SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 15 December 2022 – Singapore-headquartered Casa Mia Coliving announced the successful completion of its seed round financing, raising US$1.3 million from real estate and private equity veterans. The funds raised will be used to expand its local and regional footprint, and enhance the functionality of ColivHQ, Asia’s first dedicated property management software for the coliving industry.
While real estate remains an attractive investment for institutional investors, the coliving sector is one of the fastest growing in this asset class, thanks to high transaction volumes and strong returns, bolstered by the sector’s increasing maturity. According to JLL, global funding in the coliving space increased by more than 210 percent annually between 2015 – 2019, totalling more than US$3.2 billion[1].
Demand for coliving is anticipated to remain high due to evolving global demographics and urbanisation trends. Expatriate gig workers[2] – young professionals seeking international experiences early on in their careers – and digital nomads have become mainstream; they prefer arrangements in accessible locations that offer affordable costs of living, favourable amenities, and communities of like-minded individuals.
Casa Mia Coliving currently has an average stay of 15.5 months per member, the highest in Singapore. The company uses an analytics tool designed by psychologists to screen potential members and recommend suitable homes based on their profiles. It also organises community “rituals” and activities to encourage networking and friendships, helping members to adjust to life in Singapore. All this has led to the creation of a highly engaged members’ community, who have continually returned a high housemate satisfaction score when surveyed.
“With this fresh injection of funds, Casa Mia Coliving has added a new set of investors with deep experience in real estate and private equity, including several of the early investors in a leading European coliving operator. We have raised US$2 million to date and are well-positioned to accelerate our growth in Singapore and beyond, in response to the unmet demand for quality accommodation at affordable prices in Asia,” said Casa Mia Coliving co-founder Ahmed Nizar.
Coliving is a low-margin, high-volume business that requires as much automation as possible to scale profitably. Since its beginning, Casa Mia Coliving has leveraged technology from ColivHQ, a bespoke property management software platform, to integrate and automate its operations. With this round, Casa Mia completes the acquisition of ColivHQ, enabling Casa Mia to further enhance the app functionality.
“Given our deep experience in the technology sector, we’ve always recognised the power of technology to drive operational efficiencies. ColivHQ is one of the key factors that contributed to our profitable growth. As we scale up the business with more rooms across more locations, it is an opportune time to embed ColivHQ’s know-how into our growth plans, so we can continue to deliver a superior experience through the coliving customer journey,” said Casa Mia Coliving co-founder Eugenio Ferrante.
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About Casa Mia Coliving
Casa Mia Coliving ( www.casamia.co) is a sustainable, forward-looking coliving and property management company that offers affordable, modern, move-in ready accommodation. Bringing together insights into the sharing economy, technology and a highly engaged tenant community, the company enables young professionals to enjoy easy living in sought-after urban locations, as well as hassle-free property management that delivers higher returns to real estate partners.
About ColivHQ
ColivHQ ( colivhq.com) is a user-friendly software app that manages the operations of a coliving business, end-to-end. It integrates a CMS (Content Management System), PMS (Property Management System), and billing system to support every touchpoint of the coliving customer journey.
Melbourne, Victoria – News Direct – 15 December 2022 –
AuKing Mining Ltd (ASX:AKN) CEO Paul Williams tells Proactive the company is on track to complete the proposed acquisition of uranium and copper interests in Tanzania before the end of this year. AKN is nearing completion of all transaction due diligence and related activities including receipt of independent technical analysis of the key project areas – Manyoni and Mkuju. Hashtag: #AuKingMining
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Global finance, trading and technology conglomerate add a next-generation data-science platform with health, nutrition, and mental health verticals eying expansion in APAC, Europe and the US to its investment portfolio.
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 15 December 2022 – Aktivolabs Pte Ltd (“Aktivolabs”) announced today that it has secured a US$10 million capital injection for a Series A round led by Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (“Mitsui”), Adaptive Capital Partners and SEEDS Capital, the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore. The funds will be utilized to grow its data science capability, strengthen the existing team and portfolio of products and broaden its footprint in SEA, Europe and the US. The current product portfolio includes the Aktivo Score®, Aktivo® Mind, Glucolife and Goodbiome. HH Investments and Govin Capital have also participated in this round.
