Car Care Assistant App Maxx ‘N Go Raises RM 15 million Seed Funding to Accelerate Business Growth
Malaysian-based car care assistant app Maxx ‘N Go has secured RM15 million seed funding and announced their focus and financial targets in 2018.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, January 18, 2018 /PRWIRE.asia/ -- Malaysian-based car care assistant app Maxx ‘N Go has secured RM15 million seed funding from a group of individuals investors from Malaysia, China, and the United States.
The announcement was made during a shareholder conference held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 6 January 2017. The funding will be used to scale up Maxx ‘N Go’s operations including their A&P efforts to grow their user base, as well as develop back-end technology to enable them to provide more types of vehicular care for their users with a wider availability throughout Malaysia.
During the private event, the key management team including CEO, COO, CFO, CTO, and Sales Director of the company has elaborated the company’s performance in the past year as well as announcing their focus and financial targets in 2018. In the year 2017, the company Shift Holdings Berhad as a whole achieved a remarkable profit figure of more than RM 3 million. The team plans to outdo themselves and is ambitiously targeting to double their current profit.
Key Management team of Maxx ‘n Go: From left, Hoon Tien Tsien (Chief Finance Officer), Alan Tam, (Chief Operating Officer), Patrick Tam (Founder and CEO), Tengku Djan Ley (Chief Technical Officer), Stanley Yet (Sales Director), Roy Thean (IPO Financial Advisor), and Cynthia Toh (Legal Advisor).
Speaking on the upcoming business focus, COO Alan Tam said “We will soon kickstart two major initiatives this year, which includes co-branded service centers and nationwide expansion. On top of that, we will allocate 70% of our marketing effort to the digital aspect and 30% on ATL and BTL activities. With some of these plans currently running, we are confident in achieving 500,000 downloads by mid-2018.”
Another key highlight was the IPO roadmap presentation by Roy Thean, Financial advisor for Maxx ‘N Go.
Alan Tam, COO of Maxx ‘N Go outlined the business focus in 2018 during their shareholder conference.
Maxx ‘N Go was founded in 2016 by CEO Patrick Tam as a mobile car care assistant application that looks to provide to-your-doorstep car care services focusing on motor oil change. Still on course with the earlier announcement, the company is currently in the works to introduce new services by expanding their offerings around breakdown assistance and dealing with vehicular wear and tear, including services like brake pad and air filter replacement.
Distinguishing itself from other apps that deal only with car roadside assistance, Maxx ‘N Go presents a viable business model by positioning itself as a platform to deliver a comprehensive, on-demand car care experience which includes regular care as well as breakdown rescue.
“We aspire to make life better for every car owner by saving them precious time from going to workshops for minor fixes, and giving them more time to spend with their families.” said Patrick.
Patrick Tam, CEO of Maxx ‘N Go sharing his aspiration during the shareholder conference.
This seed round will also see them expanding their service locations across Peninsular Malaysia. The team has currently expanded across northern peninsular Malaysia, including Penang and Ipoh. This year, Maxx ‘N Go will head to Southern Malaysia. “We will be actively looking for local partners in order to expand our service reach as well as accelerate our growth. This plan is looking to raise our sales by 30%,” said Stanley Yet, Sales Director of Maxx ‘N Go.
Commenting on the investment, Benjamin Shi, an investor from China said, “The mobile application market is highly lucrative. This is proven in China given its advancement into the industry. Moreover, the rapidly booming Southeast Asia markets are full of potential. I believe that Maxx ‘N Go, being the first in Malaysia to provide on-demand car care services, will achieve greater heights in the region. On top of this, I have strong confidence in Patrick and his team. Given their track records, I am highly positive about the future prospects of this project.”
Maxx ‘N Go is available on App Store or Google Play.
About Maxx ‘N Go: Maxx ‘N Go is an on-demand car care assistant mobile app, which allows people to set their location, pick a preferred time, and receive their car care services like mobile oil change at maximum convenience.
Born with a purpose to serve, their mission is to continuously provide smart solutions and maximum convenience to all motorists, empowering them with more flexibility and time saved.
