Ephod’s solutions uncover significant value by enabling those with limited access to machine learning. We believe Ephod will be the best data analytics partner for institutional, or potentially individual investors, who want a competitive edge. - Headline Asia invested in Ephod in August 2021.

Shinya Takayanagi is one of the winners of IVS LAUNCHPAD. Focused on solving last-mile delivery pain points, 207 Inc. is the new star in the Japanese logistics industry.

Headline Asia invested in JPYC as a lead investor of Series A. JPYC started issuing a Japanese Yen-pegged stablecoin, as Japan’s first ERC20 prepaid payment instrument.

Headline Asia lead the round in Xen Capital’s Series A. In honor of this monumental moment, we decided to feature co-founder Katrina Cokeng as the latest subject in our Founder Spotlight series.

Headline Asia’s portfolio company Buyandship is a cross-border e-commerce shipping service. In just three years, the company had grown to be one of the top three companies in Hong Kong.

Once the Youngest CEO of a Public Company on JASDAQ, Takashi Okita Is Bringing a New Kind of Credit Card to Japan. Nudge is one of the first companies to be issued the new Japanese credit card license.

Agnes is a mom, a wife, a CEO of GliaStudio - an award-winning AI-powered video production platform. We believe that with GliaCloud, the world can save more time on editing and focus more on content creation, and we invested in them in 2017.

As decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) continue to gain steam around the world, numerous use cases for these organizations also continue to emerge. Last time, we examined DAOs that are run as investment vehicles. This time, we will share all about operation DAOs that are completely reinventing the wheel when it comes to running projects — or companies.

Previously in our piece about DAO as an Investment Vehicle, based on Headline Asia’s research, there are about 240 active DAOs worldwide, which is a 100 percent increase from 2020. Ideally, DAO could be a perfect substitution for all the existing organizational structures.

The last part of our DAO series contains the tools that are currently most often used by DAOs. Since there is no hierarchy in the voting aspect of DAOs, members rely on computer programs to carry the weight. The top three social media apps (Discord, Twitter, and Telegram) that came on top didn't raise any eyebrows but the fourth one did.

What do Apple, DoorDash, Square, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Manchester United have in common? They all have their own credit cards.

Arguably the most important part of enabling companies to provide financial services.

In the past, financial services have always been provided by what we customarily think of as financial institutions — banks, credit card companies, even insurance companies. However, it’s become increasingly common for non-financial companies to become the distributors of financial services, thanks to embedded finance, AKA finance enablers.

Some Lending-as-a-Service providers can approve your loan in a matter of minutes.