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Byte Foods raises $5.5 million for smart vending machines that serve local fare

Byte Foods IoT vending machines are like a smart fridge for the whole office. Apple juniper kombucha or a BBQ chopped salad may soon replace the can of soda and bag of chips in a vending machine at your office. A San Rafael-based startup called Byte Foods has raised $5.5 million in seed funding to popularize its smart vending machines and delivery service stocking them with nutritious food and drinks from local vendors. If the idea of the internet-connected vending… Read More

HealthifyMe raises US$1M to save Indians from the risk of dying at a young age

Earlier this year, fitness app HealthifyMe startup raised US$6 million from IDG, Inventus Capital, and Blume Ventures India-based mobile fitness app HealthifyMe has received US$1 million in fresh funding from Neelesh Bhatnagar, an investor based in Dubai and Founder of NB Ventures. The capital infusion will be used to hire top leadership and invest in product...

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This Singaporean startup aims to be the one-stop portal for homeseekers

POPETY is using blockchain tech and data to put together the most comprehensive – and verified – real estate listings There is a plethora of property listing platforms that serve Singapore-based homeseekers — DREA.sg, PropertyGuru, 99.co, to name a few. But with a market this small, competition for users and revenue is increasingly intense. Like many e-commerce...

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PaidUp helps Philippine SMEs crowdfund working capital from customers

PaidUp also turns your phone into a prepaid digital wallet, enabling you to find, order and instantly pay for food, drinks and services UK-born TV producer Asim Haneef had been working throughout Southeast Asia, and the region always fascinated him. When he arrived in the Philippines in 2015 to assess the feasibility of making a local...

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You probably didn’t read these e27 articles, but they are still awesome

Whether it’s about women in tech, environmental innovations or Peter Thiel, we wrote some good articles this year — but the metrics did not approve One of the most important tenants we have instilled for the e27 editorial team is we do not track pageviews or sessions when considering the success or failure of our writers. We have...

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Time travel: Looking back at 10 ‘stuff of science fiction’ stories in 2016

Clarke’s third law: ‘Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.’ I love science fiction (and like other Star Wars fans, today I am mourning the death of Carrie Fisher. Rest in peace, Princess Leia), and I am always fascinated to see how the stuff of science fiction is becoming science fact in our ever...

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