Grab Financial Group (GFG), the fintech arm of Grab announced that it has cumulatively sold over 100 million insurance policies across Southeast Asia since the service was launched less than two years ago. Since GFG launched its consumer insurance business last year, it has seen robust growth across the region …
Read More »S’pore Electric Car-Sharing Firm BlueSG Reportedly In Talks To Be Sold To Goldbell Group
Launched in December 2017, BlueSG claims to be the world’s second largest electric car-sharing service. As of December last year, BlueSG has a fleet of 667 shared electric Bluecar vehicles and 1,487 charging stations that is spread across 374 locations in Singapore. The Straits Times reported today (Feb 1) that …
Read More »These 2 SMU Grads Invested S$50K Into A Mushroom Snack Biz – Sold Over 10K Packs In 4 Months
Crystal Cheng, 26, and Joshua Chan, 29, both studied at the Singapore Management University (SMU). They were classmates, but became very good friends due to the shared interest in startups. Prior to starting up Edens Chips together, both of them were startup founders themselves. Crystal is the founder of churros …
Read More »This S’pore Couple Turned A Vintage Clothes Project Into An E-Store With 36K Items Sold
Clicking into Vintagewknd’s online clothing store is like transporting oneself back to the late 90s/early 2000s. Their collections feature outfits inspired by pop culture classics like Archie Comics, Barbie, even Winnie the Pooh. The nostalgic trends of yesteryear are curated with the savvy eye of a contemporary fashionista: think Emily …
Read More »This S’pore Brand Conquers The Gourmet Snack Market, Sold 1M Bags Of Truffle Chips In 2 Years
In 2018, three brothers — Kenny Chan, 35, Johnathan Chan, 32 and Kayson Chan, 29 — saw an opportunity to bring in sophisticated gourmet food inspired by Italian culture into Singapore. The trio realised that consumers are getting more and more sophisticated with their choices of food. They then started …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V hits 135 million sold as spending surges during pandemic
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Take-Two announced today during its latest earnings report that Grand Theft Auto V has now sold over 135 million copies. That number was at 130 million when Take-Two reported it in May during the previous earnings report. …
Read More »Facebook is selling refurbished Rift CV1s as Rift S remains sold out in U.S.
The Oculus Rift S and Quest are still out of stock, so in the U.S. Facebook is temporarily selling a “limited supply” of refurbished original Rifts for $ 299. That’s $ 100 less than the Rift S, which is priced at $ 399. The listing is only available in the U.S. The …
Read More »VR darling Beat Saber surpasses 2 million copies sold
Beat Saber is one of virtual reality’s biggest hits, and the laser-sword rhythm dancing game has now reached a major sales milestone. Developer Beat Games Studio revealed today on Twitter that Beat Saber surpassed 2 million copies sold. Fans have also purchased more than 10 million songs as downloadable content. …
Read More »Red Dead Redemption 2 surpasses 29 million copies sold
Take-Two revealed today that Red Dead Redemption 2 has now sold over 29 million copies. The new came as part of the publisher’s latest financial results. That is up from 26.5 million that Take-Two reported in the previous quarter. Red Dead Redemption 2 came out for PC on November 5 …
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