Startups Grab Ventures seeks startups that help farmers, small biztechinasia.com - Terence Lee Grab recently announced that it is accepting the second batch of startups for its accelerator program, Grab Ventures Velocity (GVV). The latest …
HTC Prevtechinasia.com - TIA Bot • Proof of Capital, a VC firm backed by Taiwan’s HTC, has launched a new US$50 million blockchain fund, reports TechCrunch. • The team consists of Phil …
Startups Prevtechinasia.com - Diah Harni The past years have marked an exciting chapter for Tech in Asia. Based on your feedback, we’ve decided to combine our previous conference in …
Amazon Tiki, Vietnam’s answer to Amazon, is charting its own pathtechinasia.com - Jack Ellis Amazon is one of the world’s most valuable companies. Today, it sells everything from electronics to clothes to musical instruments and pet supplies. …
Starbucks China's startup Starbucks challenger now valued at $2.9btechinasia.com - Steven Millward • China’s Luckin Coffee, a self-declared challenger to Starbucks, has raised US$150 million in its latest round of funding, which values the company at …
China Debate rages over China’s ‘996’ overtime culturetechinasia.com - Steven Millward The latest controversy in China’s tech industry centers on the intense work culture that often forces people to be on duty from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm, …
Amazon Amazon to quit Chinatechinasia.com - TIA Bot • After 15 years as an also-ran in China’s online shopping sector, Amazon is to quit the country soon, according to sources speaking with Reuters. • Amazon …
Malaysia Prevtechinasia.com - Miguel Cordon Malaysian venture capital firm 1337 Ventures is set to run its month-long Alpha Startups pre-accelerator program, which will conclude with a demo day …
The Interview Why this edtech company won't easily take VC moneytechinasia.com - Tim Romero This article is from an episode on Disrupting Japan. This is heavily revised from the original show transcript. For the full episode, go here. Not …
Liu Qiangdong Prevtechinasia.com - TIA Bot Editing by Charmaine de Lazo (And yes, we’re serious about ethics and transparency. More information here.) TIA Writer TIA Bot loves eating data for …
India TikTok disappears from India's Google and Apple app storestechinasia.com - TIA Bot • India appears to have banned the Chinese video-sharing app TikTok, as the app becomes unavailable for download on Google’s Play Store and Apple’s App …
Malaysia RHL Ventures launches $24m fund for Malaysian SMEstechinasia.com - Miguel Cordon Malaysia-based private investment firm RHL Ventures today announced it has launched a US$24.3 million fund to support local early-stage small and …
China Meet one of China’s biggest agricultural drone makerstechinasia.com - Celia Chen On a road trip through Xinjiang in 2012, Peng Bin saw how aging farmers labored in vast cotton fields with heavy tanks of pesticides strapped to …
Prevtechinasia.com - Nathaniel Fetalvero Pitching a startup idea takes a lot of work. There are several steps to take before a novel solution can be presented to potential investors or …
Malaysia Unilever makes strategic investment in Malaysia's TheLorrytechinasia.com - Miguel Cordon The Unilever Foundry, the global startup collaboration platform of consumer goods giant Unilever, made a strategic investment in Malaysian on-demand …
Myanmar Myanmar’s Daung Capital raises series A for online loanstechinasia.com - Steven Millward While 21 million of Myanmar’s 54 million population are connected to the internet, only 5 million have a bank account. That’s why Leon Qiu sees a …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoVenture Capital Monk's Hill Ventures appoints two new partnerstechinasia.com - Miguel Cordon Early-stage tech venture capital firm Monk’s Hill Ventures today announced the appointment of Michele Daoud and Justin Nguyen as partners, effective …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoFinancial Services Vietnam's Sendo is leaping into educationtechinasia.com - Will Chin In August 2018, ecommerce platform Sendo bagged US$51 million in a series B funding round led by Japanese financial services giant SBI Group. Since …
China China's '996' work culture comes under scrutinytechinasia.com - Yingzhi Yang During the internet boom of the 1990s, Silicon Valley tech workers clocked up long hours to keep their startups afloat amid fierce competition and …
Indonesia The dark side of Indonesia’s online lending boomtechinasia.com - Putra Muskita Dini (not her real name) has used online lending apps since early 2017 and, by most accounts, was a good borrower. She paid her bills on time and did …
Electric Scooters e-scooters, space debristechinasia.com - Katrina Balmaceda Uy Which are the startups that are on the path to becoming the next big thing? In this regular post, we give you an overview of the companies that have …
Startups How founders can embed customer obsession in their startupstechinasia.com - Salonie Ganju This article is from an episode on Matrix Moments by Matrix Partners India, a podcast featuring candid conversations on what it really takes to …
South-east Asia Prevtechinasia.com - Terence Lee Dear readers, From the outside looking in, it sure seems like the Grab and Go-Jek funding war has the makings of a bubble – gigantic money chasing …
Technology (China) Prevtechinasia.com - Laurie Chen Alibaba Group founder and billionaire Jack Ma again weighed in on the Chinese tech industry’s grueling overtime work culture on Sunday, this time …
Profit Indonesian logistics startup Waresix scores 15x growth in past yeartechinasia.com - Putra Muskita Waresix, an Indonesian end-to-end logistics tech startup, announced that it has grown 15 times compared to the previous year. The company claims to …
Financial Services Mastercard, Kuok Ventures, SGInnovate invest in AIDAtechinasia.com - Terence Lee AIDA Technologies, a startup that uses machine learning to generate insights that help financial services companies make decisions, announced today …
Electric Scooters Telepod partners Foodpanda, Buzz on e-scooter batteriestechinasia.com - Jack Ellis With multiple players in the mix, Singapore’s scooter-sharing scene is shaping up to be just as competitive as the bike-sharing boom that came before …
