BEAMSTART

2020's *Party of the Year* for Professionals and Entrepreneurs happening this 22nd January.

The event is co-hosted by BEAMSTART and partner companies.

Singapore's EV Growth maxes its fund at $250 million — looks to deploy more startups in Southeast Asia

To date, it has used 50 per cent of its total funds in 20 deals.

China's EV startup Byton raises huge investment from Japan's conglomerate Marubeni

Marubeni seeks to utilise Byton's battery technology to store renewable energy.

Indian startups raised a huge $14.5 billion in 1,185 funding round this year (2019)

The country sees 25x growth of startups funding over the decade.

China's Energy Monster secures $71.5 million — looks to expand its operation

The battery-sharing firm leveraged China's massive market of 305 million power bank rental users in 2019.

India's Peoplestrong acquires SaaS platform Qilo — strengthening its HR offerings

Peoplestrong sets to leverage Qilo's workforce performance management solutions.

Lightspeed and Sequoia bag $400-500 million profit from selling OYO shares

OYO's founder Agarwal aims to increase his stake in the company

Vietnam sets a winning fintech growth model for Southeast Asia

Its government plays a huge role in the country's fintech hub emergence.

India's HungerBox closes $12 million in Series C funding round — sets to expand its market reach

The food tech startup serves big companies instead of consumer food delivery.

Malaysian female-led esports startup, MEGPlay, raises seed funding to bridge brands with gamers.

The company works with many major brands today.

India's unicorn, Rivigo sets to raise $20 million in Series F round

Logistics sector sees significant rise in India.

Global VC, SOSV secures $277 million in its fourth fund — looks to invest in early-stage deep tech startups

It will continue to invest in 150 new startups every year.

India's HappyEasyGo secured $49.3 million funding — expanding its travel platform

It will extend its ticket-booking service to hotel booking.

Most business cards are thrown away, but this QR code tool changes everything.

People can now create special QR codes that save contacts automatically to phones when scanned.

ScaleUp Malaysia Accelerator to invest RM200,000 into 10 of these 20 shortlisted companies.

These companies will enter the first cohort of their accelerator program.

Malaysia’s Carsome closed a $50 million funding round— set to expand its market reach in Southeast Asia

It aims to be the Visa of auto transaction with its used-car sales platform.

Vietnam’s wealthiest man to sell cars to the US — putting his own $2 billion cash on the line

He aims to export electric vehicles to the US by 2021 with the six-month-old auto startup; Vinfast.

Sequoia set to invest $2.4 billion into startup growth in China — despite the ongoing US - China tech war

Today more venture firms are moving towards India and Southeast Asia instead of China.

India is boosting its electric vehicles (EV) industry to convert 200 million vehicles electric by 2026

It’s high time for EV startups and investors to look to India as the government is providing full-on support.

Starbucks sees slow growth in China despite opening a new cafe every 15 hours

Its sales struggle to keep up with its rapid expansion in China.

Boxben is Helping Businesses Increase Revenues by Automating their entire Sales Processes.

Through a powerful solution to nurture customer relationships and handle billing processes.