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Predicting the next wave of Southeast Asia tech giants

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With Grab’s announcement of its imminent Nasdaq listing and GoJek merging with Tokopedia to form tech giant GoTo , casual international observers could be forgiven for believing that Southeast Asia’s tech universe only comprises similar companies. Unsurprisingly, tech startup growth is booming as well.

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Cyber Monday scams? Fakespot says it can identify fraudulent reviews and sellers online

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It’s using AI to notify online shoppers when the products they’re looking to buy are fake listings or when reviews they’re reading on marketplaces like Amazon or eBay are a fiction. Like many other startups, Fakespot was originally focused on helping enterprise customers identify counterfeit outfits and fake reviews.

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How eCommerce reviews drive digital transformation in Global brands

CEO Insider

As the world is becoming increasingly digital with every passing day, it is nothing but imperative for businesses to resort to technology for all their problems. This is where digital transformation comes into the picture. […].

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Puls Technologies lands $15M to provide on-demand home repair service

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That’s where Puls Technologies come in. Puls raises $50 million for in-home technical support. Puls Technologies app. Image Credits: Puls Technologies. It saw some of that demand related to the global pandemic, when the need for home repairs increased due to people spending more time at home.

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Alloy raises $4M to build out its e-commerce automation service

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Alloy’s tech was being used by Shopify and BigCommerce customers, helping make e-commerce a fertile area for the company, its co-founders said. Alloy’s tech helps e-commerce players link services to help automate their shipping, marketing, analytics and other tasks. Why $4 million?

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Wish files to go public with 100M monthly actives, $1.75B in 2020 revenue thus far

TechCrunch

This morning Wish , a well-known mobile ecommerce startup, filed to go public. As going to stores became more risky over time, many shoppers turned to buying more goods from the Internet, bolstering ecommerce players like Shopify, BigCommerce, as well as companies that facilitate online payments, like Square and PayPal. More soon.

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Vetted lands $15M for AI that helps shoppers find top products and deals

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Vetted , the startup formerly known as Lustre, today announced that it secured $15 million to fund development of its AI-powered platform for product reviews. Vetted ranks products based on more than 10,000 factors, including reviewer credibility, brand reliability, enthusiast consensus and how past generations performed.