January, February, March 2020
Each link below leads to the original Malaysian startup news article for that headline, gathered from online Malaysia-focused tech news coverage in the first quarter of 2020 – the months of January, February and March. Items listed below are gathered from the English-language online press.
Our quarterly Malaysia startup news listings will give you an at-a-glance listing of the startup headlines for Malaysia as a quick reference on the country’s early-stage startup scene primarily and, where applicable, as coverage of Malaysia’s startups making an impact regionally and overseas.
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January 2020 | February 2020 | March 2020
Malaysia: January 2020
- Malaysia: Cobnb takes Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Startup Of The Year award with property leasing and short-term management solution
- Malaysia: Central bank to issue up to 5 licences to online banks offering conventional or Islamic banking under proposed licensing framework
- Malaysia: An intro to LuxTag, blockchain-backed anti-counterfeiting startup working in verifiable authenticity for tangible items
- Malaysia: 9 entrepreneur-focused podcasts for startup founders and enthusiasts
- Malaysia: A brief intro to Iconik, coworking space in Kuala Lumpur’s Klang Valley
- Malaysia: Startup Breakfast Club presents 2020 Landscape event – MaGIC CEO and Digi Digital Chief Officer on what to expect from the startup world this year
- Malaysia: StarHub, U Mobile and China’s Huawei test 5G-driven holographic calls between Singapore and Malaysia
- A brief intro to the 13 SEA category-winning startups from the recent ASEAN Rice Bowl Startup Awards 2019
- China’s TikTok partners Malaysia’s Iflix to bring short video content to streaming video-on-demand service across Asia
- Google partners Malaysia’s AirAsia for AirAsia Google Cloud Academy to offer accredited courses including digital marketing and software engineering
- Malaysia: Epost startup providing end-to-end e-commerce and logistics services secures $700K seed funding
- Malaysia: An intro to JomRun, rewards-based fitness tracking app and platform
- Malaysia: TM ONE, arm of Telekom Malaysia, signs MoC with South Korea’s FNS Value Co around Blockchain Secure Authentication products across ASEAN
- Malaysia: A look at Appsaya, platform focused on business-matching for better networking at B2B events
- Philippines: The 5 startups selected from November’s Youth Social Innovation Lab to represent the country at Youth Co:Lab Regional Summit in Malaysia in April 2020
Malaysia: February 2020
- Malaysia: Cyber Security Awareness Master Plan in development by gov’t to coordinate implementation of cyber-security awareness programs nationwide
- Malaysia: A brief intro to 7 SaaS startups aiming to help SMEs digitalise their businesses
- Malaysia: An intro to RentSmart Asia, a fully-insured peer-to-peer online rental platform for underused items
- Malaysia: Sarawak Digital Economy Strategy 2018-2022 – overview booklet (pdf)
- Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation partners Startup Genome to boost the country’s startup ecosystem, focusing on policy action
- Malaysia: An intro to BuildEasy and PropEasy, property-management and pre-purchase platforms for real estate
- Malaysia warns its officials of Chinese state-backed hacking campaign targeting government projects
- Malaysia: A look at how Langkawi can transform its city, agriculture and water management with 5G-backed technologies
- Malaysia: Forward School raises $500K pre-seed funding with integrated learning and co-living concept focused on work portfolio rather than paper qualifications
- Malaysia: NEXEA startup investment firm returns for 5th edition of its Multi-Corporate Accelerator 2020, bringing together tech startups and corporations
- Malaysia: Courts in Sarawak to deploy artificial intelligence to provide judges with guidelines and analysis to determine and mete out jail penalties and fines
- Malaysia: Sabah state launches its own digital wallet, Sabah Pay, in bid to drive tech adoption
- Malaysia: BizApp, the country’s largest rural social commerce platform, gains 7-digit backing
- Malaysia: A look at the evolution of the Global Acceleration & Innovation Network program, created by Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation in 2015
- Malaysia-focused SOCAR car-sharing platform gains $18M funding with 2K cars across 3 major cities
- SOCAR Malaysia preps to launch Trevo, people-to-people car-sharing platform, to complement owned-fleet service
- Malaysia: Axiata Group telecoms firm in talks with 11 potential partners, including banks, to jointly bid for a digital banking licence
- Malaysia: Johor to roll out IoT, AI, big data, analytics, autonomous vehicles and 5G tech in state-level smart city project
- Malaysia: Dahmakan raises $18M Series B with full-stack approach to food prep and delivery, from recipe development thu cloud kitchens to last-mile
- A look at ClicknCare, bridging the healthcare gap for migrants, initially in Malaysia, with virtual doctor consultations in native languages
- Indonesia and Malaysia to gain from expansion of UK’s Skymind Global Ventures, and artificial intelligence-focused startup fund and accelerator
- Singapore: EduSpaze accelerator unveils 9 startups for inaugural cohort, selected from 200 applicants and including startups from Singapore, Australia and Malaysia
- A brief look at the competition between SEA countries for technical talent, in terms of both hiring and retention
- Taiwan: An intro to the 10 startups selected for the 8th cohort of MOX mobile-only accelerator
Malaysia: March 2020
- Malaysia: Penang gov’t to roll out $5.5M of 5G demo projects in collaboration with 7 telecom firms, aiming for full 5G connectivity roll-out later this year
- Malaysia: Rural SMEs gain boost with e-commerce hub modernisation funding of $4.72M
- Malaysia: Ministry of Education partners Cybersecurity Malaysia to intro National Cyber Security Awareness Module at 300 primary and secondary schools nationwide
- Malaysia: Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation partners Fintech Association of Malaysia to boost student internship and career opportunities
- Malaysia: Dropee B2B wholesale marketplace selected for Y Combinator Winter 2020 cohort
- Malaysian Palm Oil Council and BloomBloc blockchain startup develop app enabling users to trace palm oil throughout entire supply chain
- Grab ride-hailing giant partners Germany’s Wirecard, connecting their payment ecosystems with initial roll-out in Singapore, Malaysia and The Philippines
