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Revenue-based financing startup Jenfi raises $6.3M to focus on high-growth Southeast Asian companies – TechCrunch

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Revenue-based financing startup Jenfi raises $6.3M to focus on high-growth Southeast Asian companies – TechCrunch

Many Southeast Asian digital companies encounter early-stage obstacles when looking for growth finance. They may not want to sell equity in their business, but they often struggle to secure working capital loans from traditional financial institutions. This is where Singapore-based Jenfi comes in, offering revenue-based funding of up to $ 500,000 with flexible repayment plans … Read more

Asian American hate crimes not slowing down in 2021

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Asian American hate crimes not slowing down in 2021

Attacks on the Asian-American community have not slowed down in 2021, despite heightened national awareness and policies against anti-Asian hatred, a new report released Thursday shows. From March 19, 2020 to June 31, 2021, there were more than 9,000 reports of anti-Asian hate incidents, reported Stop AAPI Hate. 4,548 of the attacks occurred in 2020 … Read more

Easy Eat AI raises $5M to help Southeast Asian restaurants digitize their operations – TechCrunch

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Easy Eat AI raises $5M to help Southeast Asian restaurants digitize their operations – TechCrunch

Easy Eat AI, a Singapore-based startup seeking to “turn restaurants into technology companies,” announced today that it has raised $ 5 million in funding. Easy Eat AI provides an operating system for restaurants to digitize all parts of their business, from inventory to customer orders to delivery, and get AI-based data analytics to drive sales. … Read more

Atlanta shootings see Asian, Black, Americans take on white supremacy

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A woman attending a vigil to remember the victims of shootings at three Asian spas in the Atlanta area holds a sign with the names of the five victims.

Sindy Benavides felt he understood what the Asian community was going through after eight people, including six Asian women, were killed in Georgia this week. Benavides, national board chairman of the League of United Latin American Citizens, had felt the same trauma and then the onslaught of solidarity after a gunman in El Paso killed … Read more

Bot MD, an AI-based chatbot for doctors, raises $5 million for expansion into more Asian markets – TechCrunch

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Bot MD, an AI-based chatbot for doctors, raises $5 million for expansion into more Asian markets – TechCrunch

Time is of the essence for healthcare providers, especially in the middle of the pandemic. Singapore-based Bot MD saves time with an AI-based chatbot that allows doctors to get critical information from their smartphone instead of calling a hospital operator or accessing the intranet. The startup announced today that it has raised a Series A … Read more