Cofounded by the late Professor David Lai, Gourab Mukherjee and Dr Meng-Han Kuok, Aktivolabs is a digital health-science company founded in 2017. It provides sustainable, evidence-based, individualized digital health solutions that help populations understand and manage their risk of chronic diseases. The platform harnesses real-time digital health data elements in a low-touch, cost-effective manner with measurable actuarial and actionable value to life and health insurers.
“It’s commonly known that the early onset of chronic diseases compromises our financial and mental well-being and the fast-rising cost of healthcare poses major challenges for populations, governments, insurers and employers worldwide. At the intersection of healthcare, science and data, Aktivolabs’ evidence-based solution deploys its full suite of accessible, affordable, scalable data-scientific solutions through digital biomarkers and individualized health journeys,” says Takeshi Akutsu, Chief Operating Officer of Wellness Business Unit, Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
“The team has delivered strong execution aligned with their vision of extending the healthspan for the populations. We are convinced that the combination of Aktivolabs’ vertically-integrated data-science platform, the strong execution capability of the team, along with the competitive data-analysis and -commercialization capability will prove a winning formula. We are thrilled to join Aktivolabs on its journey to deliver scalable health data-scientific solutions worldwide,” Akutsu adds.
This investment will fuel Aktivolabs’ continued growth in its existing verticals, expanding geographical territories and client servicing capabilities. In addition, Aktivolabs will also utilize part of the funds to develop the existing algorithm and data-analytics program to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of predicting, preventing and self-management of chronic disease using digital biomarkers.
“Mitsui’s commitment to our win-win partnership is a recognition of our strength and is built on our shared belief in leveraging digital health sciences to solve a prevalent issue that’s been plaguing corporate employers, payors, providers, and governments for many years. This investment will enable us to deliver an integrated platform to exacting standards, strengthen our customer-servicing capability, and help populations better understand and manage their risk of chronic diseases through individualizing digital health journeys. We are committed as ever to enabling healthier and happier lives with tools that are affordable and easy to use. We look forward to partnering with Mitsui on this journey” says Gourab Mukherjee, Co-Founder & CEO of Aktivolabs.
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About Aktivolabs
Aktivolabs is a digital health-science company founded in 2017. It provides accessible, affordable, evidence-based, and individualised digital health solutions that help populations understand and manage their risk of chronic diseases. The platform harnesses real-time digital health data elements in a low-touch, cost-effective manner with measurable actuarial and actionable value to life and health insurers. It functions as a real-time action decision engine to drive hyper-personalised financial and insurance product development, generates pay-as-you-live insurance products and provides deeper customer experience tailored to client engagement through its proprietary experiential technology.
Aktivolabs currently operates in Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Australia, Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Macau and the UAE and is growing worldwide.
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (8031: JP) is a global trading and investment company with a diversified business portfolio that spans approximately 63 countries and regions in Asia, Europe, North, Central & South America, The Middle East, Africa and Oceania.
Leveraging its strengths, Mitsui has further diversified beyond its core profit pillars to create multifaceted value in new areas, including innovative Energy Solutions, Healthcare & Nutrition and through a strategic focus on high-growth Asian markets. This strategy aims to derive growth opportunities by harnessing some of the world’s main mega-trends: sustainability, health & wellness, digitalization and the growing power of the consumer.
Mitsui has a long heritage in Asia, where it has established a diverse and strategic portfolio of businesses and partners that gives it a strong differentiating edge, provides exceptional access for all global partners to the world’s fastest-growing region and strengthens its international portfolio. For more information, please visit https://www.mitsui.com/.
About SEEDS As the investment arm of Enterprise Singapore, SEEDS Capital catalyzes smart monies into Singapore-based early-stage technology startups. We co-invest with institutional investors in innovative startups with strong intellectual content and global market potential. We focus on nascent and strategic industries such as Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering, Health & Biomedical Sciences and Urban Solutions & Sustainability and other emerging technologies such as Agri-tech, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, Quantum Computing and Space Technologies. Post-investment, we leverage Enterprise Singapore’s networks across industries and global overseas centers to support the growth of our portfolio companies. Today, we have over 100 startups in our portfolio and we work with more than 40 co-investment partners. For more information, please visit https://www.enterprisesg.gov.sg
About Adaptive Capital Partners Adaptive Evergreen fund invests in innovative and disruptive technology startups with a primary focus on healthcare technology, consumer tech and fintech. Adaptive is on a mission to support exceptional companies and founders in their entrepreneurial journey, and the solid growth of the startups ecosystem in Singapore and Asia Pacific (“APAC”). We believe that venture capital is not just about numbers. It is about how well you understand the startups and create value for them. We are here as enablers to support entrepreneurs in their exceptional journey.
