Yimie Yong

TikTok has recently come under scrutiny in Southeast Asia. Last week, Indonesia's government has halted transactions on its platform following a ban on e-commerce trade on social media.

In the interview, 917Venture Head of Ideation and Acceleration Glenn Estrella also shared PetPal’s short-term and long-term plans, the potential and opportunities the company sees in the pet care market in the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia, among others.

Carrots&Cake is a parental control learning app, focusing on the science behind how kids interact with tech in order to try and change their behavior and build healthy habits.

Momentum Works, a venture outfit, estimated Foodpanda's Southeast Asia GMV at $3.1 billion in 2022. According to the same report, Foodpanda ranked second by market share in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines, and third in Thailand in 2022.

The acquisition will help GCash improve its services in the fintech space and further democratize financial access, Globe said.

The government said the move, which takes effect immediately, is aimed at protecting offline merchants and marketplaces, adding that predatory pricing on social media platforms is threatening small and medium-sized enterprises.

AtoZero, or “Accelerate To Net Zero”, is a new series of events bringing together key decision makers and changemakers to comprehensively explore pathways, policies and business opportunities that will catalyse an acceleration of net zero pathways.

"What the people are expecting is that the advancement of technology can create new economic potential, not kill existing economies," Jokowi said.

laysia's Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) is eyeing to enhance the startup ecosystem, emerging technology, and Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education under Budget 2024.

"Tesla would be looking into an EV manufacturing facility, Microsoft and Google are looking at data centers," Thailand's Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said.