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☕️ It's a morning necessity for some, but the world's #coffee supply appears to be dwindling. Now #food #tech #entrepreneurs are divising alternatives. This includes Jake Berber Ding Jie Tan Stéphane Chen in #Singapore. From CNN's Marketplace #Asia --- with producer Rosanna Philpott

Exciting news! Incredibly pumped to share that Mito Health (YC S24) is the official bloodwork and diagnostics partner of the Don't Die Summit by Bryan Johnson which is happening in Singapore on 19 Sept. ❤️ If you're interested in the health and longevity space, do join us with over a thousand paying attendees till date! At our Mito Health booth, we'll be conducting a specially curated 80+ biomarker panel for the Don't Die Flagship edition We will also be featuring some amazing partners of ours including Lucence liquid Biopsy test kits, AMILI gut microbiome kits and OmegaQuant Analytics Omega 3 tests. 🔊 I also look forward to be speaking about the topic of Unlocking Longevity: Advanced Diagnostics for Optimal Health. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gDTaDQFH See you there!

✨ 🇺🇸 What an incredible night, our first-ever Mito Health (YC S24) Longevity & Healthspan Optimization meetup in San Francisco last Friday was a huge success with over 300+ oversubscribed and a waitlist. Sharing insights from our first thousand clients to personalized wellness strategies, most attendees took away something actionable for the evening. Big shoutout to our speakers Dr Ryan Ware from Mito Health, Dr Patrick Sanger, MD, PhD from HealthspanSF and Jeff Tang from Blueprint Bryan Johnson. The conversations and insights shared truly made it a night to remember! 🎉 We are incredibly grateful for the overwhelming interest and engagement from our early users in the US. If you couldn't make it this time, don't worry — we're already planning more meetups to keep the momentum going. Stay tuned! Big thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to making this happen. Ryan Ware Joel Kek Tee-Ming C. Sebastian Quek Siying Ong #Longevity #Healthspan #Biohacking #HealthTech #PersonalizedHealth #MitoHealth #SFmeetup

In the early 2000s, my first debit card collected dust in my wallet. Fast forward to today - I never leave home without it. It's on my phone, watch, and powers everything from food delivery to bill payments. Cards have shaped our lives so profoundly, we often forget their convenience. They're universally accepted, from Singapore hawkers to San Francisco cafes. At Headquarters (HQ.xyz), together with the team, Sharon & I are working towards bringing this universal tool into the crypto age. Imagine storing funds in a self-custodied crypto wallet, with card providers like HQ requesting approvals for spending. This approach unlocks novel use cases: 1. Switch between card providers without moving funds. 2. 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁. 3. Access better yield through maturing RWA products while funds sit idle. 4. 𝗔𝗜 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 - think office manager agents optimizing supply purchases or engineering team cards managing infra costs. 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁-𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆. That's why at HQ, we're building technologies using cards as a key interface to bridge Web2 and Web3. We're not launching just another "crypto" card. We're leveraging the sovereignty of self-custodied funds and bridging it with the reach of Web2. The future of finance isn't about choosing between crypto or cards - it's about harnessing the power of both. 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝗤 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲𝘀. Join our waitlist at the link below

Blu Translate Got Upgraded! 🚀 Experience enhanced translation accuracy and contextual understanding with our latest LLM-powered update. Blu Translate now ensures your documents not only reflect precise meaning but also preserve the original tone and expression—delivering translations that feel natural and fluent. 🔍 Whether you’re managing contracts, financial statements, or other critical documents, elevate your language capabilities and streamline your workflow with the upgraded Blu Translate. Try now! https://lnkd.in/eVi-Rdgy #BluTranslate #Bluente #LLM #AI

