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Zazume is a property management platform that provides end-to-end rental management solutions for real estate professionals, including letting agencies, property managers, and landlords. The software simplifies the entire letting process by digitizing manual tasks and enhancing the tenant experience from the initial search through to living in the property. It supports a diverse range of users, from Built-to-Rent and coliving operators to family offices and REITs, ensuring a seamless transition between property owners and tenants. Zazume aims to optimize the relationship between homeowners and prospective renters by offering detailed property information and comprehensive support throughout the rental process.

Silkhaus is a hospitality service provider that specializes in curating boutique apartments in urban areas. The company focuses on creating eco-friendly travel accommodations, featuring sustainable design elements such as energy-efficient systems and environmentally-friendly furniture. By offering a blend of hotel-like amenities and the comforts of home, Silkhaus caters to both leisure and business travelers. Additionally, the company enhances the guest experience with 24/7 mobile support and a digital concierge, ensuring that living arrangements are both comfortable and convenient.

BOND is the first inspiration-driven live shopping platform that connects creators, brands, and consumers.

Fintech Farm is a financial technology company focused on creating and operating digital banks in emerging markets. It partners with local banks to leverage their licensing and infrastructure, allowing it to function as the operator of neobanks. Rather than providing financial services directly, Fintech Farm offers a comprehensive 'turn-key' solution that includes software development, customer acquisition strategies, marketing, credit policy formulation, underwriting, antifraud measures, and customer support consultancy. By doing so, it enables banks to successfully launch and manage neo-banks tailored to the needs of their markets.

Klikit is an innovative enterprise technology company that focuses on enhancing the efficiency of dine-in and food delivery operations for restaurants. Its platform enables restaurants to manage delivery across multiple brands, locations, and channels, providing a seamless and automated experience that minimizes human errors, missed orders, and downtime. Additionally, Klikit connects restaurants with role-model creators to launch virtual food brands, creating new revenue streams. The company's technology also offers analytical tools that help optimize overall business performance across various delivery channels, ultimately assisting restaurants in maximizing their profits through improved food sales.

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CloudEats is a company that operates cloud kitchens and develops in-house restaurant brands, primarily in the Philippines. Its cloud kitchens, strategically located in non-retail spaces, are designed to optimize food delivery operations. As of March 2020, CloudEats manages five cloud kitchens that host a diverse portfolio of 70 in-house restaurant brands. These brands are accessible through various food delivery platforms, including Grab Food, Foodpanda, and Lalafood. The company focuses on providing a wide range of food services, including baked goods and prepared meals, enabling customers to conveniently enjoy food products from the comfort of their homes.

Atlantic Money is a London-based money transfer provider established in 2020, specializing in international transactions. The company offers a straightforward and cost-effective solution for sending money abroad, charging a flat fixed fee of £3 or €3 for transfers, regardless of the amount, up to £1 million. By focusing on providing competitive foreign exchange rates and minimizing transaction costs, Atlantic Money positions itself as a leader in the international payment services sector, catering to clients seeking affordable options for transferring funds across borders.

Pina Earth is a climate tech startup focused on enabling European forest owners to participate in the voluntary carbon market through innovative carbon certification processes. The company helps local forests achieve certification as carbon projects, transforming them into climate-resilient ecosystems. By integrating advanced remote sensing technologies and artificial intelligence, Pina Earth accurately measures and monitors carbon storage in forests, allowing landowners to register their properties for carbon credits. The platform provides a high-tech forest management service that guides forest owners in implementing sustainability-focused measures, such as planting climate-resilient tree species. These adaptations can generate additional carbon credits over time, rewarding sustainable forestry practices with a recurring income while enhancing local forest climate protection.

BVNK is a fintech company specializing in modern payments infrastructure for businesses. It unifies traditional banking systems with blockchain technology on a single platform, enabling businesses to send and receive stablecoin payments, convert currencies, and add crypto payment options to their checkout processes. BVNK's flexible platform allows innovators to swiftly launch new payment products while ensuring compliance through its robust global licensing expertise.

Kitopi is a Kitchen as a Service (KaaS) platform that provides restaurants with the essential infrastructure and software needed to establish delivery-only locations efficiently and cost-effectively. Founded in 2018 by Mohamad Ballout, Saman Darkan, Bader Ataya, and Andy Arenas, the company operates a network of over 60 cloud kitchens across the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain. Kitopi's offerings include kitchen infrastructure, management services, call assistance, delivery management, trained staff, and industry-specific technology, allowing restaurateurs to focus on their culinary creations while minimizing capital expenditure and time. Although Kitopi expanded into the United States in 2019, it exited the market following the onset of the pandemic.

Spades is a technology company focused on enhancing the dine-in payment experience for customers and restaurants. It has developed a secure web-based payment application that integrates seamlessly with major point of sale systems. This technology allows guests to conveniently settle their bills by scanning a code or tapping to pay, offering a variety of payment options. By facilitating smoother transactions, Spades aims to improve the quality of service in restaurants, increase table turnover, and promote staff tips. Additionally, the platform provides access to daily reports and dashboards, enabling restaurant operators to manage refunds and reconciliations efficiently.

