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Alibaba to use blockchain to fight China’s fake food China has a fake food problem. Counterfeit soy sauce, rice, and eggs are among the potentially deadly items found for sale. Now Alibaba, the nation’s top online shopping company, wants to fight back against fake foods by using blockchain, the tech behind Bitcoin. The post Alibaba to use blockchain to fight China’s fake food appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Online lenders like UangTeman to face new regulations in Indonesia Indonesia’s financial services authority (OJK) is working on new rules for online money lenders, The Jakarta Globe reported earlier this week. The expected release date is between April and June this year. The regulations concern online lenders who give out loans from their own capital […] The post Online lenders like UangTeman to face new regulations in Indonesia appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Read original post here by Steven Millward at TechinAsia Smartphone battery life stress – which turns into a panic as soon as you hear the first warning at 20 percent – is something we’re all familiar with. But it’s the tap-happy people of Indonesia who know the terror of a soon-to-be-dead battery better than anyone else […] The post Phone battery life stress: Indonesians suffer more than anyone in the world appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Democratised learning holds the key to 21st century education in Asia Edtech, and rising internet penetration, has fundamentally changed how educators in Asia approach their classrooms The post Democratised learning holds the key to 21st century education in Asia appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

When stuck in traffic jams, Indonesians would choose the internet over their friends and family A survey by Opera revealed Indonesians’ online habits related to the country’s massive congestion issue The post When stuck in traffic jams, Indonesians would choose the internet over their friends and family appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Why Deep Learning Is Suddenly Changing Your Life Illustration by Justin Metz Over the past four years, readers have doubtlessly noticed quantum leaps in the quality of a wide range of everyday technologies. Most obviously, the speech-recognition functions on our smartphones work much better than they used to. When we use a voice command to […] The post WHY DEEP LEARNING IS SUDDENLY CHANGING YOUR LIFE appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Milestones and achievements: Indonesia’s crowdfunding platform KitaBisa shares its story KitaBisa CEO Alfatih Timur talks about the company’s milestones, and how it managed to balance business and social impact The post Milestones and achievements: Indonesia’s crowdfunding platform KitaBisa shares its story appeared first on Stage Asia - Asia digital startups directory .

Korean university students lack startup spirit, and what can be done to fix it In my master’s thesis “Development of young technology companies across Asia-Pacific,” I did a survey to assess the motivations and perceptions of technology entrepreneurship in Korean university students. In agreement with previous studies on the topic, the results show a low […] The post Korean university students lack startup spirit, and what can be done to fix it appeared first on Stage Asia - Asia digital startups directory .

The rise of impact investing in Southeast Asia Almost a year ago, in November, I found myself at an entrepreneurship conference in Jakarta. The room was abuzz with familiar questions: How do we support and mentor budding entrepreneurs? How do we source and manage funding? How do we build scalable businesses that last? The post The rise of impact investing in Southeast Asia appeared first on Stage Asia - Asia digital startups directory .

Eragano was borne to solve the never ending problems in the Indonesia agricultural industry by providing in the hope for total farming solutions. The founders at Eragano were actually built an e-commerce selling organic farm produce before pivoted the business to help Indonesian farmers and the industry in general. Eragano released several services for the industry […] The post Eragano brought in total solutions for Indonesia agriculture industry appeared first on Stage Asia - Asia startups directory .

iGrow, the agricultural platform that connect farmers, landowners, and the investors to create food organic plantation then selling them to networked of modern markets just received an undisclosed early stage funding from East Ventures and 500 Startups. The funding will be use to propelled iGrow mission to expand its platform usage globally. Today, iGrow is managing over 1,000 hectares […] The post iGrow received undisclosed seeds funding from East Ventures and 500 Startups appeared first on Stage by Unjukin Labs .