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Started in 2018, the firm selling kids’ smartwatches and other wearables are available in 36 countries with Japan being its largest market, followed by Singapore and South American market.

“So in the end, my dream is when I retire, five listed companies, one in America and four in other parts of Asean,” Tony Fernandes said.

The new reorganisation plan will be announced by Jan 15, sources said.

Junior and senior employees from multiple departments, including the commercial and marketing teams, were affected.

As we usher into 2024, with the hope for a better year, here are some of the top tech news in 2023.

The four EV producers have also expressed their readiness to follow the regulations in Indonesia, including complying with the 40 percent domestic component level rule.

“We’re advising some clients to issue tokens for fundraising,” Kasikornbank’s co-president Pipit Aneaknithi said in an interview with Bloomberg on Monday.

The global wave of layoffs hitting US tech companies like Meta, Amazon, and Twitter has also come to Southeast Asia amid a slowdown in fundraising activities for tech startups. Tech companies including venture capital-backed startups in Southeast Asia have also announced layoffs and austerity measures to cope with the uncertain macroeconomic situation.

In 2023, TN Global has published contributions from leaders and experts from the tech ecosystem, covering various topics from e-commerce, FinTech, Web3, artificial intelligence, other latest trends and innovations in the tech sector.

It’s the time of the year again as we take a look back at what happened throughout 2023 in the tech and startup scene in Southeast Asia.