SaveIN is a social finance platform that aims to enhance the financial experience for users by facilitating banking and daily transactions. The company allows individuals to manage their financial interactions with trusted contacts, such as family, friends, and business partners, through a streamlined system for lending, borrowing, and recording money transactions. In addition to its core offerings, SaveIN helps users discover local healthcare practices and provides a solution for managing medical expenses by allowing them to split bills into manageable monthly installments. This dual focus on healthcare and personal finance positions SaveIN as a versatile tool for improving financial well-being.

Peeba is a curated online wholesale marketplace that transforms the shopping experience for local retailers in Asia. The platform connects independent retailers with a diverse catalog of brands, offering an extensive range of consumer products, including home accessories, beauty items, and kitchen goods from both local and global sources. By utilizing an AI-based system, Peeba enables retailers to efficiently browse and purchase products, ultimately facilitating sales growth for their businesses.

Our mission is to transform the ecommerce entrepreneur journey by discovering their brands and inspiring innovative teams who re-think brand expansion and scaling strategies to elevate independent local products into global brands.

Our mission is to transform the ecommerce entrepreneur journey by discovering their brands and inspiring innovative teams who re-think brand expansion and scaling strategies to elevate independent local products into global brands.

Trace Finance is a financial platform that specializes in enhancing cross-border payment solutions for Latin American startups, payment facilitators, and cryptocurrency companies. The company provides services that enable businesses to establish global accounts swiftly and facilitate international money transfers, thereby streamlining the process of moving money across borders. By offering comprehensive foreign exchange services and additional paralegal support at no extra charge, Trace Finance aims to revolutionize the global banking experience for enterprises in Latin America. Its clientele includes notable companies that rely on Trace Finance for efficient local and cross-border payment processing, underscoring its commitment to delivering faster and more effective payment solutions on a global scale.

GoZayaan Limited is an online travel agency based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, founded in 2017. The company aims to simplify travel for its users by offering a comprehensive platform for booking both local and international flights, as well as hotel accommodations. As a travel-tech company, GoZayaan focuses on the emerging Bangladeshi market, providing solutions that cater to the specific needs of local travelers who are unable to access global platforms like Expedia. By accepting payments through local currency cards and mobile financial services, GoZayaan facilitates a seamless booking experience, making travel more accessible and convenient for its customers.

Peddlr is a company focused on empowering micro and small entrepreneurs in the Philippines and Southeast Asia by providing a free mobile point-of-sale (POS) application. This platform simplifies business management through features such as offline functionality, inventory management, expense tracking, and reporting tools. By enabling users to efficiently manage their operations without incurring costs, Peddlr aims to facilitate growth and improve profitability for small businesses in the region.

PortalOne AS is a pioneering startup in the videogames industry based in Oslo, Norway, founded in 2018. The company specializes in developing hybrid games that merge traditional gaming elements with interactive TV shows, creating an immersive entertainment experience. PortalOne's platform hosts daily 24-hour tournaments across various genres, including exclusive Atari titles like 'Pong', 'Breakout', and 'Centipede'. These games are integrated with TV shows broadcast within the games themselves, allowing players to compete against special guests who appear as characters in the game worlds. The company's flagship show format is the 'Arcade Show,' which features celebrities such as Justin Bieber and Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. PortalOne aims to be a global destination for hybrid games, currently operating in the US, Canada, and Norway, with plans to expand worldwide.

CHAI is a company focused on developing infrastructure technologies aimed at enhancing the efficiency of the digital economy. It offers a fintech platform that includes a debit card, a merchant-facing payment API, and an e-wallet that utilizes blockchain technology. This platform allows merchants and individual users to integrate a diverse array of payment options quickly and easily, often in less than an hour. Users can pay for items online by linking their bank accounts, streamlining the payment process. Through its innovative solutions, CHAI aims to facilitate seamless financial transactions and improve the overall digital payment landscape.

Forest Co., Ltd. is an e-commerce aggregator focused on identifying and promoting sustainable, high-quality products that embody the essence of Japan. The company employs a technology-driven platform to acquire and support third-party brands, leveraging a specialized team that tailors marketing strategies to the unique attributes of each brand. By utilizing a deep understanding of digital algorithms, Forest optimizes advertising efforts to facilitate growth and enhance the global market presence of its partners.

Dropezy is Indonesia's first quick commerce company specializing in the rapid delivery of groceries and household essentials. The platform offers a diverse selection of over 2,000 products, allowing customers to shop for their daily needs conveniently through a mobile application. With a commitment to delivering items within 15 minutes, 24/7, Dropezy aims to make this fast delivery service the new standard for convenience in online retail. Additionally, the platform supports flexible payment options, enabling customers to pay for their purchases at a later time, thereby enhancing the shopping experience.

