TNGlobal Q&A and Interviews
East Ventures remains bullish on Indonesia & Southeast Asia despite headwinds
In the exclusive interview, Cuaca also shared his views on the overall tech ecosystem in Indonesia, startups’ valuation and the firm’s exit strategy.
Hong Kong’s brandtech firm Gusto Collective eyes expansion to SG, Tokyo, Bangkok after recent fundraising [Q&A]
Gusto Collective, which provides content production services, raised $11 million in its seed plus funding round led by Animoca Brands and Gaw Capital last month. The oversubscribed round also received participation from BlackPine, YCI Limited, and several existing shareholders including ClearVue Partners.
Talkwalker’s Benjamin Soubies on how AI-enabled consumer intelligence is making a difference in customer engagement [Q&A]
In this TechNode Global Q&A with Soubies, we learn how the company's AI-enabled consumer intelligence platform empowers marketing, communications, and consumer research teams to transform millions of data points into actionable insights, enabling brands to better anticipate consumers’ needs and engage their audiences.
Indonesian integrated fishery firm Aruna aims to make Indonesia center of the world’s maritime economy by 2045. Here’s how:
In the interview, Co-Founder and Chief Sustainability Officer Sus Utari Octavianty also shared details on Aruna’s plan, strategy and challenges it faced.
Alpha JWC expects E2W vehicles to be widely adopted in Indonesia soon; open for future opportunities in EV sector
E2W is highly potential, especially in Indonesia with its large market and increasing demand for motorbikes. The trends projected that E2W will be adopted widely soon, and with our superior proposition, we can provide the best-in-class options to cater to this,” Alpha JWC Ventures Co-Founder and General Partner Chandra Tjan told TechNode Global.
How the metaverse will drive convergence between online and offline worlds, an interview with VIZZIO’s Jon Li [Q&A]
The Internet today is essentially a digital overlay of the world, which is driven largely by 2D information, texts, voices, images, and videos. But that’s about to change. We now have the technology and infrastructure to create new 3D virtual worlds, or rather a digital model, of our physical world. These virtual worlds will obey the laws of physics, or not…
Taking traditional gaming to the Metaverse, an interview with Red Door Digital’s Joseph Derflinger [Q&A]
Founded in 2021, Red Door Digital aims to take the ultra traditional gaming experience to the metaverse. The company is a global-to-local Web 3.0-ready game studio and publisher making award-winning AAA-quality GameFi titles a reality. The team is composed of world-class game designers and developers that not only worked on, but spearheaded the launch of…
Thai startup ZTRUS aims to double revenue as it expands in home country & regionally
ZTRUS hopes to scale in Thailand within two years and shall explore some clients in Southeast Asia.
Indonesian culinary multi-brand firm Hangry eyes up to 100 outlets in 2022 while hunting for M&A targets
The company’s expansion will focus on Indonesia first before starting to expand regionally in 2024.
Building Southeast Asia’s EV motorbike ecosystem, an interview with ION Mobility’s James Chan [Podcast Q&A]
"With the EV transition, we’re not just going to benefit from significant efficiency gains in converting stored electrical energy into mobility. We’re also going to make that evolutionary leap from being analog devices to completely digital and always-connected personalized devices, just like the ubiquitous smartphone."
