On-demand Services

They look a little bit like construction workers.

Singapore-based marketplace Date Out features couple-oriented gifts and experiences, from a private salsa dance class for two to sensual massage oils and lingerie.

Two homegrown coffee startups are running as fast as they can in this expensive fight, grabbing as big a share of the pie as quickly as possible.

Is Alibaba’s affiliate company Ant Financial ramping up its investment efforts in Bangladesh?

The Chinese on-demand services app is trying to raise its profile with global investors ahead of an IPO hearing in Hong Kong in August.

Across the board, most consumers in an online Nielsen survey responded that marketplaces are beneficial to the economy.

The Alibaba-owned online food delivery platform is not worried about funds at this stage, said its recently instated CEO Wang Lei.

US-based foodtech company MealPal aims to help busy corporates in Singapore skip the queue at restaurants.