Authentic Connections with Coffee Meets Bagel.

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• SpacemiT — SpacemiT is a computing chip company developing natively integrated cloud-edge-device architecture. It focuses on building RISC-V high-performance CPUs and providing computing solutions with integrated hardware and software optimization. The company's mission is to be the cornerstone of computing power in the digital age, driven to become asignificant global computing powerhouse.
• Springdel — Move beyond cloud and legacy MDM with an enterprise-grade EdgeOps platform purpose-built for the interactive Edge of Things.
• Yuchao Technology — Yuchao Technology is a digital collecting platform that uses blockchain technology to protect intellectual property.

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• iPrice Group — Shop now with the largest selection of top brands and products in the region - all in a single website! Discover new products, compare smartphone prices and products. Get the latest coupon and voucher codes for Lazada, Zalora, Qoo10, Grab Car, and more!
• BeatFit — BeatFit is a fitness-tech startup based in Japan.
• Flower Chimp — Best Price online for fresh Flowers by #1 florist in Malaysia with same day FREE Delivery on all orders. Shop for Roses, Sunflowers, Baby Breath flower bouquets & gifts from a wide selection for any occasion at FlowerChimp. Over 200 bouquets, stands and hampers to choose from - all prepared by experienced professionals

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• Serum — Serum is the world's first completely on-chain cryptocurrency ecosystem with trustless trading brought to you by Project Serum, in collaboration with a consortium of crypto trading and DeFi experts. Built on Solana, Serum is fast and efficient. While we built the Serum protocol, it is permission less – we do not hold special power anymore. Itis up to you, the crypto community, to use it as you will.
• Telepathic — Telepathic is redefining storytelling for the Snapchat generation. They believe there is a billion-dollar opportunity in bringing "lean" principles to the development and distribution of mass-market fiction, and in presenting stories as a mobile-first experience. Their first product is HOOKED, a “twitter for fiction” mobile app thatmakes reading addictive for teens. Their longterm vision is to release stories across multiple channels, including apps, video and virtual reality.The founders are Prerna Gupta and Parag Chordia, veterans from the mobile app world. They previously built music apps, like AutoRap, that have helped over 150MM people experience the joy of music creation. They've also produced several viral videos totaling over 300MM views. You can read more about the journey that led us to founding a storytelling startup in this piece they wrote for Vogue.
• AppOnboard — The fastest and most powerful No Code mobile development software suite in the world.

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• CO2 AI — Empowering decision-makers to sustain our world via advanced software that shifts carbon emissions reduction from the theoretical to the impactful.
• UpSlide — Produce high-quality reports and presentations faster in PowerPoint, Excel and Word. Save up to 8h each month in just a few clicks!
• Commsignia — Commsignia specializes in the research and development, manufacturing and distribution of cooperative intelligent transportation systems. Its product line includes a V2X Communication Software Stack and Commsignia’s own security stack implementation, Hybrid V2X/ADAS Safety Applications, a V2X Simulator, On-Board Units (OBU) and Roadside Units(RSU).The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

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• Mission Brasil — Mission Brasil is an information technology solution that provides a digital outsourcing platform for business development. Their services include legal and administrative, retail and monitoring, research and audit, hidden shopper, data and accreditation, logistics, and direct sales.
• NUMA Group — Life's hard. Travelling shouldn't be. Book a fully furnished room or apartment in some of Europe's coolest neighbourhoods and see how simple travel can be.
• Trellis Research — Trellis Research is a research tool for litigators.

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• Lano — One smart platform to grow global teams We've built the infrastructure for your global growth Get in touch
• respond.io — Respond.io is a business messaging platform that connects contacts from Email, Whatsapp, Social Media, Website widget in one place.
• Wizart — Wizart Home Visualizer helps customers all over the world to choose and visualize finishing materials. Digital tools that boost your sales of finishing materials online and help your clients make decisions quickly

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• respond.io — Respond.io is a business messaging platform that connects contacts from Email, Whatsapp, Social Media, Website widget in one place.

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• Browse AI — Monitor any webpage for changes. Download any data on the web as a spreadsheet. Turn any website into an API.
• Hints — Taking notes is not enough
• Giraffe — Giraffe develops an investment engine to help individuals and companies to improve the world. It provides an engaging learning environment about impact and investing. Giraffe is located in New York, New York.