For more information, please visit: http://maxxngo.com/
Visit their Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/app.maxxngo
Contact Information:
Name: Alan Tam
Organization: Maxx 'N Go
Website: www.maxxngo.com
Email: info@maxxngo.com
Webist Solutions: Useful SEO Tips for your Website
This article explains about the use of effective SEO techniques in helping your website to be more visible and achieve a wider outreach.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 30, 2017 /PRWIRE.asia/ -- Most businesses nowadays have their own websites, functioning as their online store, garnering online traffic to their sites and improve their sales accordingly. However not all businesses fare very well in the online world. The sole reason for that is their businesses are not visible enough in the search engine ranking list due to a lack of effort on search engine optimization, causing their website pages and contents to be not visible enough to the online audience, hence a low profitability as well. So what is SEO (search engine optimization) and what is the effective way in improving it?
Search engine optimization (SEO) refers to the practice of increasing the quantity and quality of traffic to your website through organic search engine results, thus improving the ranking of your website on the search engine results page. It is especially useful for businesses which have limited advertising budget and could not afford pay-per click services from Google. So let’s get started on some useful tips on how to work out a good SEO for your website.
Tips of the day!
1. Select good and related keywords to focus on.
The first step is to select a word or phrase in your business niche which your customers would normally key in the search engine to find the specific product,service or info. The most convenient way to do this is by using Google Keyword Planner, a Google SEOfree tool that will show you an estimate for any search phrase.
For example, when “plastic flower pot” is keyed in the keyword planner, it shows 408 monthly searches — higher than any other related combination of words. You will know this is the keyword you are going to focus on when drafting the contents of your website.
2. Research the competition.
Go incognito on Google search engine. Key in the keywords you discovered and research on the top 10 competitors emerging on the search results. What contents their websites display? Do they have social media linkage? Could you do better?
3. Write the best content in your niche!
Show your audience the best your business could offer. Brush up on the contents, images or even videos inside your website contents to make it as informative, attractive and quality as possible. Audience love good quality contents and splendid user experience, don’t they?
4. Insert the keywords in your page title, header, name and alt-tag of image, URL and in the post
Try to insert the related keywords in the stated section. Google algorithm will seek for keywords inside all the stated section to determine whether your contents are worth to be ranked higher than others. Of course do not overuse excessive keywords as well to avoid your contents become too keyword-oriented. Your audience will not find it interesting and might feel your contents too ‘rigid’ with all the keywords inserted.
5. Insert ‘internal links’ in your contents
If you aren’t talking about your best content, why should anyone else care? For this reason, it’s important that your best SEO content be linked internally by other pages on your website.
Yes, this means you may need to go back and edit some older posts to include links to the new, incredible content.
6. Get external links.
External links are links from websites other than your own. Google relies heavily on external links to determine how good a post is. This can be done through guest posting on other people’s website to increase your website’s awareness. The more external links your website contains, the more reference you will get through other websites external links.
Above are several really useful tips on how to do an effective search engine optimization. Hitherto SEO remains one of the focus of digital marketing in helping a website to reach its maximum potential. However these are not only the Google SEO guidelines where business can take advantage of, there will be constant updates from Google which will alter the guidelines some way or another in the future. Hence you should always keep constant notice on the changes and tune your website accordingly.
Contact Information:
Name: Chris Teng
Organization: Webist Solutions Sdn Bhd
Website: webist.com.my
Phone Number: 0165574650
Email: chris@webist.com.my
Address: B-1-3A, Kuchai Exchange, Jalan Kuchai Maju 13, Off Jalan Kuchai Lama, 58200 Kuala Lumpur.
Tips On Choosing Timber Flooring
Tips on choosing, buying and maintaining my floor. We have given you the most basic information helped needed for your understanding. So are you ready for the experts to create your ideal home environment?
