Marketplace

Malaysian startup Deemples raises US$2mil from Singapore's V Ventures
Grown number of active golfers by 200% since last fundraising Operating as two-sided marketplace to expand golfing community
Sidec announces Top 16 chosen for first Selangor Fashion Accelerator
Covers modules such as pitching, product-market-fit, brand identity Help create sustainable ecosystem for talent in modest fashion sector
Digerati50: Thinesh Kumar flattens playing field for the small guys
Thinesh Kumar’s procurement platform, Lapasar, gives small vendors chance to win One of biggest lessons learnt is to never bring an unfinished product to the market
Building materials marketplace HOMA2U secures US$567k funding
Pivoted into more servicing & building ecosystem from product based HOMA Yellow Boxes key strategy to reach out to more customers
Digerati50: Maintaining the mom-and-pop store heartbeat
Believing that mom-and-pop stores are the best when it comes to customer service, Lennise Ng od Dropee wants to maintain this tradition by helping them to keep their businesses around for many more decades to come.   Heading:
Carsome sets up centre of excellence, appoints data chief
Car e-commerce platform, Carsome, has set up a data center of excellence (CoE) to revolutionize the used car industry through digitalisation and empower decision-making in business.
Pomen creates pathway for mechanics to join Gig Economy
PomenRider Programme for car owners to order mechanics on demand More transparent marketplace, open more opportunities for gig mechanics
Mom & pop marketplace kravve.co raises US$306k via ECF on pitchIN
Covid-19 has pushed small businesses over technology tipping point Aims to be household name globally, top of mind in homemade biz  
iConstruct aims to disrupt stuck-in-a-rut construction industry
B2B marketplace seeks further investment to continue digitizing business Aims to strengthen its supply chain and invest more in technology
GoGet to represent Malaysia at the AIM 2020 Global Startups Champions League
The on-demand work app startup is the National Winner of the RHL-MDEC: AIM Startups Virtual Pitch Competition 2020 (Malaysia Roadshow)
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