Impact & Sustainability Archives

Recent News:

Indonesian fintech firm Akulaku sees 122% rise in annual revenue, TechInAsia, 9 May 2022

Akulaku gets $10m funding for SEA push, TechInAsia, 30 Mar 2022

Indonesian online lender Akulaku reports over 150% rise in H1 revenue, TechInAsia, 25 Aug 2021

Akulaku

Akulaku is a leading fintech unicorn in Southeast Asia, offering a full suite of financial services including digital banking, consumer credit, digital investment, and insurance brokerage services to an emerging market with an underserved but creditworthy and fast-growing consumer group. Its digital banking platform is through IDX listed bank, PT Bank Neo Commerce.

Key Operations: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam

Industry: Fintech

Founded: 2014

Founders: William Li, Gordon Hu

Website: https://www.akulaku.com/

Recent News:

Hari Pariwisata Dunia, Bobobox Janji Dukung Pariwisata Berkelanjutan – DetikTravel 29 Sep 2022
Capsule hotel startup Bobobox bags $11.5m in series A funding – TechInAsia, 21 May 2020

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Bobobox

Bobobox is Indonesia’s leading capsule hotel and outdoor cabin operator with branches across Jakarta, Bandung and Yogyakarta. They design and produce their own patented modular accommodation for different needs such as “express” pods for napping in airports, modular communal pod hotels, and outdoor cabins that experience a strong demand in Indonesia’s domestic tourism market.

Key Operations: Indonesia

Industry: Hospitality/Accommodations

Founded: 2018

Founders: Antonius Bong and Indra Gunawan

Website: https://bobobox.co.id/

Recent News:

Work-from-Home is here to stay and requires reliable logistics, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 19 May 2022

Thailand wants to be Southeast Asia’s logistics hub. These startups are on the case, TechInAsia, 8 July 2019

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Deliveree

Deliveree is Southeast Asia’s leading trucking, road cargo, and goods delivery provider operating in Indonesia, Philippines, and Thailand. Their asset light business is powered by evolving third-generation technology, a massive marketplace of vendors, a robust roster of blue-chip and SME customers.

Key Operations: Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand

Industry: Logitech

Founded: 2015

Founder: Tom Kim

Website: www.deliveree.com

Recent News:

SG’s credit collection firm Flow raises $6m in Series A from Dymon, others – DealStreetAsia, 13 May 2020

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Flow

Flow is a credit management company that is transforming the business of unsecured consumer finance through AI technologies and ethical practices in Asia. Flow’s data-driven collection strategies have enabled remarkable recovery rates for top financial institutions and technology companies in India, Indonesia and Vietnam.

Key Operations: Indonesia, Vietnam, India

Industry: Fintech

Founded: 2016

Founder: Tomasz Borowski

Website: https://www.flow-tech.ai

Recent News:

Singapore e-scooter operator Neuron Mobility raises $43.5M to fuel rapid international expansion, TechNode Global, 28 April 2022
Q&A: Neuron Mobility’s UK boss on e-scooters, safety and helmet selfies, Move Electric, 29 Jul 2022
Neuron riders travel 20 million kilometres across Australia, Intelligent Transport, 12 Oct 2022

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Neuron Mobility

Headquartered in Singapore, Neuron Mobility is B2G2C micro-mobility tech company that provides sustainable short-distance mobility solutions to connect people and places in a safe, convenient and fun way. They design their own e-scooters and the management system specifically for renting and safety to world-class standards.

Key Operations: Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom

Industry: Micro-mobility

Founded: 2016

Founders: Zach Wang and Harry Yu

Website: https://www.rideneuron.com/

Recent News:

Harnessing Returns as a Retention Tool & Revenue Driver with ReturnKey – Tydo, 1 November 2021

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Returnkey

Returnkey is an early-stage start-up that provides a full-stack recommerce and reverse logistics with operations in Indonesia. Their returns management SaaS software is built for both offline and online retailers, providing their end-customers a seamless return service experience. Complementing the returns management software is Returnkey’s unique offline bin store format, similar to bargain stores in the US like Big Lots.

Key Operations: Indonesia

Industry: Recommerce

Founded: 2020

Founders: Dalton Fouts and Will Henry

Website: www.returnkey.co

Recent News:

Soul Parking builds smart elevated parking systems for motorcycles in Indonesia, KrAsia, 4 January 2022

Indonesia’s Soul Parking raises funding from AC Ventures, Agaeti, DealStreetAsia, 9 June 2020

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Soul Parking

Soul Parking is Indonesia’s first tech-enabled motorcycle parking solution provider, addressing the nation’s massive motorcycle parking problem with their patented Compact Motorcycle Storage module. The company also provides an innovative parking software to digitise traditional parking operations.

Key Operations: Indonesia

Industry: Enterprise

Founded: 2020

Founder: Kenneth Darmansjah, Unggul Depirianto, Andru Wijaya Jo

Website: https://soulparking.co.id/

Recent News:

Transcelestial and NTT to provide wireless laser communications technology in Indonesia, TechWire Asia, 30 March 2022
Transcelestial in tie-up with Exclusive Networks for wireless laser communication tech, Business Times, 23 Nov 2021
Singapore’s Transcelestial banks nearly $10m in series A round, TechInAsia, 8 July 2020

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Transcelestial

Transcelestial Technologies is a last-mile internet connectivity startup that developed a new generation of wireless communications technology. The company’s flagship product provides secure last-mile connectivity with fibre-like speeds at a fraction of deployment time and cost.

Key Operations: Singapore

Industry: Telecommunications

Founded: 2016

Founders: Rohit Jha and Mohammad Danesh

Website: https://www.transcelestial.com/

Recent News:

Vietnamese Fintech Trusting Social Bags US$ 65 Million Investment From Masan Group, Fintectnews, 29 April 2022

SG-based credit scoring firm Trusting Social said to close $19m Series B round, DealStreet Asia, 24 June 2020

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Trusting Social

Trusting Social is a fintech company that brings together big data technologies, advanced credit modeling, and mobile data in providing alternative credit scoring for emerging markets. The company aims to provide 1 billion credit scores to unbanked consumers within Southeast Asia and India for a start.

Key Operations: Vietnam, Indonesia, India

Industry: Fintech

Founded: 2013

Founders: Nguyen Nguyen, Tuyen Huynh

Website: https://trustingsocial.com/