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...
View ArticleFood 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...
View ArticleWongnai 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...
View ArticleIndonesia’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...
View ArticleRocket 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...
View ArticleThis 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...
View ArticleWeekly 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...
View Articlefoodpanda 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...
View ArticleQraved’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...
View ArticleTableApp 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...
View Article[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...
View ArticleHampton 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...
View ArticleWithlocals 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...
View ArticlePolpa 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...
View ArticleSingapore’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...
View ArticleComing 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...
View ArticleIndia’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)...
View ArticleWhat’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...
View ArticleFoodie 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...
View ArticleZomato 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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