SOSV’s mobile-only accelerator MOX reveals 10 startups from 8th cohort

MOX, a mobile-only accelerator operated by US-based venture capital firm SOSV, announces its eighth cohort of 10 startups.

The 10 startups are:

  • Arkademi (Indonesia), a vocational training platform to upskill and increase monthly earnings
  • Civilcops (India), a personalised communications platform bridging governments and citizens to make smart cities possible.
  • Eat Mubarak (Pakistan), a platform that connects 3,500 restaurants with their one million users.
  • Giladiskon (Indonesia), a social buying club where Indonesian members get exclusive discounts at restaurants and lifestyle retailers.
  • Kravve (Malaysia), a social commerce platform powering small businesses in culinary sector.
  • Moodah (Indonesia), a sales digitisation of mom-and-pop shops, inventory, and cash management.
  • Pencil (India), a platform that turns books and other publishing into living content using data, analytics, and dynamic editing.
  • Supplynote (India), a procurement management platform that cuts out the middlemen and automates purchasing for restaurants.
  • Verismart (India), an identity and personal data management platform leveraging blockchain to drive KYC, risk profiling, and fraud management.
  • Yuna&Co. (Indonesia), an AI-based fashion personalised matching platform for young professionals.

MOX helps startups cross-promote each other to lower customer acquisition costs and achieve profitability instead of selling equity to buy Facebook and Google ads. Startups in the programme focus on positive unit economics first before raising additional money.

The demo day events will take place on February 25 in Taipei and February 28 in Singapore to an invite-only audience of regional investors and the media. SOSV itself just closed its oversubscribed fourth fund at US$277 million.

Singapore’s Haulio partners Antwerp-based Avantida to drive a more efficient container usage

Haulio, Singapore-based tech-enabled container haulage platform announces partnership with Belgian company Avantida to introduce the container street turn on their platforms for more efficient usage. Avantida is an online platform that facilitates services offered by ocean lines to transport and logistics companies for digitally optimised container transport planning.

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With the partnership, Haulio is to bring its extensive relationship with the trucking community through its container movements and job pooling digital platform while Avantida to complement with its elaborate relationship with ocean lines and multi-faceted platform into the synergies.

Avantida first launched street turn services in Singapore with CMA CGM, and will now work with Haulio to bring their services together, offering a more integrated experience for both local trucking companies and shipping lines.

Through Haulio’s platform, truckers can digitally request for containers to match their import or export trips, after which the Avantida platform provides an automated connection to the ocean line’s booking system where the request will be processed instantly.

Thailand-headquartered Pomelo launches in-app livestream to unveil latest collection

Pomelo, Southeast Asia-operated omnichannel fashion brand, debuts its in-app livestream tech with the launch of its Spring-Summer 2020 Collection. According to a statement by the startup, the move marks the first time a fashion brand in Southeast Asia is unveiling such in-app capability.

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The launch of the Spring Summer 2020 collection will be fully live-streamed via the Pomelo app to give fans an exclusive sneak peek at the collection ahead of its official launch in real-time, beginning with the launch showcase happening on February 27.

Pomelo collaborates with interactive streaming and marketing platform Geddit to develop the in-app livestream functionality that will be fully shoppable from March onwards.

“As the retail landscape continues to evolve, Pomelo stands out by bringing dynamic experiences to fans that combine shopping with engaging, real-time content. We’re confident that the launch of the new in-app livestream feature, amongst other new developments still to come, will enable us to be at the forefront of driving innovation in this industry,” said Jean Thomas, CMO of Pomelo.

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