New startups, baby! Day-zero global investor Antler just granted pre-seed funding to 15 startups across Singapore and Indonesia. In total, they invested $2M across all 15.

• We’re delving into some of these startups below.  
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💵 What’s the deal

The startups that received pre-seed funding participated in a 10-week residency organized by Antler. 

• More than 150 founders from various segments participated!
• The founders of the chosen startups developed and validated their business ideas with Antler’s support.

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🇮🇩 From Indonesia

There’s one stealth startup from Indonesia. Here are the others: 

Alter. This social networking platform is gearing up to become a comprehensive ecosystem where gamers can network, livestream, and more.

Kamoo. This startup wants to improve the country’s dairy supply by increasing cow productivity, cow population, and their share of domestic dairy production.

Loop. This startup wants to be your diabetes buddy. Their mobile app helps users track their blood sugar, food intake, and more, making it faster and smarter to manage their diabetes care.    

Katalis. E-commerce marketers have to create product listings, launch ad campaigns, and deliver customer service across different platforms—that’s tough! Katalis uses AI to generate SEO-optimized content and professional photos to make their work easier.

Club Kyta. This startup helps D2C brands distribute their products in Indonesia’s tier 2 and 3 cities. It’s a yay for consumers who want authentic items without the long wait and high shipping costs. 

Hazana. This fintech startup helps companies offer Sharia financing to retailers, vendors, and clients. 

Plans. Say hello to better family planning. This healthtech startup helps you in your fertility journey with AI-powered tech to predict your daily condition. 

Sqouts. Want to find the right candidate fast? Assess candidates faster than ever with Sqouts’ AI-powered video and chat-based screenings. 

Safelog.AI. Like Sqouts, this startup also uses AI to improve your HR processes. They offer employee background screening tools to help companies know their future hires better. 

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🇸🇬 From Singapore

FYI, there’s one Singapore-based startup in stealth. 

Siftee. This startup’s data search tools can search over 5M free and paid data sources. The founders hope this tech can make consultants and analysts more productive. 

Trivium Capital. Their tech enables companies to embed investment products into their user experience. 

Optacloud. This startup uses machine learning for cloud optimization to reduce cloud bills and minimize latency with minimum engineering effort. 

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🗺️ From SEA

Bootloader Studios. Want to interact with AIs in mixed reality? Bootloader is using AI and emotional intelligence to let you do just that.

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😎 Check this out

We’ve written about Antler’s previous cohorts, where they also granted pre-seed funding to startups in Singapore, Indonesia, and Vietnam.