When Billplz was incorporated in 2012, there was an increasing number of online purchases and payments being made. This stimulated the demand for payment platforms and resulted in double digit growth YoY, CEO Nazroof Hakim told Vulcan Post. “However, most were unsatisfactory in terms of cost as well as payment …
Read More »18 M’sian Teams Won RM250,000 Each To Deploy Their Winning Ideas Nationwide
For the past few months, The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) has actively been on the lookout for innovative ideas to uplift and improve the delivery of key public services through technology and digitalisation. With more than 100 identified problem statements, MOSTI sent out a call to innovators, …
Read More »Inspired By Japan’s Tech, This M’sian Is Building A Smart Store That Needs No Employees
Frustrated with long queues bred from the SOPs for shopping, Yee Yun Lim wondered how something so simple like an errand run became so complex. She recalled her experience at a Japanese convenience store where she could quickly tap in with her metro card, get what she needed, and tap …
Read More »#StayAtHome And Still Achieve Your New Year’s Resolutions With These M’sian Startups
Approximately 80% of people who make New Year’s resolutions drop them by the second week of February, reported Inc. So we’ve thought up 6 common New Year’s resolutions and matched them to Malaysian-made products and services that could help you form these new habits. In line with the recurring #StayAtHome …
Read More »Beauty & Medical Industries Need POS Systems Too, This M’sian Startup Is Their Solution
Kevin Nair and his team were servicing a large beauty service provider client in Malaysia with network VPN services when its owners began asking several times, “Do you know how to write a software to help us with operations?” While not something Kevin was doing at the time, he thought …
Read More »M’sian Artists Struggle To Advertise Themselves, So Her Online “Yellow Pages” Solves That
Getting scouted as an artist is no simple task. While there is an appreciator for every kind of artwork, there are not a lot of platforms out there that let you connect the artist with the appreciator immediately. Virtually, Twitter could be a place that gets an artist’s work around, …
Read More »Legal Fees Are No Joke, So These M’sian Lawyers Are Using AI To Help SMEs With The Cost
With AI being more present in different industries these days, it may be a concern for some about whether or not they will be replacing human talents. For the law industry, however, having an AI to help out with the workload is probably news that many lawyers would rejoice for. …
Read More »This M’sian Team Created Ads That Let Users Browse & Buy Products Through The Ad Itself
Author’s Blurb: I’m not fond of ads because more often than not, I tend to come across poorly made ones that hinder my usage of a site. Those experiences are what make me use ad blockers whenever possible. Ads can be a double edged sword for brands—you either come up …
Read More »Their Business Is Built On Making Offensive Bags & Giving All Profits To M’sian Charities
Anything can be taken as offensive to someone, even more so nowadays in the age of keyboard warriors. Thus, we watch our words and try to understand delicate social contexts in order not to cause conflict. But out there is one Malaysian startup making products that are intentionally meant to …
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