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• SWAP — Swap empowers companies to transform their financial operation with an innovative approach, technology, and business model. SWAP’s APIs offer clients end-to-end, white-label, financial solutions. Connected to them, its clients are able to develop complete financial ecosystems including pre-paid cards, digital wallets, financial services and furthermonetize their platform while expanding their core experience. It removes barriers and generates new business lines for companies, effectively creating internal fintech.
• Wallet.ng — Wallet.ng is a fintech startup that allows people and companies to send, receive, and make payments, using their phone numbers.The company's infrastructure also provides plugins and libraries for merchants to accept payments online with just a URL. Wallet.ng users can pay directly into bank accounts and Pay Utility Bills in Nigeria.Wallet.ng is a mobile payment solution, its core infrastructure is built using technologies which is adaptable for multiple countries across Africa.It was established in Lagos, Lagos by John Oluranti Oke and Joseph Benson-Aruna in 2018..
• Wallets — Wallets Africa helps Africans and African-owned businesses send money, receive money, make card payments, and access overdrafts.

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• Jiko — Jiko Group, Inc., a bank holding company supervised by the U.S. Federal Reserve, is an innovative financial technology company headquartered in California. Jiko was formed in 2016, with a mission to deploy a platform that gives everyone the opportunity to control and benefit from their money.
• Kula Bio — Kula Bio specializes in sustainable, biological solutions for modern agriculture. It energizes nitrogen-fixing microbes to produce organic fertilizer. By rewiring the energy flow from the sun to soil, they are disrupting synthetic fertilizer to eliminate the division between affordable practices and stewardship of our land, sea, and air.Thecompany was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts.
• Tripalink — Conveniently located apartments and studios campus housing in LA, Seattle, Irvine and other major cities.

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• ALVA — Website resmi Alva, sebuah brand lifestyle mobility solution dengan produk motor listrik dan ekosistem yang akan mengubah pengalaman berkendara Anda.
• Dropee — Dropee is a SaaS-enabled marketplace that connects local independent retailers with brands in South East Asia via an ordering app. The marketplace's unique value proposition makes it easier for businesses both big and small to manage their procurement and supply chain ecosystem. It allows businesses to get connected in order to buy and sell inbulk and the enterprise solution allows businesses to streamline their operational processes to work more efficiently and effectively.Dropeee’s platform connects suppliers with small-to-medium enterprise (SME) business owners in real-time to streamline the product fulfillment process and facilitate bulk purchases through a suite of enterprise solutions. The supply-chain in Malaysia and across Southeast Asia lacks meaningful real-time connectivity between suppliers and retailers. The modern, digital approach to the wholesale industry allows retailers to discover, purchase, and manage inventories for their store all on a single marketplace platform.

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• Openlane — Remarketing, Simplified: we make wholesale easy so our customers can be more successful.
• Cloud Account — Cloud Account is a financial software developer that uses CRS management and services in the accounting industry.
• idealista — idealista.com is a real estate website in Spanish.idealista.com is a meeting point for buyers and sellers and its database consists currently of more than 280,000 unique listings; also provides the buyer and the seller with useful information to help and guide them in their buying-selling.Since 2000, idealista.com has been specializing inhelping millions of people overcome the anxiety and frustration of finding a home.

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• CloseFactor — CloseFactor uses machine learning to reimagine the business to business sales process, bringing the benefits of greater automation and precision targeting to sales teams.
• ElevateBio — We provide the tools, time, and environment to innovate and accelerate development of life-saving Cell and gene therapies.
• Ledge — Automate your finance operations with Ledge and gain full payments visibility, automated reconciliation, and a single source of payments truth. Say goodbye to manual work and financial data chaos. Get started in minutes, integrate with your existing payments stack, and focus on strategic tasks with confidence.

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• Thunes — Payment infrastructure for a connected world.
• Africell Holding — Africell was established in 2001 in Africa and has been shaped by traditional African values, putting the communities in their markets at the heart and soul of our business. Connecting and empowering local communities lies at the very core of our strategy. Africell is one of the fastest-growing mobile telecommunications operators in Africa. Theyhave established theirselves as the number one provider in Gambia and Sierra Leone and are rapidly growing our newer operations in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda, where we purchased Orange Uganda. Africell Holding owns 100% of Africell’s operations in Gambia, Sierra Leone, DRC, and 98.99% of Africell Uganda. The total number of active subscribers reached 11 million by end of 2016. All four operations offer voice and 3G data services with plans to deploy LTE services, which are already available in Kampala, Uganda.
• Zola Electric — ZOLA Electric designs renewable energy solutions based on the latest in solar, battery and power electronics technology. Adaptable to energy need and income, ZOLA Electric’s solar systems can be bought over time using PAYGo micro-finance leasing and mobile money payments. ZOLA Electric powers more than 180,000 homes and businesses across Tanzania,Rwanda, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. Investors include Tesla, Vulcan Capital, DBL Partners, Helios Investment Partners, EDF, Total and GE Ventures. ZOLA Electric is a recipient of the UN Momentum for Change Award, the Zayed Future Energy Prize and is a member of the Global Cleantech 100.