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, December 02, 2017 /PRWIRE.asia/ -- When choosing between wood floorings, what is the first thing you take into consideration? Is it the look it gives to your home? Or is it the functionality of the wood flooring in your room? Choosing the right floor is a major decision as it can be a big investment for your house if you want it to be long lasting for years. So we at twentytwolab.com wish to give you some professional tips & tricks to help you to choose between wood floorings.
Tips on choosing, buying and maintaining my floor.
Choosing or buying the perfect wood flooring can be easy just by following these 3 step: Budget, Style, and Usage.
BUDGET: When a budget is in place, more resources can be allocated to specific rooms. It also gives a choice of self-installing or getting help from expertise for your flooring.
STYLE: Wood floorings are known for giving a room warm, natural but luxurious look. A choice of flooring can also further compliment the future choice of furniture, completing the look of a room.
USAGE: Once you’ve envisioned the style, the last step is to consider the usage of the floors based on material choice. For example, a strong flooring such as wood can be an excellent choice for a big family while still comfortable to bare feet.
Maintain your wood flooring with the following
– Cleaning: Remove dust and dirt regularly with a simple sweep or vacuum.
– Protect: Prevent wear and tears by putting felt pads under furniture legs
– Renew finish: Brighten surface early with fresh coatings
– Beware soaking: Clean any liquid spills instantly to prevent soaking into wood floorings, causing it to swell up.
Expert tips for installing wooden floors
Here are 8 simple steps to installing your own wood floorings advised from our team.
– Measure room and estimate wood floorings needed
– Prepare the subfloor
– Level and clean the subfloor
– Acclimate the wood floorings
– Determine the layout and then place markings
– Layout the wood flooring
– Snap together, cut and fasten successive strips.
– Sand and coat the flooring
Find the process way to complex? Let our professionals at twentytwolab.com do the dirty work for you. You are guaranteed to have the best materials installed to get the best possible outcome.
How to choose between laminate, engineered wood, and real wood flooring?
Laminate flooring made up of layers of wood based material with wood grain on the top surface. Compared to real wood flooring, it is much easier to install and less expensive. It can be found mostly in living rooms. However, how to take care of laminated flooring is a good knowledge you need to know.
Pros
– It’s cheap.
– Found in a variety materials with “natural” look.
Cons
– Less attractive compared to real wood, low-quality ones may look artificial
– Surface hard to fix once damaged.
– Easily swollen by moisture.
Engineered wood consists of a real hardwood veneer attached to a number of plywood layers. Found to be ideal for slab and basement installations.
Pros
– Maintained by sanding and refinishing, but not as many times as real wood.
– Greater moisture and heat resistance to the material.
– It is cheaper than real wood and more attractive than laminate flooring
– Can be installed in different ways: nailed, glued or stapled.
Cons
– Thin top layers
– Found more expensive than laminate flooring.
Real wood flooring
It is made from only wood. It’s the toughest to install and most expensive. Real wood floors can be found anywhere with aesthetic purpose: living rooms, dining rooms, and bedrooms
Pros
– It looks beautiful and fabulous
– Durable, easy to maintain by sanding and refinish
Cons
– Swells up during damp conditions and shrinks at dry ones.
– Very tough to install compared to others
– Highest price
We have given you the most basic information helped needed for your understanding. So are you ready for the experts to create your ideal home environment? Get your ideal home a makeover now! Our team at twentytwolab.com is more than enthusiastic to serve your needs. Call us up at (03) 5613 2826.
Contact Information:
Name: Chris Teng
Organization: Webist Solutions Sdn Bhd
Website: webist.com.my
Phone Number: 0165574650
Email: chris@webist.com.my
Address: B-1-3A, Kuchai Exchange, Jalan Kuchai Maju 13, Off Jalan Kuchai Lama, 58200 Kuala Lumpur.
Webist Solutions – Create Positive Influence to Business and Society
Three young passionate founders share the same dream to make a change in the new Digital Marketing Industry.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 30, 2017 /PRWIRE.asia/ -- Webist Solutions had their grand launch event and inaugural ceremony on 15th of June, Thursday at New Shanghai Restaurant, Holiday Inn Express. This grand ceremony was filled with various VVIPs such as the guest of honor, Puan Sri Datin Sri Dr Susan Cheah, and Malaysian-born supermodel Amber Chia. The highlight of the event was an enthralling congratulatory video message from the Deputy Minister of Prime Minister’s Office, Dato Razali Haji Ibrahim.
