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Can Digital Sports Events Create a Better Workplace?

18 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Employee health and wellness programs are becoming increasingly important to C-Suites, HR managers, and insurance companies, with reports showing that...

Enabling Cameras To See, Understand, and Act

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Computer vision is a field of AI that enables computers to meaningfully interpret images and videos, essentially enabling computers to see, understand...

Refill, Reuse, Recycle & Repurpose

17 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Zero Waste Earth Store (ZWES) was founded by Dr Janira Kumari and Jaclynnd Wong Yin Thing in 2019. ZWES is a social enterprise with a circular platfor...

Pelangi Publishing Group - Is It All Rainbows & Sunshine?

16 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The red and white, rainbow-shaped logo behind different school workbooks is the core memory of many Malaysian students. Pelangi Publishing Group was e...

Cozy, Community, Coworking

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Coworking spaces are community centres, collaboration hubs, and social spaces. A coworking space is a setting created for workers from various busines...

Unlocking Space: Transforming Storage Solutions for Modern Living

12 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Kenneth Worsdale, CEO of Extra Space Asia, shares his expertise on the benefits of self-storage for today's generation. Discover how people can maximi...

Is Zetl the Answer to Startup and SME Financing?

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The world of business runs on credit.Whether it’s freelance photographer or a big manufacturer, odds are cash doesn’t land in the bank immediately...

Biogenes Technologies: Changing Biotech With Synthetic Antibodies

10 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Biogenes Technologies is trying to change the biotech landscape by creating and commercialising synthetic antibodies for mass use in all kinds of test...

Cooking Up A Storm

10 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Established in 2021, CookX Asia is an all-in-one social cooking app created for food enthusiasts and foodpreneurs that want a community for learning a...

Hard Rock Desaru Hotel Bouncing Back

09 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hard Rock Hotel opened its second property at Johor’s Desaru coast in 2019, Hard Rock Hotel Desaru Coast. We speak to Murray Aitken, General Manager...

Just Keep Swimming, Just Keep Swimming

06 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Swimming is fun. Even more so with your family members, be it a picnic by the beach or an evening by the pool. On the other hand, it’s not as easy f...

Revolutionising Protein, One Scoop at a Time

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past few years, we’ve seen a shift in the mindset of a lot of people towards taking better care of their health, especially when it comes t...

Lapasar - On Track To Become Malaysia’s Biggest Wholesaler?

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Small grocery stores and restaurants have to fight for supplies with bigger chains and players, which is often a losing battle.Enter Lapasar - a B2B w...

Connecting People The Psycho Way

03 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Global Psytech consists of professionals that specialise in offering cutting-edge and scalable profiling and analytic solutions for a range of sectors...

Unwrapping the Gift Box Industry

02 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A Little Thing provides gift curation with a variety of gift boxes to choose from, but they have integrated AI into their operations. But how are they...

Those That Feed Us Need Us

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Founded in 2020, Kapitani is an early-stage firm that promotes itself as an agri-fintech company that focuses on empowering smallholder farmers throug...

Closed For Business - Will NUDE Zero Waste Reopen?

29 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

While a zero waste business may be sustainable for the earth, is it enough to sustain the bottomline?This is a question that has come up following NUD...

A Smarter Way to Shop

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

ShopBack, founded in 2014, enables users to earn cashback each time they perform online shopping transactions through its website or app. The cashback...

Amazing Local Brand Finds in Every Visit

27 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bila Bila Mart, a modern concept of kedai runcit, opened their first outlet in a Mont Kiara mall on March 16, 2020, 2 days before the first MCO was an...

From Online to Retail with Mates

26 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How did they manage to get involved with grocery outlets within a year? And why is their manufacturer based in Korea? Co-founders Vicole Lim and Yeann...

Spiritual Content This Ramadhan

23 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A technology startup founded in 2009, Bitsmedia is known for developing and publishing the world's most popular Muslim lifestyle app – MuslimPro. Bi...

How To Build Your Own Theme Park

22 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Most mums buy toys. Some mums take their kids to Disneyland. But this mum? She built a theme park in the city for her children. And not just any theme...

Does eCommerce Work for Motorbikes?

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

iMotorbike is Southeast Asia’s pioneering eCommerce platform for buying and selling pre-loved motorcycles. They market themselves as a fast, secure,...