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• Eight Knot — Eight Knot designs and develops autonomous navigation system for water mobility using robotics & AI.
• Wingcopter — Wingcopter is an award-winning German developer, manufacturer, and operator of unmanned eVTOL fixed-wing aircraft dedicated to improving the lives of people worldwide through meaningful commercial and humanitarian applications. The start-up focuses on the delivery of goods such as medicines to remote health facilities, packages, and food to privatehouseholds. With their unique, patented tilt-rotor mechanism, the electrically powered Wingcopters far exceed the range and payload capabilities of commercial multicopter drones. Taking off and landing vertically like multicopters, Wingcopters fly long distances as efficiently and quickly as fixed-wing aircraft, reaching ranges of up to 75 miles (120 kilometers) and a Guinness world record speed of 150 mph (240 km/h). Even in strong winds of up to 44 mph (71 km/h) or inclement weather, Wingcopters fly autonomously and reliably.Wingcopters are also used for the efficient inspection of public infrastructure and for long-range mapping applications.In 2020, Wingcopter was named a Technology Pioneer by the World Economic Forum.
• Sunflower Labs — Sunflower Labs makes an autonomous outdoor security system that senses and deters unwanted visitors before they’re at your door. Our elegant sensors detect motion and vibration, differentiating between people, animals, and cars. When they detect something unusual, they’ll notify you and deploy a fully autonomous drone. The drone flies directly tothe scene and streams live video of what’s happening. Guided by our sensors, it follows the activity, performs a security “sweep,” and lands itself safely in its weatherproof docking station.

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• MetaCRM — MetaCRM wants to improve overall Web3 customer experience by resolving friction points that companies encounter when dealing with Web3 customers and enhancing customer profile by integrating both Web2 & Web3 data, making us a one-stop CRM solution for Web3 projects.
• Swap — Swap is city-based infrastructure of battery swapping stations for e-motorcycle riders. No more cords, no more hassle, battery is being swapped with a fully-charged battery within 9 seconds.
• iMotorbike — iMotorbike is the #1 motorbike online E-commerce website in South East Asia, providing a fast, secure, simple and trouble free online experience with a wide variety of product range, setting itself apart from what exists in the market. iMotorbike offers three main categories: motorbikes, parts and accessories. For a complete 360° experience,iMotorbike also enables users the access to services such as insurance and financing. At iMotorbike we always strive to offer our customers the best experience through a complete and efficient online ecosystem for motorbike users, lovers and professionals.

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• Credolab — An alternative credit scoring solution based on alternative data (smartphone and web metadata)
• StoreHub — StoreHub is an all-in-one POS system that helps future-proof F&B and retail businesses in Southeast Asia. Manage and grow your business, anytime, anywhere.
• AsiaKredit — AsiaKredit (asiakredit.com) provides a ground-breaking fast and convenient consumer loan product through a mobile app to Southeast Asia’s half a billion unbanked. AsiaKredit impacts the lives of millions, fostering financial inclusion, improving standards of living, and ultimately driving the society forward. AsiaKredit’s diverse, experienced,and proven management team is the market-leading advocate for Responsible Lending, including strictly adhering to a Code of Ethics. Headquartered in Singapore, AsiaKredit currently operates in the Philippines, with plans to enter other Southeast Asian markets. AsiaKredit was seeded and developed by FORUM, the largest fintech venture builder in Emerging Asia, and Fintonia Group, the leading early-stage fintech investor in Southeast Asia.

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• Baskit — baskit | Empowering wholesalers and distributors with the world's first cloud-native all-in-one app
• Runchise — Runchise is an integrated restaurant and franchise management system to increase operational efficiency and profit.
• DOOgether — DOOgether is Indonesia’s number one leading healthy lifestyle application that gives easier access and solution to your healthy lifestyle, in booking workout classes (offline and virtual) and in purchasing healthy caterings.

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• Pop Meals — Expect exciting, locally trending meals at an affordable price! Now with dine-in, pickup and delivery .
• Livescale — Try the Live Shopping solution with e-Commerce and checkout integration. Boost your real-time sales and skyrocket your brand awareness among communities!
• Ludex — A web3 protocol that enables video games to operate on-chain.