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Burpple launches new web feature, looks like Google for food
If you’re hungry and you know it, Burpple has a solution. The Singapore-based startup might just become the next Google for food. Burpple, a Singapore-based mobile food journal, has just announced...
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Here are the kings and queens of the Malaysian e-commerce scene
Malaysia’s e-commerce scene has been relatively crowded these days. But who’s dominating each vertical? Which are the top or most popular e-commerce sites in Malaysia? Here, we are compiling the...
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Foodpanda Malaysia expands food delivery service to Ipoh and Malacca
Foodpanda aims to expand its reach in Southeast Asia and worldwide. Now open in two new Malaysian cities, the service welcomes RasaMas and Papa John’s. Foodpanda Malaysia wants to become a household...
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What’s cooking? Mobile game Ramen Chain tops iOS charts in 3 countries
Ramen Chain, Touchten Games’ latest title, has just made waves by topping iOS charts in Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines. Touchten Games has made news again with their latest game launched on...
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3 ex-Rocket Internet executives launch online dining directory, Qraved
Hungry? Meet Qraved, the next online dining directory in Indonesia. Will it succeed? Former Rocket Internet executives Adrian Li, Steven Kim and Sean Liao today announced the launch of their new...
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Recipe sharing site DapurMasak launches with more than 38,000 members
Here’s DapurMasak, a recipe sharing website, which opened with more than 38,000 members. It’s the new baby of Soegianto Widjaja, founder of Sedapur. Following the closure of Sedapur earlier this month,...
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CyberAgent, GITPx Investments to co-invest in food review site Foody
Vietnam-based food review site Foody sees additional investment made by CyberAgent Ventures and GITPx Investments. CyberAgent Ventures today announced its plans to make a second investment in Foody...
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Working in a graveyard shift & hungry? MetroPlate has a detailed menu
Online food delivery platform MetroPlate is partnering restaurants in Philippines to discourage ‘junk food’ and cater ‘healthy’ food to night shift workers Up-and-coming Philippine startup, MetroPlate,...
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OpenRice Singapore’s secret sauce? Treating users like celebrities
OpenRice Singapore claims to have 15,000 registered users in the city-state and one million monthly pageviews Asians love their food. We take photos of our meals before eating all the time. Instead of...
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The Online Revolution: Zalora brings its Cyber Monday version to SEA
Starting from today 11 AM, online shoppers in Southeast Asia can look forward to a month long shopping spree with Zalora and other e-commerce players Zalora, a Rocket Internet-backed fashion e-commerce...
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Between and OpenRice hunt down Singapore’s best foodie couple
Korean dating app Between and online dining guide OpenRice Singapore are now holding a contest to find the city-state’s best foodie couple. Are you game? When in love, eat. That’s what OpenRice...
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Singapore-based web portal Whizmeal aims to reduce childhood obesity
How exactly does Whizmeal plan to reduce childhood obesity? The Singapore-based tech startup, founded by Tan Soon Mei, explains the idea and the web portal It’s not always easy to educate school...
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12/12: International Online Shopping Day?
About 20 online retailers in Indonesia and about 230 in India are offering discounts to online shoppers on 12/12, marking it as an international event The day 12/12 can be marked as the International...
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Singapore dining app Picky launches interactive local food guide
Hungry? Here is Picky’s newest project, Famous Eats, an interactive local hawker guide which is available both online and on mobile Craving for dishes like Bak Chor Mee or Rojak? I know I am. Singapore...
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foodpanda cooks partnership with OpenRice: Is it a recipe for success?
What’s cooking? This cross-platform collaboration will first benefit users in Singapore, India and Thailand Rocket Internet-backed online marketplace for food delivery, foodpanda, today announced that...
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Hungry for Chiang Mai, foodpanda Thailand expands with local partnership
Rocket Internet-backed food delivery marketplace foodpanda has launched in Chiang Mai by joining hands with Road Runner. How will it do? Instead of competing with local delivery providers, foodpanda...
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Food Social wants to be the de facto app for Malaysian foodies
Combining social media nuances with a huge emphasis on local dining culture, this Android app aims to bring food lovers and restaurant owners together From L to R: Kay Kastum and Kenny Hew, the...
