Startup news, Malaysia
Malaysia’s startup and funding news, as reported in the online press across December of 2019.
Our Malaysia news summaries focus on early-stage tech-focused startups, regardless of industry – fintech, blockchain, mobile payments and beyond.
- An intro to the 7 Malaysia startups selected for batch 5 of the EXPAND Indonesia program, recently placed for a week’s immersion in Jakarta’s FintechSPACE
- Malaysia: Government uses entire Hope Fund, $49M raised from the public, to pay off a portion of 1MDB’s debt
- A brief overview of the benefits for Malaysian startups in partnering with corporations for growth and development
- Malaysia: Gov’t is testing ‘e-Tunai Rakyat’ system with e-wallet providers and government agencies to prepare for a RM30 one-off digital stimulus program
- By the end of 2020, Malaysia plans to make 40 percent of its public services end-to-end…”
- Malaysia: An overview of November’s MaGIC Agritech and Food Bootcamp Demo Day, powered by 1337 Ventures, and the 13 startups which took part
- Malaysia: An intro to MyGroser, online grocery store aiming to raise RM 2M
- Malaysia: Carsome continues growth with $50M fundraise for used-car sales platform connecting individuals selling cars with dealers
- Malaysia: An intro to the 20 startups selected for the inaugural cohort of ScaleUp Malaysia
- Malaysia: Oxwhite breaks country’s equity crowd-funding records, raising $1.2M via PitchIn with 485 investors backing high-quality white men’s dress shirts business
- BMW and DHL partner to produce blockchain proof of concept for Asia Pacific supply chain operations to provide better visibility for auto parts from Malaysia
- Malaysia: GrabPay, Boost, and Touch’n’Go eWallet selected by gov’t as service providers for $109M e-Tunai Rakyat Initiative
- An overview of Malaysia’s recent 5G moves, potentially setting the country as the region’s first to deploy nationwide
- ICYMI: The Malaysian Fintech Ecosystem Report 2019, from e27
- Huawei cloud services unit to partner regional arm of San Francisco’s Skymind to offer joint expertise on smart city innovation with projects in Indonesia, Malaysia
- Global Startup Awards unveils global winners of 2019 competition in China event, selected from competition across 40 participating countries
- A brief intro to 5 of Southeast Asia’s early-stage startups, working in farming, logistics and more
Other subject-specific news from December 2019:
Blockchain in Asia • Crypto news, Asia • AI news • Fintech in Asia
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