Global creator company Jellysmack has recently inked a deal with creator economy company WebTVAsia to allot US$30 million of investment across content creators in the Asia-Pacific region to accelerate their growth.
As physical events continue to dominate the tech industry in a post-pandemic era, the in-person Tech Week Singapore brought together seven co-located events recently. Judging by the crowd throughout the event period, it is also clear that many are getting tired of attending virtual events.
Nubank has more than 70 million customers in Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia. In addition, it has positioned itself as the largest financial services startup in Latin America, with a market capitalization close to US$20 billion. Now, the financial platform born in Brazil in 2013, has announced the creation of Nucoin, its first cryptocurrency. It will be launched in 2023 in its home country, and the development of the digital currency will be carried out on the Polygon blockchain, which offers blockchains for Web3.
Martech keeps taking larger bites out of marketing budgets: 17.3% last year, 19.9% this year, 23.5% next year, and 30.9% five years from now, according to the latest CMO Survey. This despite barely more than half (56.4%) of current tools being used and nearly half (48.8%) of the survey respondents reporting worse-than-expected results. Oddly enough, marketers rate selecting marketing technologies as the thing they do best.