Indonesia’s Bonza secures seed funding from East Ventures

Bonza, an Indonesian startup that develops big data analytics, has secured an undisclosed seed funding round from early stage venture capital firm East Ventures.

The company’s new funding will be used to scale up its new operations and focus on product development.

“There is a gap between leading machine learning and AI research, and its implementation in the real world. We see Bonza as the bridge to close that gap,” said co-founder of Bonza, Elsa Chandra.

“Our mission is to support organisations to make sense of all their data from various sources, and use the data to build and deploy AI and machine learning solutions for better decisions at scale,” the ex-Traveloka executive added.

ThinkZone, CJCC partner to support startups in Vietnam and Cambodia

Vietnam-based accelerator ThinkZone and governmental organisation Cambodia-Japan Cooperation Center (CJCC) today announced a cross-border partnership, according to a press statement.

This partnership will organise collaborative activities between the two countries which will include mentoring, training, accelerating, and investing.

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“CJCC and ThinkZone together would like to develop entrepreneurship and nurture startups effectively,” said Sy Vanna, Manager of Human Resource Development Department at CJCC.

“At the same time, we are also capable of providing both financial and non-financial support to startups and SMEs as well as encouraging local and international VCs or investors to invest in both markets,” he added.

Established in 2004, CJCC aims to develop highly-skilled human resources for Cambodia.

StaffAny launches workforce management app to help businesses comply with Singapore’s Circuit Breaker regulations

Singapore-based StaffAny has launched a new mobile app called CICO (Clock-in, Clock-out) to ease workforce management during Singapore’s Circuit Breaker phase, according to the company statement.

The app will allow businesses to record staff attendance, track staff for contact tracing and notify employees for a shift. It is especially more advantageous for companies which regularly depend on hourly or part-time workers.

To sign up, companies can simply log in to CICO and create an account. CICO is offering the app for free until the end of this year for companies that sign up before June 30.

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