Practice Ethical Consumption both online & offline Make your consumption
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 14 December 2022 – The 2022 Tithe Ethical Consumption Movement (TECM) organised by the Fullness Social Enterprises Society (FSES) is themed with “Together, Restart from Heart.” This November is TECM’s “Ethical Consumption Month”, the campaign not only received great support from TECM Ambassador Ms. Kelly Chen, but also enthusiastic participation from the general public. Through the Shopping Rewards Scheme, Ethical Consumption Pop-up store, and social enterprise workshops, the public enjoyed high-quality products and services from different social enterprises. They also learned about inspiring stories behind social enterprises and how ethical consumption can bring forth positive changes to society.
With Christmas around the corner, are you struggling to buy Christmas gifts for your love ones? FSES has collected a wide variety of social enterprise products and services for you. You can easily pick exquisite festive gifts or products through two major channels – TECM MALL (www.tecmmall.hk) and the Christmas Market at Gold Coast Piazza. A variety of social enterprise workshops are also available for your selection to make this Christmas extra meaningful. Let us join hands on supporting social enterprises with consumption! Enjoy various festive discounts and spread Christmas blessings to your relatives and friends!
Key Activity 1 – Countdown to Christmas
Counting down to Christmas, everyone can participate in the “Christmas Countdown” on TECM’s social media from December16th to 25th, 2022. Follow TECM’s Instagram and Facebook account and complete simple tasks to enjoy various online and offline discounts and gifts! Are you ready to double your blessings to you love ones? Follow now!
FSES is once again joining hands with Joyful and Health Chinese Medicine Centre (JHCM) to host a Christmas Market at Gold Coast Piazza in Tuen Mun from December 17th to 18th, 2022. Over 10 local social enterprises who provide training and career opportunities for different disadvantaged groups, such as Joy Fusion, Rhys, and Sharing Kitchen, will be presented at the Christmas Market. Come join us to experience and hear their touching stories in person!
SE Christmas Market Date: December 17th ~ 18th, 2022 Time:12:00 noon to 8:30pm Venue:Gold Coast Piazza, Tuen Mun Admission: Free Details: https://tecm.hk/en/event-detail/78/
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About FSES
Fullness Social Enterprises Society (www.fses.hk) was set up in 2011 as a non-profit organisation. Its mission is to promote social entrepreneurship development and societal transformation in Hong Kong through a team of pracademic and knowledge volunteers. Its scope includes research, experiment, create, publish, educate, and provide consultation on social entrepreneurship across sectors. The goal is to develop a structured Social Entrepreneurship Body of Knowledge (SE-BoK) for Hong Kong.
About TECM
Organised by the Fullness Social Enterprises Society, TECM is a highly anticipated public education programme that brings together the government, business sector, volunteers, and community to drive ethical consumption and awareness to the sustainability of social entrepreneurship in Hong Kong. In the past decade, it has generated over HK$100 million of ethical consumption with the participation of over 400 social enterprises, corporations, and organisations.
Tia Lee (Lee Yu Fen) Announces Global Launch of #EmpowerHer Female Empowerment Campaign After Making Worldwide Return
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 14 December 2022 –Tia Lee (Lee Yu Fen), a global C-POP singer, film and television actress, and fashion icon, today launched the global #EmpowerHer campaign following the successful release of the “Goodbye Princess” music video (MV) on 9th December 2022. It has already achieved significant success with over 1 million in 10 hours after premiere, and within 5 days after the premiere, the viewership on Tia’s YouTube channel exceeds 26 million viewership, breaking the record for C-pop songs. As of now, “Goodbye Princess” garners an overwhelming combined almost 42 million views on YouTube and Weibo, the MV marks Tia’s comeback as a global solo artist and her bold resurgence as she rises above and conquers her past challenges.
With “Goodbye Princess” symbolising Tia’s evolution into a new, empowered and uplifted version of herself as she explores her new world, the global #EmpowerHer campaign aims to reinforce the song’s themes of female empowerment and encourage all women to bravely embrace their true selves, become stronger and build a more promising future.