Y Combinator’s most popular startups. From the current S24 batch. How do you gauge the buzz around these startups when most are pre-product? We’ve defined web traffic as the metric to go by. Here are the most popular startups from YC S24:  𝟭. 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗨𝗜: Founded by Junior Garcia 𝟮. 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲: Filip Kozera, Robert Chandler 𝟯. 𝗨𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲: Naveed Janmohamed 𝟰. 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱: Thomas Hartke, Joshua Ramette 𝟱. 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗳𝘆𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆: Nick Kao, Benny Kok 𝟲. 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗼𝗿: Jordan Murphy, Matthew Wolfe 𝟳. 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲: Kumar A., Mark Rachapoom 𝟴. 𝗟𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿: Robert Kim, Din Mailibay, Temirlan Myrzakhmetov 𝟵. 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵: Kenneth Lou, Tee-Ming C., Joel Kek, Ryan Ware 𝟭𝟬. 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗰: Etienne-Noel Krause,Thies Hansen, Marius Seufzer 🤔 Interested in reading more about the YC S24 batch? Read our full breakdown from the link in the comments 👇

What an intense last 18 months. Honestly, I wrote in my 2024 New Year resolution to get our first $1k in US revenue by the end of the year. Since then... - We've surpassed that by over 20x and growing in the US 🇺🇸 - We're profitable in Singapore 🇸🇬 at >50% healthy contribution margins - The best part is that we've remained extremely lean with < 8 full-timers including the founders Also, after an inspiring talk by Brian Chesky during the first month of Y Combinator S24, we decided to cut performance marketing spend to $0 in Aug 2024 and we continued growing through word-of-mouth and referrals. 💪 Let's keep hustling! Joel Kek Ryan Ware Tee-Ming C. Mito Health (YC S24)

If you happen to be in San Francisco 🇺🇸 next week, do swing by our first-ever Mito Health (YC S24) community meetup! We will have expert-led panels, an interactive session, and the latest insights into optimizing your health for a longer, healthier life. We'll also be serving Blueprint meals! Speakers include: 1. Dr Ryan Ware, Co-founder Chief Medical Officer, Mito Health, AI-powered digital health concierge 2. Dr Patrick Sanger, MD, PhD, HealthspanSF, Concierge primary care clinic in SF 3. Jeff Tang, Founder of Athens Research (YC W21), Eat Blueprint, and Head of BD at Blueprint Bryan Johnson Why attend? - Gain actionable insights on health optimization. - Network with like-minded individuals and industry experts. - Be among the first to experience the future of personalized health. See you there! 👋 https://lu.ma/2i2dso7c

We are delighted to announce that PowerCred has now teamed up with Moladin, Indonesia’s leading mobility platform with end-to-end financing solutions for all players in the used car, MSME and EV ecosystem. This collaboration marks a major leap in auto-financing and the overall empowerment of dealers, agents and consumers across Indonesia. And we at PowerCred are committed to helping Moladin build such an inclusive financial landscape in Indonesia. How? PowerCred’s Intelligent Document Parser(IDP) along with our Bank Statement Analyser; will empower Moladin to create more comprehensive borrower profiles. This further helps Moladin to create customized financing options for everyone. Together, we can revolutionize the auto/vehicle financing industry in Indonesia. Exciting times ahead!!! Moladin 🤝 PowerCred #Partnership #Autofinancing #Moladin #Powercred Kunal Goel Vasudha Sinha Shrinivas Deshmukh Retno Widyastuti

Thrilled to announce a strategic partnership between AQUILA.is and KPMG Vietnam. This collaboration brings together AQUILA’s cutting-edge IoT technology with KPMG’s expertise in consultancy, setting a new standard for ESG monitoring and reporting in Vietnam. Our combined efforts will empower clients to achieve exceptional outcomes in sustainable finance and compliance. We’re excited to embark on this journey with such a formidable partner and look forward to driving innovation in ESG practices across the region. #Aquila #KPMG #Sustainablefinance #ESGcompliance #IOTinfrastructure Marian Dang Stefano Pellegrino, PhD, LLM Jarek Tkaczyk Ollie Smeenk