56m

Enterprise, Robotics & AI

“Sierra AI for Healthcare in Southeast Asia: HD Secures $5.6M for Development”

Thailand’s HD is building chatbots aimed at one such industry: healthcare. The company started as a marketplace for third-party healthcare and surgery services, and sees a strong case for developing conversational AI for the healthcare customer journey. Even though each product has a description on HD’s marketplace HD Mall, Ho says people still prefer to ask first. M Venture Partners, FEBE Ventures, Partech Partners, Ratio Ventures, Orvel Ventures, and TA Ventures also participated in the round. AI for Southeast AsiaHo says HD is working on building the “Sierra AI of the Southeast Asian healthcare industry.”Over five years, Ho and his team saw that the faster HD’s representatives responded to inquiries, the higher the conversion rate.

Ava Patel
April 3, 2024

Enterprise, Venture

Myrealtrip of Korea Secures $56M in New Funding Amidst Travel Resurgence

Korea’s Myrealtrip cashes in on travel rebound with $56M in new fundingMyrealtrip is the latest travel tech company to ride a growing post-pandemic tourism industry. “The travel industry was fragmented 12 years ago in South Korea, and there was no platform that provided travel information,” CEO of Myrealtrip Donggun Lee said in an exclusive interview with TechCrunch. Myrealtrip acquired Startrip in 2022 to capture the number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea post-pandemic. This travel platform lets users discover and book Korean-pop (K-pop) themed spots, including popular boy band BTS music video filming locations. Myrealtrip also invested in IwaTrip, a Korean travel platform that helps users find available spots to travel with kids, and O-Peace, a co-working and co-living space platform designed for digital nomads workers.