Daily Briefing: Ku De Ta gets extreme makeover; Local startup Pie to give hyped-up Slack a run for its money

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Ku De Ta - the swanky bar perched on the boat-shaped rooftop of Singapore's iconic casino resort Marina Bay Sands - is undergoing an extreme makeover, including a name change. Read more here.
Pie makes a workplace chat app that doesn’t require much tech savvy from its users. The Singapore-based startup announced today that it has raised US$1.2 million in series A funding (hat-tip to TechCrunch) from GREE Ventures, Koh Boon Hwee, Wavemaker Partners, Dennis Goh, and Ivan Yeo of YSS Capital. Find out more here.
Not only is this customised home office going to cost you less than $1000, but these ideas from Art Loft also provide you with a way to support Asian contemporary artists. Read more here.

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