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Food delivery app war in Korea heats up: Yogiyo vs Baedari-Minjok
Korean food delivery apps are battling it out! Who do you think will be the eventual winner? Food delivery in Korea is among the best in the world, and there are now two heavyweights battling it out...
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Wongnai raises funding to enter beauty, expand to other cities in Thailand
Why would a restaurant review site like Wongnai expand into beauty? Yod Chinsupakul explains his original vision for the company Thailand-based restaurant review startup Wongnai isn’t just hungry for...
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Indonesia’s Berry Kitchen secures seed funding from East Ventures
The online catering platform will be using the investment to boost quality hires, website design, marketing efforts and product development Shortly after receiving its first round of seed funding from...
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Rocket Internet’s foodpanda officially in Hong Kong
Rocket Internet’s food ordering marketplace has launched in Hong Kong. How are restaurants responding to this new player? Rocket Internet’s foodpanda, an online food ordering marketplace, has today...
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This man’s app plans to open up the ‘hidden secrets’ of Singapore
We talk to Sugar Co-founder Benjamin Lee about the app’s backstory and how it ties together with a naked model adorned with sushi Sugar is out now for the populace of Singapore to check out. In case...
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Weekly Cornerplay: Which is Singapore’s best food app?
In this edition of the Weekly Cornerplay, Jeffrey Yuwono compares Singapore’s top seven food apps to crown the winner Welcome to the Weekly Cornerplay, a guest column where each week we analyse a tech...
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foodpanda gets its paws on US$60 million funding
Food delivery service company receives investment from Falcon Edge Capital and Rocket Internet AG; more expansion on the horizon Online food delivery marketplace foodpanda just received another round...
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Qraved’s Android app makes it easy to reserve tables at diners
DailySocial lauds Indonesia-based reservation platform’s Android app for its usability and simple user interface Reservation is crucial to avoid missing out on a table at our favourite restaurant...
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TableApp gallops ahead with US$78K from Crystal Horse
Kuala Lumpur-based restaurant booking startup TableApp will expand into Penang and Johor with funds from CHI and angel investor Hanson Toh Malaysia-based restaurant reservation platform TableApp has...
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[Singapore] HSG5: HackerspaceSG’s 5th Birthday Party!
Celebrate the progress of Singapore’s tech community as HackerspaceSG turns 5! Synopsis: HackerspaceSG, the Singapore tech scene’s community centre, is having its 5th anniversary on November 15. We’re...
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Hampton Creek raises US$90M Series C round to turn Asia eggless
The Founder, capitalising on food safety scandals in China and Southeast Asia, said he ‘wants to grow much deeper in Asia than we already are’ Image credit: Pietro Izzo / Flickr San Francisco-based...
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Withlocals wants to be the Airbnb of food and local experiences in Asia
Along with being a booming market for business, Withlocals Co-founder says he loves the ‘fight’ of Asian entrepreneurs and the region’s culture Image credit: Withlocals Withlocals is a...
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Polpa is a Bangkok startup with a Mediterranean twist
The online lunch delivery startup is bootstrapped and is looking to raise up to US$100,000 in seed funding Image credit: Polpa Polpa is a Bangkok-based online lunch delivery startup targetting...
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Singapore’s Chope gobbles up US$8M investment
The restaurant reservation service’s funding comes on the back of a reported doubling in revenue and a successful foray into China Arrif Ziaudeen, CEO, Chope Singapore-based Chope Group, firm the...
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Coming soon: Indonesia’s own Instagram especially for food
Sembako, a new Android app that combines photo-sharing and shopping, is set to launch in November 2015 Staring longingly at food pictures on Pinterest and wondering if you will ever get to eat them...
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India’s home-cooked meal app ZuperMeal raises US$2M
Present on the Android platform, ZuperMeal will launch an iOS-based app in November (L-R) Sanjeev Kapoor (Celebrity Chef), Pallavi Saxena (Founder, ZuperMeal) and Ravi Saxena (MD, Wonderchef)...
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What’s brewing at Berrykitchen’s new kitchen?
