Investments
Southeast Asia VC funding rocketed to $5.7b in Q1, but rest of year is probably going to suck
Southeast Asia’s tech companies attracted a stellar $5.7 billion in venture…
Sequoia backs Indonesia insurance startup Qoala
A year after its launch, cutely-named insurance startup Qoala has secured…
Ex-Grab exec pockets fresh funding for insurance startup
Grab’s first chief technology officer Wei Zhu, who departed the ride-hailing…
Energy automation startup gets funding for global expansion
SensorFlow, one of a wave of young hardware firms out of Singapore, has secured…
Two new funds add $860m to Southeast Asia pot
Two investment firms have just revealed new funds that bring a collective $860…
Gojek escalates cashless payments battle with startup acquisition
After eight months of rumors, ride-hailing giant Gojek just revealed it has…
’This is an extinction-level event’
Thomas Tsao, a tech investor with decades of experience, has weathered the…
Southeast Asia VC lifts lid on new $50m fund
The tech investors at Quest Ventures today debuted their second fund, worth $50…
Singapore food startup gets funding for its 'healthy' ice cream
You’ve likely heard of plant-based meat startups like Impossible Foods, and you…
Indonesia’s Kargo gets $31m series A funding to keep on truckin’
Kargo, which uses tech to connect companies to truckers across Indonesia, has…