Alpha Startups

Brian Foo (CEO) founded Gigfairy in 2014 as a community marketplace for artists and promoters, and it helps users to book live musical acts. In essence, it’s a platform that eases the process of booking live musical acts while creating more gig opportunities for local musicians.

Here’s our newest round-up of the featured startups on our site this week. If you have startup tips or story suggestions, feel free to email us. Enjoy this week’s list!

Bfab, a Malaysia-based online beauty and wellness marketplace started by former foodpanda Managing Director Pawel Netreba, has secured an undisclosed amount in seed investment, led by Singapore-based VC firm KK Fund. Silicon Valley-based early-stage fund 500 Startups and Southeast Asia-focussed multi-stage investor Captii Ventures also joined the round. Kuala Lumpur-headquartered Bfab will use the funds to build the

Malaysian startup Bfab tells Tech in Asia today that it raised a “mid six-digit USD” seed funding round led by KK Fund and followed by 500 Startups and Captii Ventures. The funding happened during the last quarter, before Bfab had even launched. That means the investors were betting on just the idea and the caliber

Booking an appointment for a beauty or wellness service might be a pain due to no availability of specific beauty practitioners or timing, but a startup looking to fill the gap is Bfab, an online platform to book services related to beauty and wellness. If being smart about our time and efforts is one of

According to Malaysia-based mentors and accelerators, most Filipino startups develop “social-oriented” products, using technology to address real-world problems.