Tia launched the global #EmpowerHer campaign today
The Creation of the Global #EmpowerHer Campaign
Inspired by her own personal journey and renewed inner strength, Tia launched the #EmpowerHer campaign to rally women and girls worldwide to believe in themselves, say goodbye to stifling obstacles, and stand up taller and stronger in the face of any adversity. Overall, the campaign aims to support and promote the ‘Female Empowers Female’ concept and benefit as many female-centric charitable causes as possible on a global scale to create a greater good for the global female population.
The campaign’s selected beneficiaries include Daughters Of Tomorrow in Singapore, Beats By Girlz and Women in Music in the United States, Teen’s Key in Hong Kong, and more. As the #EmpowerHer campaign hits its stride globally, donations will be channelled to these beneficiaries during the campaign period, supporting their operations and goals to build a better future for women.
To get the ball rolling in support of these charities, each view of the “Goodbye Princess” music video will help to empower women around the world. Every time a viewing benchmark is met a donation will be made to the #EmpowerHer campaign, one of the biggest initiatives to support the empowerment of women worldwide. The #EmpowerHer campaign will split up to a maximum of HKD3.8million (approximately USD$480,000) between the selected charities. Tia chose the figure 3.8 million because of its significance as the date of International Women’s Day, March 8th.
“Our goal is for every young woman to have the opportunity to follow the path they envision for herself. In our eyes, success is when young women become independent, confident, and capable of making their own decisions. Tia’s journey of resilience inspires not just our girls and young women, but also the world – giving us the confidence to believe that we are all unique and each of us has the potential to create a future filled with more possibilities than we can even imagine. Thank you for such a meaningful initiative! It is a pleasure to be one of the beneficiaries of the #EmpowerHer campaign,” said Rachel Chow, Resource Development Manager, Teen’s Key Hong Kong.
“Donations like those from the #EmpowerHer campaign allow Women in Music to educate, empower, and advance women in the music industry. We’re delighted to be included alongside other non-profit organisations working to create change,” said Nicole Barsalona, President, Women in Music.
“Daughters Of Tomorrow” is delighted to be the benefiting charity for the launch of Tia Lee’s “Goodbye Princess” and the #EmpowerHer campaign, which seeks to inspire, uplift and empower women. This resonates with DOT’s mission of empowering women through economic means, enabling them to uplift their families,” said Fannie Lim, Executive Director of Daughters Of Tomorrow. “We recognise that every person has their own journeys – milestones to check, circumstances to overcome and aspirations that they wish to live for. Recognising that everyone has dreams of their own, our role is to cheer each one towards creating a better tomorrow for themselves. We wish Tia Lee great success in empowering many more women during this campaign.”
“Beats By Girlz is delighted to be a part of the #EmpowerHer campaign. We have a shared vision of empowering women and gender minorities through music and are happy to be doing this work in partnership with Tia Lee,” said Erin Barra, Executive Director, Beats By Girlz.
Rise of the Global #EmpowerHerDance TikTok Dance Challenge
Dancers around the world have risen to the challenge of covering the signature choreography to “Goodbye Princess” on the short-form video platform TikTok, featuring energetic yet rhythmic full body movements and a signature ‘goodbye’ hand gesture. The upbeat, unabashedly feminine choreography embodies a revitalisation of Tia’s mind and body after overcoming past challenges in the fashion and entertainment industry, setting her free to express her own strength.
Among the earliest dancers and personalities to have joined the dance challenge include globally renowned Australian-Filipino dancer and choreographer, Hannah Balanay, Australia’s most popular creator on TikTok last year. She is best known for her dance to Dua Lipa’s song “Don’t Start Now”, which went viral on the platform.
The emergence of this dance challenge has birthed the hashtag #EmpowerHerDance, which contains all the videos of the dance covers and further lends strength to the global #EmpowerHer campaign.
Tia Lee has championed female empowerment throughout her career and has made it a key focus of the “Goodbye Princess” campaign. Prior to releasing the MV, Tia launched an associated 6-part animation series that told the tale of her journey in the music and entertainment industry through a creative synergy of music, animation, and fashion videography. Her story of bravely overcoming obstacles resonated with many, garnering a viewership of over 100 million within a month and putting the pre-release campaign well on track to become the most successful engagement campaign of all time by a C-Pop artiste.
