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.