Amplify When Others Are Silent

20 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The appropriate shoes can say a lot. Make a good first impression, increase your self-assurance, safeguard your feet, get you through muddy conditions...

Designing A Makeover Business

19 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Having a comfortable and visually appealing house is what most people are looking for. But everyone knows hiring an interior designer is costly. How a...

Sustainable Living Movement

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What started as allergic reactions resulted in Tan Yet Mee starting Ecominim, and there are more people than you think that have allergic reactions to...

The Zen Of Design

15 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Comfort should be prioritised when designing the perfect home. It should be tailored to you and your family’s needs – it should inspire, relax, an...

Durioo+: Netflix Meets Disney for Muslim Kids

14 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What happens when you take Netflix, throw in some Disney, sprinkle in some YouTube Kids, and curate it Muslim children - well you get Durioo+ - a Mala...

Nursing Does Not Diminish The Beauty Of A Woman

13 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In 2013, Eaugene Eau and Fion Tan, a husband-and-wife duo, had an idea to help modern women feel confident by creating Shapee modern shapewear. In Sep...

How The Translation Industry Speaks Your Language

12 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With so many languages in the world - more than seven thousand to be exact - how can we still communicate effectively? Langwords is a language service...

AR For Everyone

09 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Malaysian based venture capital firm, Ficus Capital, recently announced its intent to continue investing in Malaysian and South East Asian startups wi...

An Airbnb For Film Locations

08 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know that ‘Everything, Everywhere, All At Once’ was filmed in 10 locations in California, while ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ was shot at at lea...

Fi Life: Making Insurance Simpler and Cheaper

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Fi Life started in 2018 after acquiring the life insurance distribution business of U For Life, Malaysia's first direct-to-consumer online life insura...

Layer By Layer, Layers Of Love

06 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Making an Indonesian Layer Cake is no small feat, and crafting the 18 layers is, for some, a work of art. It’s also a way for some people to stay bo...

Using Tech to Recommend the Best Handymen & Service Experts

05 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Recommend.my is a platform for locating and hiring Malaysia's service experts to provide home maintenance and cleaning services on demand since 2014. ...

Kids Are Entrepreneurs Too!

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Goodday recently concluded Malaysia’s biggest kid-preneur programme KidStart. The competition’s main objective is to encourage financial literacy ...

There's Money in Flies, Food waste and Fertilisers

01 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Malaysians are still wasting plenty of food, despite having to fork out more money for meals nowadays. According to the Solid Waste Management and Pub...

Carbon Accounting - What Gets Measured, Gets Managed

28 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

While other areas of startup funding seem to be cooling down, like our planet, climate tech is heating up. Global policy change looks to be a big grow...

Making Specialty Coffee Accessible And Affordable

27 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

For many of us, coffee is a daily need. However, premium or specialty coffee is often seen as a luxury only to be enjoyed on special occasions. ZUS C...

Managing Events with Ease

26 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It is commonly known for the MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and exhibitions) business event industry to be one of the lucrative businesses i...

Bridging Tutors To Students

23 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Pickiddo was developed as a platform that enabled SMEs in education, such as training or tuition centres to operate better. Local SMEs are looking for...

Rewarding A Varied Workforce

22 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Workplace rewards are great. In fact, workplace rewards have traditionally been an all-important motivation for employees. That said, this form of inc...

Oyen - Pet Insurance First, Lifestyle Brand Later?

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

People love their pets, but do they love them enough to buy pet insurance? That’s certainly something that Oyen is hoping for. The digital pet insur...

Managing Business Agents And Stockists

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ejen2u is a cloud-based agent management platform that is seeking to help digitalise the agentship industry. With leadership spanning years of experie...

Skribbling Ideas To Stay Ahead Of Competition

19 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Many businesses can no longer solely rely on traditional mediums to market and improve their company, and hence turn to firms and agencies to handle t...

Supercharging SEO With AI

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’re all familiar with the different scenarios of how AI has played a role in our lives. NexMind.AI decided to take it one step further by integrat...

Sausage Sizzle

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There are plenty of food options available in Malaysia, and we’re often lauded with just how good our food options are. And there are some foods tha...

Blackpanda - Taking Special Forces Level Security Digital

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The need for cybersecurity has never been greater. Technology is everywhere and whether the digitisation of society is good, bad, or ugly, what is ind...

Wedding Bells Are Ringing!

