October 2023: Dialpad wins gold in Generative AI.
Also: news from Commons, Renaissance, Super and Xendit; new episodes from Futureverse and In Our Hands, and a new blog post!
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Portfolio News
Dialpad won gold in the Generative AI category for the Merit Awards.
Renaissance was recognized with the 2023 Fortune Best Workplaces for Women award.
Super was named as one of LinkedIn's Top Startups in Indonesia for 2023.
Xendit helped Tiket.com leverage solutions to process 17x more transactions for over 17 million users during ticket wars.
Amasia News
Listen to the latest Futureverse episode with author and poet Janice Pariat. We chat about her inspiring work and explore how nature and indigenous cultures shape her writing, while also discussing the power of storytelling in addressing climate change.
We just released a new episode of In Our Hands with Khadeeja Naseem, State Minister of Environment, Climate Change, and Technology for the Maldives. We discuss the climate crisis and its effects on small island states, the role of technology and environmental data in combating climate issues, and collaboration.
What We’re Writing
Read the third in a series of blog posts detailing Amasia’s four pillars of investment. In previous essays, we wrote about R2 and R3 (Renew and Rethink). Our latest post focuses on R4: Rebuild. How do we make supply chains regenerative and efficient?
Useful links:
The Amasia website for an overview of our firm, our team, and our portfolio.
The Amasia blog for essays on the VC business, our portfolio, and our impact.
The In Our Hands podcast with theorists and practitioners in climate science and behavior change (with full transcripts if you prefer text).
The Futureverse podcast with authors of climate-related fiction (with full transcripts if you prefer text).
Ramanan’s blog for personal essays.