eCommerce

Indonesia social commerce platform KitaBeli bags Series A extension from Meesho founders, Kopi Kenanga Capital & others

The additional funds will be utilized for KitaBeli’s expansion into more cities, as well as build out a wider stock-keeping unit mix.

UOB Venture Management leads $30M Series B in Indonesia ‘halal’ social commerce platform Evermos

The fresh funds will be used to expand the leadership and growth teams, to enter new geographies and to deepen technology development.

Softbank, Tencent invest in Indian online used car platform Cars24 Services – report

Cars24 plans to use the fresh capital to deepen its presence in the United Arab Emirates and Australian markets, where it has made recent forays, and build its cars, bikes and financing business in India while investing in technology.

Indonesia social e-commerce platform Dagangan raises $11.5M Series A led by Monk’s Hill Ventures

The funding will be used to grow Dagangan's house brand of private-label local products, product development, talent acquisition, and grow partnerships with community leaders, key opinion leaders, local entrepreneurs, and village chiefs.

Digital payments are no longer just ‘nice-to-have’ but are now ‘must-have’ in business strategy, says 2C2P’s Aung Kyaw Moe [Q&A]

As the world becomes increasingly digital, there is an opportunity to ride on the growth of digital payments and provide secure and reliable financial services to meet the ever-changing needs of consumers here in the region. We expect to see a further acceleration in the adoption of digital payments in Southeast Asia as digital payments are no longer a…

Singapore-based RtistiQ launches Southeast Asia’s first online NFT-driven art marketplace

The online art marketplace leverages blockchain, non-fungible tokens (NFT) and near field communication (NFC) to provide provenance tracking and ensure authenticity of the artwork.

Singapore online marketplace Carousell becomes Southeast Asia’s latest unicorn after raising $100M

The latest funding round also came after Carousell raised $80 million in an investment round led by South Korean tech giant Naver in September last year.

3 Reasons why Southeast Asia’s e-commerce is set to explode

An e-commerce aggregator, iPrice Group, analyzed the most visited e-commerce platforms in Southeast Asia to predict where the market is heading towards and what exciting developments we can expect from the year-end shopping frenzy. Here are 3 key predictions on the success of Southeast Asia’s e-commerce industry for the rest of the year.

Malaysia-listed payment firm GHL teams up with BNPL startup Atome to expand across ASEAN

In Malaysia and Singapore, merchants who opted for Atome’s BNPL experienced an average 17 percent increase in their ticket order size.

How Carsome became Malaysia’s largest tech unicorn – with a little help from a friend

Gobi Partners’ continued faith and multiple investments into Carsome paved the way for the e-commerce platform to dominate Southeast Asia’s used car scene, en route to becoming Malaysia’s first and largest unicorn.