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Laundryheap, a London-based laundry startup bootstrapped for three years, raises £2M

 Laundryheap is a London-headquartered laundry on-demand startup that has taken a different path to competitors such as Laundrapp and Rocket Internet’s Zipjet. Rather than raise VC funding, the company, which claims to already be break even and is operational in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Dublin and Dubai, has been entirely bootstrapped over the last three years. Read More

Hulu picks up four new esports series

 Hulu has picked up four new series that are centered around e-sports, according to Variety. The network-backed streaming service, which has been coming in hot lately with an Emmy-winning original drama and a push toward more back-log seasons of p...

The Glints team is breaking up, Co-founder Looi Qin En is leaving the company

Citing creative friction, Glints was worried that with growth, the sparks would lead to an explosion Glints, a Singaporean jobs platform that targets fresh graduates, is losing one of its Co-founders. Qin En Looi, the Chief Operating Officer, was let go at Glints, according to a company announcement made today. The company cited “creative friction” for […]

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GitLab raises $20M Series C round led by GV

 GitLab, a collaboration and DevOps platform for developers that’s currently in use by more than 100,000 organizations, today announced that it has raised a $20 million Series C round led by GV (the fund you may still remember under its former name of Google Ventures). This brings GitLab’s total funding to date to just over $45.5 million. In addition to the new funding, the… Read More

Captain’s Log, October 9: Morris Chang, icon of chip industry, set to retire

Also was the announcement of the Rice Bowl Malaysia Awards and a digital literacy push in Thailand Zoom wins Rice Bowl Malaysia ‘Startup of the Year’ award A last-mile logistics startup called Zoom has won this year’s award for ‘Startup of the Year’ at Rice Bowl Malaysia and will advance to compete for the ASEAN […]

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[Updated] Deliveree raises US$14.5M in Series A funding round led by Gobi Partners

Founding investor Inspire Ventures also participated in the latest round for Deliveree Southeast Asian logistics startup Deliveree today announced that it has secured US$14.5 million in Series A funding round led by Gobi Partners. Founding investor Inspire Ventures, together with PSA unboXed and Asia Summit Capital, also participated in the company’s latest round. In a press statement, […]

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