Wongnai secures Series A funding from Recruit Strategic Partners
Wongnai Media has just announced securing Series A funding from RSP, a Silicon Valley based venture firm owned by Recruit Holdings. Wongnai Media Co., Ltd, known for its restaurant review applications,...
View ArticleDealGuru’s response to foodpanda: a newly rebranded Food Runner
Rebate Networks-backed DealGuru spins out Asian food delivery business. Shortly after it announced its new e-commerce line back in April, Rebate Networks-backed DealGuru spins out its new Asian food...
View Articlefoodpanda announces new partnership, but are they really the leader?
foodpanda has just announced their partnership with Picky. But are they really leading the race? Shortly after it confirmed a merger with Singapore-Dine, online food delivery platform foodpanda has...
View ArticleUpdated: Foodpanda satisfies your caffeine fix with Starbucks delivery
Foodpanda is actively expanding its market in Southeast Asia, and has tied up with top-tier food service providers to satisfy your hunger and thirst. Update: Included a word from foodpanda co-founder...
View ArticleBurpple 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...
View ArticleHere 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...
View ArticleFoodpanda 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...
View ArticleWhat’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...
View Article3 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...
View ArticleRecipe 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,...
View ArticleCyberAgent, 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...
View ArticleWorking 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,...
View ArticleOpenRice 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleBetween 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...
View ArticleSingapore-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...
View Article12/12: 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...
View ArticleSingapore 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...
View Articlefoodpanda 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...
View ArticleHungry 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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