While the aviation industry suffered over the year-long COVID-19 pandemic that caused lockdowns globally and domestically, one company that hit a new sales record of RM2.4 million in November 2020 was Malaysian startup T-Commerce Gateway (TCG). Positioned in between online travel agent (OTA) portals and airlines, TCG works like a …
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Three years ago, Dirk-Jan ter Horst wanted to rent a car to drive up to Malaysia for a few days during the Chinese New Year holidays. “I tried my luck with a traditional car rental company (and) it was very inconvenient to find a car to rent for those specific …
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The culture of renting goods or a service is arguably more popular in Western countries than it is in Malaysia, as shared commerce isn’t as widely accepted by the older generations here yet. When Huzaifah, Emir, and Hazim were studying abroad in Canada, they found that anyone could rent almost …
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A whiff of lavender carries me to a relaxing spa where I first got a facial, while the Chinese feng you jing oil takes me back on a winding drive up to Genting. Distinct scents can transport me to an exact moment where I first encountered it. The sense of …
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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 …
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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 …
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Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data, for enterprise technology decision-makers, presented by the #1 publisher in AI and Data Learn More WeRide, a Guangzhou, China-based startup developing autonomous vehicle systems, this evening announced that it raised a total of …
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Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data, for enterprise technology decision-makers, presented by the #1 publisher in AI and Data Learn More NeuroFlow, a digital health company combining workflow automation, patient engagement solutions and services, and applied AI to promote …
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Singapore-headquartered financial services and data platform GoBear announced today (Jan 5) that it will be ceasing operations and will begin an “orderly closure of the business”. The firm cited the failure to raise additional funds from existing or new investors as the primary reason for closure. It added that the …
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