What does Webist Solutions do? Webist Solutions is a Digital Marketing Consultancy specializing in Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Social Media Marketing, Web Development, Pay Per Click (PPC) Management and other solutions to help business owners in generating more revenue and improve their performance.
The three young founders of Webist Solutions Sdn Bhd, Bryan, Chris and Johnson are from electrical engineering education background, but this does not stop them from chasing their dreams on tapping into the marketing field during university times 5 years ago. The trios participated various events and activities to embark their journey by starting freelance web design for SME (Small and Medium Enterprises).
Besides that, Dr Zyro Wong, advisor of Webist Solutions, is a modernism leader with exceptional business thoughts at a young age as well. He has won various international and local awards, proving his solid achievements and record of good performance in the Branding, Training and Business Coaching fields.
“We are committed to earning our clients’ trust through outstanding execution and uncompromising dedication to their success.” said Webist Solutions.
The core values of Webist Solutions:
i) Pursue happiness and turns customers into our fans.
ii) Do more with less.
iii) Grow through continuous learning.
iv) Open minded and embrace changes.
“During the event launched, one of the founders, Bryan Tan said that Webist Solutions is not only Digital Marketing Agency, they believe in a life-long learning process.
Chris Teng also added that the number of readers of the print media falls tremendously these years. People are more aware of digital media than the traditional ones, these are the problems that the recent society were facing nowadays.
“A successful service is not just ended after we’ve done what client assigned us, follow-up service plays a major role. We must get feedback from the clients, to let us know how can we improve and to make them feel like they are the VIPs of your services.” said Johnson.
Feel free to visit www.webist.com.my for more information.
Contact Information:
Name: Chris Teng
Organization: Webist Solutions Sdn Bhd
Website: webist.com.my
Phone Number: 0165574650
Email: chris@webist.com.my
Address: B-1-3A, Kuchai Exchange, Jalan Kuchai Maju 13, Off Jalan Kuchai Lama, 58200 Kuala Lumpur.
Havson Group Puts VR On The SEA Map With Funding From 500 Startups
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 22, 2017 /PRWIRE.asia/ -- VR entertainment technology startup Havson Group has closed funding from Silicon Valley-based venture capital seed fund and accelerator, 500 Startups. Producing unique VR content and using advanced VR technology that solves problems of motion sickness and latency, Havson Group has recognised the booming virtual reality industry in Southeast Asia and generated early interest from global players.
Pioneering the introduction of VR in the region, Havson Group recently launched EXA Outpost, a first of its kind hyper-reality development studio based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where players leave reality behind and immerse themselves in a first-person experience that puts players in the middle of a dimension exploration.
EXA Outpost 1 located at SetiaWalk Puchong
EXA Outpost: Mission Room
EXA Outpost: Angkas Zone
Backed by a team that has deep-seated knowledge of the industry, Havson Group has been no stranger to the world of gaming. Starting off as Mediasoft, the team has developed some of the top mobile games in the world including the badminton game Jump Smash and the world’s first sepak takraw game Roll Spike that saw more than 10 million downloads.
The founders of Havson Group of companies (Left) Rayson Wong; (Right) Havene Liew
Cementing its track record to date, Havson Group participated and subsequently won the Alibaba CACSC competition held in Singapore in August 2016 emerging as a Champion against 12 other startups from the region. And becomes Merit winner of global final in Hangzhou, China. Havson Group’s unique advantage comes from its VR solution enabling players to move freely in a large space without motion sickness.
Havson Group – Champion of Singapore Division, CACSC 2016
“Through the Alibaba CACSC competition, we managed to prove to the world that we are an emerging global tech company solving real gaming problems.” said Kee Saik Meng, Founding Partner of Havson Group.
