Iris Leung
Forbes
Toronto, ON, Canada
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Vietnam's Farms Need Green Technology To Meet Demand For Safe Food
Vietnam's demand for quality consumer goods increased as the Southeast Asian country recently entered the lower middle-income bracket. → Read More
What Canadian Startups Learn from Nanoleaf on Building a Global Company
You’d be hard pressed to meet any startup without global ambition, but the path to building an international business requires → Read More
It'll be 15 years before computers can replace teachers: Topica CEO
The Southeast Asian edtech firm is tackling online degrees, speech tutoring, app development and founder training. How do they juggle it all? Pham Minh Tuan gives us an in depth look → Read More
He looks 19, talks like he's 40 and now co-owns Tata-backed UrbanClap at 25
Raghav Chandra’s advice to entrepreneurs: Don’t brainstorm, that’s the stupidest thing you can do. You need to go through your experiences to figure things out → Read More
From New York to Ho Chi Minh: A 12-year startup journey and a big exit
After selling his startup in 2014, entrepreneur and angel investor Jonah Levey gives back to Vietnam’s ecosystem by backing startups… and plots his next move → Read More
Edtech giant Topica acquires Hanoi co-working space Hub.IT
Hub.IT Founder Bobby Liu also joins Topica Edtech Group as Senior Director and Evangelist, as a part of the all-stock acqui-hire deal → Read More
This startup mails you SIM cards days before you travel
The just launched KL-based Hello Roaming is an online shop for travellers who plan ahead. SIM cards currently available for five Asian countries → Read More
Aptoide raises US$4M Series A from Gobi Partners, Golden Gate Ventures
The indie Android market, with offices in Lisbon, Shenzhen and Singapore, has clocked over 100 million yearly active users with 500,000 apps available for download → Read More
Fight your anti-social urges with MeetApp
The Singapore startup behind the events-discovery app wants to reverse what on-demand delivery services and the remote working lifestyle are doing to us → Read More
Japan/US startup Fresvii raises US$4M from Nissay Capital
After launching in beta late 2014, Fresvii raised US$1.8 million to launch their cloud-based social engagement tool platform AppSteroid → Read More
Springboard raises US$1.7M from LinkedIn Co-founder, 500 Startups
The US/India ed-tech startup differs from other platforms by pairing students with mentors and allow access to a community of fellow students and program alumni → Read More
We have Rocket to thank for educating the market: JobNet CEO
Starting up in Myanmar is no easy feat, but repatriate Justin Sway is not your average founder in the recruitment space → Read More
Former VC Linh Thai wants to bring Vietnam's custom couture to the world
Custom-fit skirt ordering platform Rita and Phill is giving women in the western world access to bespoke fashion at affordable prices → Read More
10 biggest Asian funding rounds of 2015
Hint: The deal sizes will make last year’s US$100 million investment into Tokopedia look commonplace → Read More
Malaysia's Supahands raises seed round from Axiata, 500 Startups
The round is in the “single-digit million range” and will be used by the virtual assistant startup to fund a “two-pronged growth strategy” → Read More
MaGIC's Cheryl Yeoh gives her notice, leaving CEO post this month
According to a statement, Yeoh will be taking a six-month sabbatical but is considering advisory or consulting gigs → Read More
Hootsuite cuts 40% of their APAC staff from the Singapore office
This happened simultaneously with round of layoffs in the social media analytics company’s Vancouver headquarters as 20 employees also lost their jobs yesterday → Read More
We are 38% cheaper than Lalamove: Deliveree's Head of Thailand
The Bangkok logistics startup claims to be even 50 per cent cheaper than its competitor during the first 10 km of a delivery → Read More
[Video Podcast] Michael Talks Tech with e27, LINE, MOXY and more
Also to join investor and interviewer Michael Waitze on the show are Wishbeer, Pyco Group, Hub.IT, ProMandate and Kasikornbank → Read More
Your table by the window is ready and voila! it's a touchscreen
The Hanoi-based Hottab has doubled its customer base and is looking for an investor with experience in the F&B space → Read More