Technolic, the parent company of Myanmar-based freelancer platform Chate Sat, has raised a six-digit funding in a Pre-Series A round led by Singapore-based angel investors, Willy Ballmann and Keizo Fujitake. The company will use the newly-raised capital to grow its internal business resources and expand its team. Launched in 2016 by Phandeeyar Accelerator Cohort 1 […]
Myanmar Freelance Start-Up Aims for Substantial Growth in One Year
IN LESS than one year since its September 2016 launch, Chate Sat, Myanmar’s first ever freelancing platform where users can find or offer freelance work, has gathered more than 5,000 freelancers and 900 employers on its network. Honey Mya Win, co-founder and chief executive officer of Chate Sat, said on Sunday that the start-up recently […]
Tackling Asia’s final technology frontier
Honey Mya Win didn’t have to look far to discover the tech potential for Myanmar. A 26-year-old former telecom engineer at Huawei, she was directly involved in configuring mobile phone towers and base station controllers that expanded 3G access to the once reclusive nation. “My team was actually the one connecting the country,” she said. […]