Havson Group – Merit Winner of Global Final, CACSC 2016
Havson Group was also the first Malaysian startup showcasing their VR content at the Silicon Valley VR Expo in San Jose.
Even though well known on the international gaming scene, the problems Havson Group sought to address with their tech solutions were more regional. Bringing the VR industry to Southeast Asia, Havson Group saw its many advantages for the market including drawing traffic to dying malls.
“Our VR Parks provides a solution for mall operators wanting to attract footfall, especially from millennials, and provides a gaming experience unlike any other VR multiplayer has done.” said Havene Liew, Founder of Havson Group.
A burning passion for improving and growing the Malaysian games industry drove former film director and game design lecturer Havene to initially kickstart Mediasoft Entertainment in 2012 together with another founder Rayson Wong. During his time as a lecturer, Havene saw numerous young talented individuals leaving the country to seek opportunities overseas or quit the gaming industry altogether due to a lack of opportunities.
Taking matters into their own hands, Havene and Rayson wanted to create those very opportunities, develop those talents and contribute back to the local gaming ecosystem. This passion for talent development saw Mediasoft winning the best employer award in 2015 awarded by KWSP Malaysia.
No stranger to virtual worlds, Kee who has extensive experience in film and games, elaborates on Havson’s insights, “We see this market growing very rapidly in the next few quarters. Besides the growing consumer demand for richer VR experience via malls, we see Hollywood studios and big game companies with IPs entering this space, and, naturally, they are looking for strategic partners to work with.”
This market demand sees Havson Group joining other major competitive players around the world in capturing the global market share. These competitors include The Void, a Hyper-Reality experience gaming centre based in Utah, New York and Dubai. Zero Latency is another immersive VR studio based in Melbourne, Australia which received a total of USD9.5M to date in seed and venture funding from Carthona Capital.
Other players include Dreamscape Immersive which plans to open a VR Multiplex in Los Angeles later this year. Dreamscape has raised USD11M in funding in a round led by Bold Capital. Imax too, has said it plans to open six VR centers in partnership with AMC Theaters and Regal Entertainment, and additional centers planned for Britain and China as well as projects in Japan, the Middle East and Western Europe.
With competition mounting globally in the US, Australia and other parts of Asia, Havson Group’s years of gaming experience and understanding of the Southeast Asian and other regional markets is what they see as their first movers competitive edge.
Others have seen it too with demands for partnerships increasing. Havson Group has already signed partnerships in Pakistan and ShenZhen, China and are currently in discussion with numerous major theme parks and resorts across the region. With interest in VR mounting, Havson Group plans to cement its hold within the region, ahead of the competition.
Managing Partner of 500 Startups, Khailee Ng said that investing in Havson Group was not only in line with their goal to recognize promising startups in Southeast Asia and assist them in growing on a global level, Khailee injects that Havson Group is one of the corporations that has the potential of fast pace growth with the help of technology.
“Having invested in 1,700 Startups in over 60 countries, we’ve built an international platform for startups like Havson to rapidly enter multiple markets at speed. Their business model involves malls paying upfront for rollouts, and generates ongoing profit share. It’s a very capital efficient way to build a global business. Just the kind of business we like!” said Khailee.
With future plans involving Southeast Asia, China and the US, Havson Group of companies is strongly focused on the booming VR market.
“We have the right talented individuals who are brave for new challenges, we can have the right technology along with the skilled software to create a product on par, we have the resources that can push us far, it is undeniable that Havson has the track record that can create another new height,” added Rayson Wong, Founding Partner of Havson Group.
About Havson Group: Havson Group builds VR contents and provides VR tech solutions to FEC, theme parks and shopping malls.
Suit Up, Experience The Game Changer Of Hyper-Reality Entertainment
Puchong, Selangor, Malaysia, June 02, 2017 /PRWIRE.asia/ -- Gear up, ladies and gentlemen! EXA GLOBAL – under the umbrella of digital entertainment and technology company Havson Group – is urgently recruiting soldiers for an immediate search and rescue mission of their fellow comrades missing in action while on an exploration to a foreign dimension, and they were hailing all new recruits to gather at the latest hyper-reality Family Entertainment Center (FEC) at SetiaWalk’s EXA Outpost, to be “transported” and save their comrades from danger at their recent launch.
