Grab unveils pioneer batch of startups in accelerator programme

"Grab on Thursday unveiled the five startups, which were chosen from more than 500 applications. Chris Yeo, head of the innovation arm Grab Ventures, said half the applications were from Singapore and Indonesia, 30 per cent from the rest of South-east Asia, and the remainder, from the rest of the world....

The 16-week accelerator programme was kickstarted on Oct 17; on Monday this week, Grab integrated the functionalities of the startups' apps into the Grab app for users in Singapore and Indonesia. This integration will enable the firm and the startups to gauge how well the apps work within the Grab ecosystem."

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