MyTeksi

Consumers might perceive them as simple convenience, but on the flipside, these apps can and do dramatically improve the livelihood of vendors.

A visualization of the history of GrabTaxi, Southeast Asia’s popular ride booking app, and one of the few billion-dollar tech startup valuations in the region.

With almost one-third of Malaysia Airlines’ workforce laid off this week, GrabTaxi (as MyTeksi in Malaysia) published an image (see above) on their Facebook page late yesterday night, offering a

The team now has a considerable war chest to accelerate GrabTaxi’s rapid expansion in Southeast Asia.

Barely into Kaodim’s first month, they’ve already met with a number of investors, and are now weighing their options.

This brings the taxi app’s total funding in the last 12 months to US$90 million.

Thinking deeper and broader about the Uber showdown in Malaysia.

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Rocket Internet’s taxi booking service EasyTaxi has secured $15 million in funding for its global expansion. EasyTaxi operates in nine countries worldwide at the moment, with two of those being