The latest disruptive FEC to invade the gaming scene in Malaysia, EXA Outpost at SetiaWalk is a first-person, hyper-reality immersive experience that puts players right smack dab in the middle of a dimension exploration. EXA Outpost brags the rights to be the first of its kind in Southeast Asia, being a quality full-service Hyper-Reality–FECs (Family Entertainment Centers) that will command the approval of the predominantly Malaysian community which it serve.
Mr. Richard Lee, CEO of EXA Global said that engagement is the core to every project being designed by the team – to get their players involved in the technology, to be a part of the story, and experience the game together as a team.
“EXA Outpost is a project of exploration; we invite friends and family to explore, to engage, to defend and return home with an experience where they can share with one another. The moment they book their tickets, we want them to experience the story together as a team,” said Mr. Lee during the launch of EXA Outpost recently.
“Getting the right module, enhancing the formula, experience and content are key components when creating and building an immersive advanced technology to have people sharing their hyper-reality experience with others. Being that part of the story for our players is important to us, as we know experience is something very valuable we at EXA Global can offer.”
A mixture of both physical and hyper-reality attractions that holds a fully immersive, wireless free roaming concept, the gaming content of EXA Outpost are created and developed solely by EXA Global themselves. A Sci-fi shooting game involving multi-players of four in a closed room, troopers will firstly be placed in EXA Outpost’s Ingress room for a briefing on their mission and safety conditions, where they will be suited up with the EXA Gear – player-wearable technology consisting of backpacks, guns, headset, batteries and charging system.
Players will then experience the real highlight of the dimension exploration along with the outer space atmosphere through their ANGKAS system, providing troopers with a more surreal and breathtaking experience. Players will immerse themselves in a surreal movie-like graphic story of being trained as new recruits equivalent to Starship Troopers in a graphically-enhanced Mission Room, receiving orders from a certain Commander Rick and dispatched to explore a foreign dimensional space that will leave players in awe and admire the ‘reality’ of an unexplored realm. Players are instructed to navigate the deep caves of the dimension and investigate the area, encouraging them to explore, engage and experience the whole story and the surreal atmosphere they are transported into, and work together as a team to conquer their mission when encountering large and vicious alien-like monsters.
Mr. Lee emphasized that its innovative facilities will have a positive impact within the Family Entertainment Centers both in Malaysia and on a global scale – having fully analysed and researched the market to effusively enhance the augmented reality solution for both gamers and non-gamers. He went on to add that there are more enhancements and developments to be made to allow their players visiting EXA Outpost have the full immersive experience in letting them feel what EXA Global wants them to feel.
“As part of the creative and innovative pioneer in digital entertainment and technology Havson Group, between ourselves we created the ultimate immersive Hyper-Reality Studio experience within this region.
“With great minds combined, we successfully developed a unique and distinctive system of high quality Hyper-Reality Entertainment Centers and create an exceptional yet incredible experience bringing hyper-reality to a new height,” said Mr. Lee.
Mr. Lee added that Team Building and Communication have always been the pillars embedded in EXA Global’s hyper-reality projects, as they truly believe that hyper-reality can bring people together and providing them that opportunity to let themselves go and immerse in communication to achieve a goal together.
“At EXA Outpost, the “wow” factor is something we want to evoke in people, as the stories we tell and the experience we give, is what each and every person will be bringing home and return for more, as such experience is always crucial in every project we do,” said Mr. Lee.
EXA Outpost also consists of two rooms: dedicated to the games and a Hyper-Reality Arcade Entertainment Centre where patrons can play VR arcade games.
For more information on how to book a session with EXA Outpost at SetiaWalk or the mission of Dimension 12, please visit www.exa-global.com, or follow us on www.facebook.com/EXAGlobal/.
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