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13/10/2025

🌟 What a night in Hong Kong!

The Start Smart, Scale Smarter Masterclass, organised in partnership with Aspire and Osome, brought together Hong Kong’s founders, entrepreneurs, and innovators for an evening of real conversations, practical insights, and meaningful connections last 9 October at Garage Society Wan Chai.

From compliance and finance strategies to scaling smarter across borders — the discussions were as valuable as the new relationships formed over dinner.

Here are some key takeaways that resonated throughout the night:
💡 Strong foundation — Early discipline saves years of pain.
⚙️ Tech advantage — Automate what drains time and focus.
📊 Accounting discipline — Numbers guide decisions and build credibility.
🚀 Founder focus — Free your energy for growth and innovation.

A huge thank you to our partners Aspire and Osome, our speakers Chloe Luk, Chase Fan, and Gigi Li, Tamas Gogge, Jared Keleher and everyone who joined us for making this session a success!

At e27, we believe that every great business begins with a strong foundation and we’ll keep building spaces where founders across Asia come together to learn, connect, and scale smarter. Here’s to more conversations that spark growth and shape the future. 🌏

13/10/2025

Vietnam’s mobility and delivery ecosystem is moving faster than ever — but how do we keep up? 🚦

Join HERE Technologies and e27 for Smart Moves: Driving Innovation in Vietnam’s Urban Mobility and Delivery Ecosystem, an exclusive session designed for those shaping Vietnam’s next leap in movement and logistics.

💡 Who should attend:
🔹 Heads of Product, Product Managers, and Engineering Leaders
🔹 Logistics, e-commerce, and EV mobility operators
🔹 Tech builders solving last-mile and urban transport challenges

Expect real insights as industry leaders unpack how location data, AI, and collaboration are transforming Vietnam’s roads, deliveries, and mobility systems.

Stay after the discussion for a networking dinner with peers, tech leaders, and innovators driving change across logistics and mobility. 🍽️

🗓 4 December 2025 | The Sentry C, Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
🎟 Seats are limited — register your interest: https://luma.com/nbspylq0?utm_source=SM

13/10/2025

Asia’s climate-health crisis is deepening, and funding remains critically misaligned.

A new report from AVPN, in partnership with Prudence Foundation and Catalyst Management Services, reveals the growing intersection of climate change and public health in Asia, where billions face rising air pollution, heat stress, and disease risks, yet only 0.5% of global climate finance supports health adaptation.

Read the first article in our series: https://e27.co/asias-climate-health-crisis-deepens-amid-massive-funding-gaps-20251008/

This marks the first of several features unpacking AVPN’s Unlocking Capital For Climate x Health: The Investment Landscape in Asia report. More articles from this series will be published in the coming days.

Here are 10 key insights from the first article:

1. Asia faces the world’s highest number of climate-related disasters, with storms and floods leading in casualties and losses.

2. Climate-driven disasters caused US$253B in damages and 470B work hours lost in 2021 alone.

3. Only 30% of the region’s US$1.1T annual climate adaptation and mitigation needs are met.

4. Merely 5% of global climate finance supports adaptation, and just 0.5% supports health.

5. Health adaptation receives only 2% of total adaptation funding globally.

6. Climate finance continues to focus on mitigation (cutting emissions) rather than adaptation (building resilience).

7. Although 74% of Asia-Pacific investors cite climate transition as a strategic priority, fewer than 40% feel confident in their progress.

8. Public entities and DFIs dominate Asia’s adaptation finance, contributing 68% of tracked public climate flows.

9. The Green Climate Fund allocated nearly US$1B to Asia-Pacific for WASH projects between 2019 and 2020, but systemic transformation remains limited.

10. The path forward requires reframing climate x health as a core investment strategy, with opportunities in AI-driven disease surveillance, cooling technologies, and clean air innovation.

A new AVPN report reveals Asia’s widening climate-health crisis, as only 0.5 per cent of global climate finance supports health adaptation and resilience efforts

13/10/2025

🧠 Register free for AI-VOLUTION — a global online AI summit this 4–5 November 2025!
Discover how world leaders from OpenAI, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and more are turning AI breakthroughs into real business transformation. 🌍✨

It’s 100% virtual, totally free, and packed with insights on scaling innovation, ethics, and the future of AI in enterprise.

👉 Join here: https://loom.ly/H7VneKI

Happening online on 4–5 November, this free summit gathers global AI leaders to share insights on innovation and enterprise transformation.

13/10/2025

🚀 The most mind-blowing tech you’ll discover in 2025

From robots that move like humans to devices that think for themselves — the future isn’t coming, it’s already here. 💡

At HK Electronics Fair 2025, over 3,200 exhibitors from 20 countries are unveiling the AI, robotics, and smart tech shaping how we’ll live, work, and play.

👀 Take a peek at the future here 👉 https://loom.ly/qvqc3do

HKTDC Exhibition Channel 香港貿發局展覽頻道 HKTDC 香港貿發局

Explore how AI, robotics, and smart living converge at HK Electronics Fair 2025 and electronicAsia — where innovation meets everyday life.

10/10/2025

AI isn’t the future — it’s already reshaping how we work.
Join Lenovo, AMD, and Microsoft as they showcase how AI Co-Pilot is transforming productivity, from smarter reporting to enhanced security and design assistance.