Zazume is a property management platform that provides end-to-end rental management solutions for real estate professionals, including letting agencies, property managers, and landlords. The software simplifies the entire letting process by digitizing manual tasks and enhancing the tenant experience from the initial search through to living in the property. It supports a diverse range of users, from Built-to-Rent and coliving operators to family offices and REITs, ensuring a seamless transition between property owners and tenants. Zazume aims to optimize the relationship between homeowners and prospective renters by offering detailed property information and comprehensive support throughout the rental process.

Qupital Limited is a fintech company that operates an online invoice trading platform designed to facilitate financing for businesses by allowing them to raise funds against their receivables. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Kowloon, Hong Kong, the platform connects Hong Kong-registered businesses with a diverse range of professional investors, including institutional investors and family offices. By enabling these businesses to upload invoices, Qupital allows investors to evaluate individual invoices and propose discount rates for advancing cash, thereby enhancing liquidity in the market. This innovative approach not only helps businesses reduce their financing costs but also provides investors with access to a new asset class of accounts receivables. Through its self-developed risk control model and strategic partnerships, Qupital aims to improve the efficiency of the financing process for cross-border e-commerce sellers.

Hofy is a developer of a remote work management platform that facilitates the organization and management of home office setups for employees. The platform allows businesses to efficiently manage remote working by enabling clients to pre-approve home office products, establish budgets for teams, and audit equipment requests. It also tracks deliveries and arranges the collection of home working equipment, thus streamlining administrative procedures that often consume valuable time. Hofy's solution is designed to help companies scale their remote work capabilities while enhancing security and productivity, ultimately reducing employee absenteeism. By catering to both individual employees and larger teams, Hofy simplifies the process of equipping remote workers with the necessary tools and resources.

Rainforest Life is an e-commerce aggregator and brand builder that specializes in acquiring and growing small to medium-sized e-commerce brands. The company emphasizes long-term success and sustainability by integrating advanced AI technology to enhance automation, optimization, and strategic implementation. Rainforest Life's approach aims to improve the longevity and financial performance of the brands it manages, ensuring better outcomes for both the businesses and their customers. By being part of Rainforest, these brands benefit from a structured environment that fosters growth and sustainability.

Curefoods is a prominent multi-brand cloud kitchen chain in India, focusing on food delivery and cooking across a wide range of cuisines. With over 200 kitchens, the company manages a diverse portfolio of food brands such as EatFit, Yumlane, Aligarh House Biryani, MasalaBox, and Paratha Box, catering to various customer preferences. Curefoods is dedicated to democratizing access to quality food in a sustainable manner, operating premises designed for cooking and serving nutritious meals. By acquiring and collaborating with smaller, successful food brands, Curefoods fosters their growth and integrates them into its operations, thereby offering customers an extensive selection of options while maintaining high standards of quality and sustainability.

Our mission is to transform the ecommerce entrepreneur journey by discovering their brands and inspiring innovative teams who re-think brand expansion and scaling strategies to elevate independent local products into global brands.

G.O.A.T Brand Labs specializes in acquiring and scaling distinctive direct-to-consumer brands within the lifestyle sector, encompassing categories such as fashion, home, nutrition, beauty, and personal care. The company enhances brand performance by offering data-driven insights and streamlined operational support. G.O.A.T Brand Labs leverages its extensive expertise in brand development, digital marketing, and product innovation to strengthen the market presence of the brands it partners with. By focusing on improving product design, user experience, and content strategy, the company aims to grow the consumer base and enhance overall brand loyalty.

Kitopi is a Kitchen as a Service (KaaS) platform that provides restaurants with the essential infrastructure and software needed to establish delivery-only locations efficiently and cost-effectively. Founded in 2018 by Mohamad Ballout, Saman Darkan, Bader Ataya, and Andy Arenas, the company operates a network of over 60 cloud kitchens across the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain. Kitopi's offerings include kitchen infrastructure, management services, call assistance, delivery management, trained staff, and industry-specific technology, allowing restaurateurs to focus on their culinary creations while minimizing capital expenditure and time. Although Kitopi expanded into the United States in 2019, it exited the market following the onset of the pandemic.

Rainforest Life is an e-commerce aggregator and brand builder that specializes in acquiring and growing small to medium-sized e-commerce brands. The company emphasizes long-term success and sustainability by integrating advanced AI technology to enhance automation, optimization, and strategic implementation. Rainforest Life's approach aims to improve the longevity and financial performance of the brands it manages, ensuring better outcomes for both the businesses and their customers. By being part of Rainforest, these brands benefit from a structured environment that fosters growth and sustainability.

Unybrands is an e-commerce platform that focuses on acquiring, developing, and enhancing online brands in various categories, including personal care, pet care, household products, and juvenile and baby items. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Miami, Florida, with additional offices in Berlin, London, and Seattle, Unybrands offers entrepreneurs opportunities for exit through cash-upfront transactions or long-term partnerships for those who wish to remain involved in their businesses. The company utilizes an integrated brand management platform that streamlines the operations of acquired e-commerce businesses, leveraging shared resources to optimize business performance and facilitate expansion into new domestic and international markets.