Beyond her music, Tia has also advocated for female empowerment in beauty and fashion. She has joined many A-listers such as Justin Bieber and Alicia Keys on the covers of popular magazines such as Vogue and ROLLACOASTER, and has used these illustrious platforms to spread her message of inner strength and empowerment – as well as to inspire other women with her story, which is built on a strong foundation of persistence, hard work, and self-belief.
The “Goodbye Princess” MV and full pre-campaign series with complementing fashion videography can be watched on Tia’s social media channels.
Tia Lee Official Channels: Instagram @leeyufen: https://www.instagram.com/leeyufen/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@tialeeofficial/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leeyufentialee/ Weibo: https://weibo.com/u/1396928042/
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About Tia Lee | Lee Yu Fen:
Tia Lee (李毓芬), born in Taipei, is a global C-pop singer, film and television actress, and fashion icon. In addition to her acting roles and musical career, Tia appears frequently at major fashion shows. As a fashion icon and trend-setter, Tia has graced the covers of fashion, beauty and lifestyle magazines such as Vogue, Elle, Marie Claire, and shares her beauty and fashion tips through a number of Vogue’s social media channels.
A rice farmer at work in Champasack. Photo Credit: Wikipedia
Export of agricultural products, including USD 54 million worth of livestock, proved to be quite viable for the economy this year, earning the government an income of USD 1.2 billion.
TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Media OutReach – 14 December 2022 – Premier global nutrition company Herbalife Nutrition has joined with the American Chamber of Commerce in Taiwan (AmCham Taiwan) to drive nutrition education through the 2022 Citizen’s Health Forum. This is the second year Herbalife Nutrition is partnering with AmCham Taiwan to hold the health forum that aims at increasing knowledge of nutrition and health for the general public.
Featuring eminent healthcare professionals from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Canada and Japan, this year’s health forum will be held on December 18 at the NTUH International Convention Center in Taiwan, and will be virtually accessible to audience members who join online. The health forum also serves as a platform for sharing new health insights and advancing collaborative opportunities among healthcare professionals, nutritionists and food science experts.
“Nutrition and health education is crucial because it empowers people with information on maintaining their health and reducing the possibility of developing non-communicable diseases – which in turn may help lower overall healthcare costs,” said Stella Tsai, Vice President for North Asia, Herbalife Nutrition. “With this in mind, we are delighted to again partner with AmCham Taiwan, in order to boost our nutrition education efforts and help people in the region achieve healthier lives.”
The 2022 Citizen’s Health Forum will feature nine experts from distinguished academic/professional institutions in North Asia and Canada, who will speak on a wide range of topics around nutrition and active lifestyles, including the dangers of oxidized cholesterol, the role of amino acids in healthy aging and sports performance.
Speakers and panellists (listed in speaking order):
Dr. Chia Shu-Li (Deputy Director General, Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan)
Dr. Che-Hung Lin (Deputy Director-General, Sports Administration, Taiwan)
Dr. Kuo-Chin Huang (President, International Conference of Health Evaluation and Promotion 2022, Taiwan)
Dr. Zhen-Yu Chen (Chair Professor, Graduate Division, School of Life Sciences, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Dr. Rajavel Elango (Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada)
Dr. Chin-Kun Wang (Distinguished Professor, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan)
Dr. Yoshiharu Shimomura (Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University; Professor, Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, College of Biosciences and Biotechnology, Chubu University, Japan)
Dr. Masashi Miyashita (Professor, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Waseda University, Japan)
Dr. Chia-Hua Kuo (Distinguished Professor, Institute of Sports Sciences, University of Taipei, Taiwan)
The 2022 Citizen’s Health Forum is open to healthcare professionals, nutritionists, food science experts as well as members of the public, and will be conducted in English with Cantonese and Mandarin interpretations available simultaneously for online attendees. Event registration is free and available at Amcham.com.tw.
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About Herbalife Nutrition
Herbalife Nutrition (NYSE: HLF) is a global company that has been changing people’s lives with great nutrition products and a business opportunity for its independent distributors since 1980. The Company offers high-quality, science-backed products, sold in over 90 countries by entrepreneurial distributors who provide one-on-one coaching and a supportive community that inspires their customers to embrace a healthier, more active lifestyle. Through the Company’s global campaign to eradicate hunger, Herbalife Nutrition is also committed to bringing nutrition and education to communities around the world.