13 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The wedding industry is one of Malaysia's most lucrative industries, worth up to RM7 billion a year, according to the Malaysia Reserve in 2019. But we...

Don’t worry, WeHantar

12 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

WeHantar is a digital startup logistics company looking to bridge ASEAN by providing solutions for businesses and individuals to move goods across th...

Reimagining The Way You Eat

09 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Back in 2017, two passionate youths were dedicated to reimagining the way people eat and creating food products that are healthy, enjoyable, and conve...

Smart Cashless Parking

08 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Most of us are probably familiar with cashless and ticketless parking, in fact, smart parking in Malaysia is valued at USD 450 million from 2022-2030 ...

Senang Insurance - Making Insurance Easier for Businesses and Individuals

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Insurance - it’s a crucial part of any good financial plan and it’s more than just life insurance, medical card, or critical illness cover. More i...

Go With The Flow With Arus Oil

06 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Arus Oil provides convenience solutions for households, F&B, and hoteliers to recycle their Used Cooking Oil (UCO) waste. The first of its kind to...

Digitising Malaysia’s Pet Care Ecosystem

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Many Malaysians own pets and are always on the lookout to provide the best service and care for their ‘fur babies’. Petotum is looking to revoluti...

Pandan Social

01 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Digital marketing agencies have sprouted up in abundance over the last few years, addressing all of the needs of many businesses. To some people, digi...

Enjoying Token Gated Benefits Securely

30 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Digital assets are slowly becoming more mainstream with people having at least heard of cryptocurrency and NFTs. Unfortunately, just like physical ass...

The Rebel-ution of Plant-Based Meat

29 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A new vegan brand from Indonesia has entered the Malaysian market – Green Rebel Foods. Helga Angelina Tjahjadi, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Found...

Reinventing Fire Safety Marketing

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Established in 1974, FireFighter Industry Sdn Bhd is a manufacturer of fire extinguishers and also a one stop fire safety service provider. They are a...

Should We Embrace The Rise Of Earned Wage Access?

25 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The concept of Earned Wage Access (EWA) is actually a simple one: giving employees immediate access to the salary they have earned, rather than having...

Thriftin’ For A Livin’?

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Hayley Chang and Chew Si Khai started Del’cs back in 2020 and Hayley was only 16 at that time. They talk about their concept store located in Taman ...

Have Some Free Time? MakeTimePay

19 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

MakeTimePay is a web and mobile app-based ‘on-demand work’ ecosystem that is designed to help job seekers and posters find on-demand tasks and opp...

Tech-Based Physiotherapy

18 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

According to a study published by WHO in 2020, 84% of adults will experience back pain at least once in their lifetime. This means over 22.3 million M...

An Illustration Tells A Thousand Stories

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

During times of crisis, most people do turn to art for comfort and strength. Started back in 2018, Beatrice Oh is the founder and illustrator behind t...

Sharing Kintry, Spreading Happiness

16 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eating great food is happiness, but sharing great food with family and friends doubles the happiness. Back in 2017, a mother who loves to create delic...

Empowering Underprivileged Women

15 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Komuniti Tukang Jahit is an accredited social enterprise that wants to empower B40 Malaysian women, which include single mothers, single women, underp...

Pregnancy & Parenting Expertise At Your Fingertips

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

HappyPreggie was founded as a marketplace for pregnancy and parenting services back in 2020. They are on a mission to make it convenient for parents o...

Game On!

11 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Courtsite, a Malaysian-built web app, is changing the game for budding athletes and sports enthusiasts with a centralised booking system for sports fa...

Fitness for Mothers

10 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Many women stop exercising once they find out that they are pregnant. Is it safe for pregnant women to exercise? Three mothers founded B studios, a fi...

Lining For Take-Off Within The Travel Industry

09 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The past 2 years have not been easy for many industries especially for those involved in the travel and tourism sector. Universal Holidays Travel and ...

EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Nominee: Pet World Nutrition

08 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Petworld is the parent company of the familiar pet food brands on retail shelves, such as ProDiet, ProBalance and Natural Clump. We spoke to Choy Peng...

Life Is Lighter With TenAsia

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Five decades ago, people were using bamboo or heavier aluminium poles which is less efficient for harvesting and pruning tall oil palms and coconuts. ...

Everyone Deserves A Good Looking Home

04 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 Atap connects property owners to trusted interior designers across Malaysia. Their platform allows property owners to view the profiles and port...