🧠 Learn how SMBs can simplify workflows and scale smarter with AI.
📅 Nov 6, 2025 | 🕐 1:00 – 2:30 PM (SGT) | 💻 Online

👉 Register now: https://loom.ly/RbMHx3A

10/10/2025

📣 STARTUP OF THE WEEK

Addlly AI: Helping Brands Stay Visible in the Age of AI Search

Meet Addlly AI on e27: https://e27.co/startups/addlly-ai-pte-ltd/

As consumer behavior shifts, more people are discovering brands and products through AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini — not just Google. This shift presents a new challenge: how can brands remain visible when AI becomes the primary interface for search? Addlly AI, co-founded and led by Tina Chopra, is tackling exactly that. The company builds enterprise-ready AI agents that help brands audit, create, and optimize content for both traditional SEO and AI search — a process they call Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). From the Addlly AI GEO Audit Agent to the GEO Writer Agent, their tools empower marketing teams to maintain visibility, relevance, and consistency in the age of intelligent discovery.

What makes Addlly AI stand out is that they truly “dogfood” their own products. Their internal team uses the Addlly Writer Agent, trained on their brand’s own voice and audience, to drive marketing output and consistency. The result? A 40% boost in their own search visibility and a 90% increase in inbound queries — clear proof that their system works.

Their latest milestone, the launch of the Addlly AI GEO Audit Agent, marks a major leap forward. Already being adopted by enterprise teams, it identifies and closes visibility gaps across owned, earned, and paid media while generating ready-to-publish content up to 90% faster at half the cost. With active pilots spanning Asia, the US, and Australia, Addlly AI — much like their chosen animal, the octopus — adapts, learns, and orchestrates multiple intelligent systems to help brands thrive in the evolving world of AI-powered discovery.

Get featured on e27 like Addlly AI —create your profile today https://e27.co/startupprofile and showcase your milestones to the community https://e27.co/milestone/post/

09/10/2025

✨ The world is changing faster than ever, but what will it feel like to live in the future?
From AI helpers to immersive worlds, HK Electronics Fair 2025 reveals how technology is quietly transforming daily life.

See what’s coming next 👉 https://loom.ly/qvqc3do

HKTDC Exhibition Channel 香港貿發局展覽頻道 HKTDC 香港貿發局

Explore how AI, robotics, and smart living converge at HK Electronics Fair 2025 and electronicAsia — where innovation meets everyday life.

09/10/2025

🚀 Tonight’s the night!

The Start Smart, Scale Smarter Masterclass organised in partnership with Aspire and Osome, in collaboration with e27 happens today, 9 Oct @ 6:30 PM, Garage Society Wan Chai.

We’re bringing Hong Kong’s founders, entrepreneurs, and innovators together for an evening of real conversations, practical takeaways, and powerful connections.

💬 Compliance hacks. Finance tools. Scaling strategies.

💡 Bonus: Attendees will also get early access to the Hong Kong Supercharge Promo — launch your company in 3 days, open a multi-currency account, and enjoy up to HK$4,950 cashback (just cover HK$3,850 gov fees). https://loom.ly/xbNENwE

If you’re joining us, get ready for an evening that could spark your next big move.

09/10/2025

Why are global tech players investing so deeply in Southeast Asia? 🌏 Because localization is what drives success today.

From adapting to data laws to empowering local talent, Softline’s regional approach shows how global tech firms can thrive by understanding local markets.

👉 Read more: https://loom.ly/sDjBj9c

Softline’s expansion shows how localization drives digital success in SEA offering insights into how global tech firms can thrive

08/10/2025

🎉 Celebrating Wins from Startups and Ecosystem Players Across Southeast Asia

At e27, we continue to spotlight the milestones that shape Southeast Asia’s innovation story, from early-stage funding and cross-border partnerships to new product launches and accelerator showcases. These achievements reflect the resilience, creativity, and collaboration driving the region’s startup ecosystem forward.

Read the full feature: https://e27.co/7-milestones-from-ecosystem-players-celebrating-wins-from-startups-smes-and-an-accelerator-20251008/

Here are this week’s seven highlights from across the ecosystem:

Good Bards was shortlisted for GenAI Fund Open Innovation Malaysia in collaboration with AWS.

LenderLink raised investment from Amand Ventures to accelerate lending innovation.

Nahkoda (Otonoco AI) expanded its regulatory data coverage across Malaysia’s key financial regulators.

Safe Space™ partnered with BenefitHub to scale access to mental health support in Singapore and the Philippines.

Billease launched Deals, a new in-app feature offering exclusive discounts and perks.

MUI-Robotics won the AI category at the One ASEAN Startup Award 2025 by ERIA.

Haoshi Foundation announced Demo Day 8: Foodture in Motion, Taiwan’s largest agri-food tech startup showcase.

These seven milestones show how startups, SMEs, and accelerators are driving Southeast Asia’s next wave of innovation

08/10/2025

From research labs to real-world impact — discover how global AI pioneers are shaping enterprise innovation at AI-VOLUTION, SCB 10X’s first-ever online global summit on 4–5 November 2025. 🌍🤖

Register for free ➡️ https://loom.ly/H7VneKI

Happening online on 4–5 November, this free summit gathers global AI leaders to share insights on innovation and enterprise transformation.