500-backed startups are creating employment opportunities in the region. Super app Grab partnered with a social services agency in Singapore to train and provide job placements for 400 special needs students. In Australia, Neuron Mobility launches a fleet of e-scooters in Tasmania, pledging to invest in the state and create 50 locally-sourced jobs.

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• Grab to provide opportunities for 400 special needs students
• Neuron Mobility to create 50 jobs for Tasmanians
• Friz offers freelancers greater financial freedom
• Prenetics offers 60-min COVID-19 pre-departure testing at airport
• Carousell boosts support for SMEs in Hong Kong
• Kredivo makes IKEA dream home more accessible
• Eric Cheng shares 3 key practices within Carsome
• iPrice reveals Southeast Asia shopping trends of 2021
• VulcanPost’s four 500-backed startups to watch in 2022
• Wallex marks important milestones for 2021
• Why mobile learning is the way to go according to Gnowbe
• Horangi on building cyber resilience

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• Insurtech startup YAS MicroInsurance was selected as one of the awardees of Deloitte Technology Rising Star 2021.
• Guillem Segarra, CEO of e-grocery startup HappyFresh has been announced as Indonesia’s Endeavor Entrepreneur of The Year 2021.
• AMTD PolicyPal makes Startup Lanes’ top 20 list of fintech startups in Singapore.