Food Delivery with Tapauware

03 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Tapauware is a reusable food container service, designed to reduce single-use food delivery packaging from going into landfills. Its venture builder J...

Holding Out For A Hero

02 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Founded in July 2021, Bantu Aid is a community friendly food aid distribution platform that connects those in need of help to the nearest foodbank &am...

Bridging Urban & Rural Communities

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Langit Collective promotes unique and heirloom agriculture produce from smallholder farms in East Malaysia to larger markets. Sourced directly from fa...

Tex Mex Keeps On Truckin’

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What does it take to go from serving meals on wheels to surviving lockdowns to finally finding a brick and mortar home? Azhan Benny Foo, managing part...

Gig Economy Within The Logistics Industry

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Back in 2015, Carpedia was born to serve a niche market for individuals who owned idle cars but had little use for them. Everything came to a halt whe...

Art Locally Made by Loka Made

11 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Loka Made was founded in 2015 by Audrey Chew and Chong Fei Giap and it is a local lifestyle brand that wants to promote Malaysian culture by adding th...

Out Of Thin Air

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) food security definition is when “all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to suffi...

A Persian Delicacy

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Many of the world's best-selling food products start in a humble kitchen somewhere, and chances are, it was a mother’s recipe. Red Gold Dessert is s...

Move Your Ads

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this fast-paced, ever-shifting world, what better way to get your brand out there than for your ads to move with and towards your targeted customer...

Putting Food On Tables, Not Into Landfills

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know 33 percent of all food produced is lost or wasted? To achieve sustainability, LightBlue Consulting integrates circular business models in...

Finding Your New Fluffy Friend

04 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

For children, sometimes their best companions are their fluffy soft toys. Michelle Lim and Chan Chi Leong founded Abbie & Friends because they cou...

From Construction To Cooking

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How successful are cloud kitchen spaces doing? How important are factors like partners and location in determining the success of spaces like this? Hu...

Droning On About Insurance

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Like it or not, drone tech is here to stay and make a change in countless industries for the better. From agriculture to transport, from security to m...

Supporting The Orang Asli Community

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Lim Xin Yu and Jason Wee, the co-founders of The Asli Co, are dedicated to supporting indigenous mothers and the Orang Asli community in general. They...

Warranty For Your Home Repairs

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Maintenance can be a major expense of home ownership beyond just the monthly instalments. It can be a headache considering the many things that can go...

Digitalising The Hassle Out Of Maintenance Services

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Reams Technologies is a solutions provider focusing mainly on maintenance management. They provide a management platform that centralises maintenance ...

Man and Machine, not Man vs Machine

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The 4th Industrial Revolution has been a long-standing topic of conversation. Although the manufacturing sector has led our nation's economy with...

The Technology Concierge

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Digitalisation has been one of the biggest buzzwords to come out of the pandemic, but you may not have all the answers or solutions to your techy prob...

Cooking Up Opportunities For Youths With Autism

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Autism Cafe Project (ACP) is a labour of love that came about from a father’s concern for his autistic son’s wellbeing and future independence...

Planning on Paper with Summorie

20 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Founded by Cynn Chua & Pei Ying in October 2018, Summorie wants to make the best notebooks and stationery for Malaysians. They share their journey...

It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Malaysian athletes always face the issues of lack of funds, which pushes many to  end up as a coach or go back to the academic path. To encourage...

Sacoor Blue Goes Green

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Pivoting from their luxury style, Sacoor Group’s launch of Sacoor Blue is inspired by the idea of living a sustainable lifestyle and taking care of ...

What Political Consultancy Is Like

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How do you manage all the balancing factors of working in an industry as complicated as politics? Well, sometimes you need a little help. Dr. Sophie L...

Above And Beyond The Skies

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Aonic was born as a commercial drone solutions provider for enterprises looking to modernise their operation workflow. While they are no stranger to t...

Time-Stopping Jewellery

13 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2020, Alyssa Lee founded The Petal Archive with her sister by pressing and drying real fresh flowers, then embedding them in resin before transform...

The Roots Of Home & Living Trends

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Making a home isn’t just about the sofas you choose or the colour of your walls, but how do you know what decisions to make in creating your space? ...

Affordable Productivity and Cybersecurity

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Companies are racing towards digitalisation; and whilst this is the direction they need to be heading in, especially in 2022, it can be an expensive e...