Behind-the-stove look at how a foodtech startup is being run Situated in a housing complex in Tanjung Duren, West Jakarta, it was almost easy to miss Berrykitchen‘s new office and central kitchen with...
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Foodie platform Kokiku TV brews into Southeast Asia with seed funding from...
Kokiku TV partners with culinary-related video content creators to help them grow audience under the Kokiku brand Indonesian culinary experience multichannel platform Kokiku TV today announced that...
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Zomato ID Country Manager: “We have already reached break-even in 6 countries”
Karthik Shetty also reveals the company’s grand plan for Indonesia — and what Indonesians like to eat most in 2015 Karthik Shetty welcomed e27 into Zomato Indonesia office one day to talk about the...
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6 Malaysian start-ups that definitely made our life easier
The startups range from fashion to food (Source – https://www.linkedin.com/) The Malaysian entrepreneurship spirit is on an all-time high as we look to become a fully developed nation by 2020. With...
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Food-delivery startup Twigly raises US$600k in seed funding, plans to expand
The startup will use the funds for top of the funnel marketing, and expansion to Delhi and Bangalore Twigly, an Indian-based food startup, has raised US$600,000 in seed funding from Tracxn...
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Food delivery service YangonD2D gets cash injection from Myanmar’s local...
YangonD2D will expand its reach to Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw and its website has been relaunched Myanmar-based food delivery service, YangonD2D, has recently received a boost in funding with a 50 per...
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Bangalore-based food startup Zzungry raises a round of seed funding from...
The funds raised will be used towards unit expansion and building revenue channels Zzungry, a Bangalore-based food company that offers freshly prepared Royal Indian cuisine, has today raised an...
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The 3-star startup menu for startup success
If Unicorn status was judged with the same scrupulous level of detail as the Michelin Guide, there would not be as many Unicorns, said Steven Tong, Managing Director of Startupbootcamp Fintech...
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Marna Capital, Rhombus Food Holdings, others lead Smartbite’s funding
The SmartBite model aims to make it convenient for working professionals to get lunch from their favourite restaurants which are selected based on its quality, variety and proximity Malaysia-based food...
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Offpeak is Yahoo Japan’s first lead investment in Malaysia
Offpeak also announced a strategic partnership with Supply Bunny and the launch of a localised platform for Malaysia The Malaysian-based restaurant discovery platform, Offpeak, announced today it has...
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Craving laksa or nasi goreng in Bangalore? This startup has 48 kinds of Asian...
A food ordering platform founded by a veteran food entrepreneur, 48East already has the backing of a UAE-based investor 48East Founders Nabhojit Ghosh (L) and Joseph Cherian (R) His love for food could...
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Meituan-Dianping report: Only 4% of dining revenue comes from delivery
Meituan-Dianping data shows that the dining market grew 11.3 per cent in 2016 against overall economic growth backdrop of 6.7 per cent China’s largest restaurant food delivery platform has released a...
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Planning to enter the food tech industry? Here are 5 tips to help with your...
FoodZaps co-founder Rina Loh shares five tips that helped her build Singapore’s fastest growing F&B POS provider Editor’s note: e27 publishes relevant guest contributions from the community. Share...
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Grab CEO courier stunt is disheartening
When Anthony Tan became a delivery man, he found lots of little problems, but ignored Grab’s fundamental issue Over the past two weeks, customers who ordered food via Grab stood a chance (albeit very...
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MealPal is great, but it uses A LOT of plastic
It helped me lose weight, save money and go on daily walks, but the plastic issue might be a killer When MealPal first landed in Singapore, it was impossible to ignore. Startup enthusiast or not, the...
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What can food-agritech startups and SMEs do for business continuity amidst...
There is no doubt that the food industry provides an essential good. But, what happens when a global pandemic strikes, supply chains everywhere are disrupted, and consumer movement is massively...
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Hunger for no hunger: How Agrisea grows rice in the ocean to address food...
This article is published as a part of a partnership with Future Food Asia. Agrisea is one of the 11 finalists of the US$ 100,000 Future Food Asia (FFA) 2020 Award to be hosted from September 21-25....
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