DGB Asia

What DGB Asia does

DGB Asia Berhad is a Malaysian investment holding company incorporated in 2006 and listed on Bursa Malaysia's ACE Market since 8 December 2009. The company originated as a provider of Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) solutions, software, and engineering services, but explicit market saturation and price competition in that core drove a deliberate diversification strategy beginning in 2018.

The first pivot was into premium hospitality via the 2018 acquisition of CLI Investment Limited, which operates the Kimpton Da An Hotel — a 14-story, 129-room boutique property in Taipei's Da'an district managed by InterContinental Hotels Group under the KIMPTON brand since March 2019. In 2020, DGB launched a second segment, SpaceX smart vending machines: cashless, interactive retail units with embedded facial recognition technology positioned as a Digital Out-of-Home (DOOH) advertising platform supplying consumer behavior insights to brand owners. The company is headquartered in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, with reported headcount of 11–50.

DGB generates revenue from three streams: hotel operations (room revenue and ancillary hospitality services via the IHG-managed asset), smart vending machine transactions and DOOH advertising (targeting enterprise brand owners), and legacy AIDC solutions and engineering services (one-time license/project work). The company does not publicly disclose pricing or contract terms. Strategic positioning rests on brand association through IHG's KIMPTON platform and proprietary facial recognition in the vending segment, with no disclosed in-house AI R&D, patents, or third-party validation of its technology claims.

Name

DGB Asia

Legal name

DGB Asia Berhad

Website

https://dgbasia.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

DGB Asia Berhad is a Malaysian ACE Market-listed investment holding company operating the Kimpton Da An Hotel in Taipei (via IHG), SpaceX facial-recognition smart vending machines, and legacy AIDC solutions and engineering services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospitality and Retail Technology Services

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Endpoint & Mobile Asset Management (UEM/MDM Asset Controls) (BPAEAOAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

End-User Device Management (UEM/MDM, Desktop/Laptop/Tablet) (BPAEAIAB)

Keywords

• Smart vending machines
• Boutique hotel operations
• Facial recognition technology
• AIDC solutions
• Digital out-of-home advertising

Headquarters

HQ city

Kuala Lumpur

HQ country

Malaysia

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Hotel Operations Revenue: Revenue generated from the operation of Kimpton Da An Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan. The hotel is a 14-story building with 129 rooms, managed by InterContinental Hotels Group under the KIMPTON brand. The hotel has been in operation since March 2019.
2. Smart Vending Machine Operations: Revenue from SpaceX smart vending machines which provide customers with a range of goods for purchase and an alternative digital out-of-home (DOOH) platform for advertisement placement. The machines offer facial recognition technology for consumer insights.
3. AIDC Solutions and Services: Original business segment providing innovative and comprehensive AIDC (Automatic Identification and Data Capture) solutions, software, and engineering services to various industries.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

DGB Asia Berhad is a Malaysia-based investment holding company that operates two main business segments. It runs the Kimpton Da An Hotel, a 129-room premium boutique hotel in Taipei, Taiwan managed by InterContinental Hotels Group, and operates SpaceX smart vending machines equipped with facial recognition technology that provide retail sales and a digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising platform. Its original business was providing Automatic Identification and Data Capture (AIDC) solutions, software, and engineering services.

Product overview

DGB Asia Berhad operates as an investment holding company with two distinct business segments: (1) SpaceX Smart Vending Machines offering automated retail with facial recognition and digital advertising capabilities, and (2) the Kimpton Da An Hotel, a premium boutique hospitality property in Taipei, Taiwan managed by InterContinental Hotels Group. The company originally provided AIDC solutions before diversifying into these new business segments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SpaceX: SpaceX smart vending machines are pioneers with built-in facial recognition technology, user-friendly, interactive, and cashless machines. They provide customers with a range of goods for purchase and an alternative digital out-of-home (DOOH) platform for advertisement placement.
• KIMPTON

Products and services

• SpaceX Smart Vending Machines Smart vending machines equipped with built-in facial recognition technology, interactive displays, and cashless payment functionality. They sell consumer goods and provide brand owners with a digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising platform along with consumer behavior insights.
• Kimpton Da An Hotel

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability3 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIHG manages the Kimpton Da An Hotel in Taipei under the KIMPTON brand. DGB acquired CLI Investment Limited which invested in and operates this hotel. IHG provides international hotel management expertise and brand standards.
• CLI Investment LimitedcoreOthersCLI Investment Limited is a subsidiary invested in by DGB that holds the hotel operation in Taiwan. It is the investment vehicle through which DGB owns the Kimpton Da An Hotel.
• SpaceX (Vending Machine Brand)coreOthersSpaceX is the smart vending machine brand operated by DGB Asia. SpaceX vending machines feature facial recognition technology and provide DOOH advertising platforms.
• Neri & HuminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNeri & Hu designed the Kimpton Da An Hotel as an urban retreat, creating a sense of calm in Da'an, Taipei City while maintaining the vibrancy of the urban context.
• Condé Nast TravelerminorOthersAwarded the Kimpton Da An Hotel as a winner of the '2020 Hot List', providing prestigious media recognition for the hotel property.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sensei Tech: Portuguese computer-vision autonomous-store startup serving European retailers. Comparable to SpaceX as a peer in cashless, vision-enabled retail kiosks with embedded consumer analytics for brand owners.
• SandStar Technology: Computer-vision-enabled smart retail and unmanned store solutions provider. Highly comparable to DGB's SpaceX line because both retrofit retail hardware with facial/visual recognition to deliver checkout and consumer-analytics services to brands and retailers.
• Standard Cognition: Provider of AI-powered, camera-based autonomous checkout for retail. Comparable to SpaceX's facial-recognition vending as a peer in vision-driven unattended retail, with overlapping advertiser/CPG use cases around in-store behavioral data.

Broad incumbents

• Datalogic: Italian-listed provider of AIDC, barcode, and industrial automation solutions. Comparable to DGB's original AIDC business as an established mid-cap competitor in the same end markets.
• Zebra Technologies: Global leader in enterprise asset intelligence, including barcode/RFID scanning and AIDC solutions. Comparable to DGB's original AIDC solutions segment as the dominant incumbent whose pricing pressure has driven DGB to diversify away from AIDC.
• Cognex Corporation: Global leader in machine vision and industrial barcode reading. Comparable to DGB's AIDC segment on the vision/identification side, and a peer to SpaceX's computer-vision approach at the underlying technology layer.
• Minor International (MINT): Thailand-listed diversified hospitality and lifestyle holding company. Comparable to DGB as an Asian-listed, multi-segment holding combining hotels, food, and lifestyle businesses, with a similar mix of operating and asset-light models.
• Mandarin Oriental International: Internationally operated luxury hotel group with Asian portfolio concentration. Comparable to DGB's Kimpton Da An operation as a broad incumbent in the same premium-Asian-hospitality space, though with a much larger global footprint.

Emerging players

• Cooler Screens: IoT-equipped retail surfaces that combine product display with digital screens and shopper analytics. Comparable to SpaceX's DOOH-plus-data approach to monetizing in-store retail hardware, though focused on cooler doors rather than vending.

Regional players

• Far East Hospitality: Singapore-based owner-operator of hotels and serviced residences. Comparable to DGB's hotel-investment strategy as a regional hospitality holding company pursuing boutique and lifestyle assets across Asian gateway cities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/dgbasia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dgb-networks-sdn-bhd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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