ORIGIN 2020 | Cash is king for survival
Cash is king and survival is key for startups, which should focus on maintaining good cash visibility and looking creatively at what levers they can pull to generate cash, according to experts at TechNode Global’s ORIGIN 2020 conference held on Nov. 18.
“Don’t think about growing your market too aggressively as you were pre-pandemic,” Jeff Chi, founding member and vice chairman of Vickers…
Announcing the winners for the ORIGIN Innovation Awards 2020
TechNode Global has announced the winners for the first edition of ORIGIN Innovation Awards. The winners were announced during the ORIGIN Conference, an on-demand conference track about the latest developments in the Asia tech and startup scene within TECHFEST Live x ROAD-TO-WCIT Malaysia 2020.
2020 winners include early-stage startups, venture capital firms, corporates, community…
Announcing the finalists for the ORIGIN Innovation Awards 2020
TechNode Global has announced the finalists for the first edition of ORIGIN Innovation Awards. The ORIGIN Innovation Awards recognizes outstanding startups, corporates, ecosystem enablers, and movers and shakers in Asia who are poised for growth. The awards celebrate the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurship, and also seek to inspire the dreamer in all of us.
Nominations for the…
Scaling in Southeast Asia
E-commerce in Southeast Asia is burgeoning, and is expected to grow fivefold in five years, Jason Tay, regional director of business development at M-DAQ, said during TechNode Global’s fifth Tech Insights webinar on Sept. 30.
The evolution of cross-border trade and a shift to expand beyond the domestic market drove Southeast Asia’s e-commerce market to blossom into a $38 billion market in…
Vietnam’s ‘eBay for motorcycles’ gets big funding
Vietnam is the world’s fourth biggest market for motorcycles, so it’s not surprising there’s a startup that wants to get in on the high-octane action.
OKXE, a marketplace for buying and selling used motorbikes and scooters, has raised $5.5 million in series A funding to be the app for when people need a new set of wheels, reports VnExpress (via Kr-Asia).
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam / Photo:…
Webinar: Cashing in on Thailand’s digital economy, on August 26 2020
Tech Insights Series (Go-Global special): Cashing in on Thailand's digital economy
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Thailand, Southeast Asia's second-largest economy is an attractive market for startups. Opportunities abound for tech companies with the launch of the Thailand 4.0 initiative transforming the country towards a more innovation-driven economy. Thailand has approximately 52…
Indonesia’s Asos-style fashion app Sorabel to shut down
Modeling itself on fast-rising shopping apps like Asos and Boohoo, Indonesia’s Sorabel wanted to bring affordable fashion to shoppers across the archipelago while at the same time challenging giants like H&M and Zara.
But that venture is now at an end, with Sorabel recently sending out an internal memo notifying staff of its impending shutdown and financial liquidation, according to Daily…
‘New retail’ and the tech changing how we shop
What is the future of shopping? The whole concept of how we shop is changing dramatically with the integration of new technologies like augmented and virtual reality, artificial intelligence, connected appliances, and exponential growth in ecommerce volumes. More brick and mortar stores are also stepping up to provide better retail experiences for consumers, exploring the role of “new retail” in…
Lazada gets yet another new CEO
Lazada has a new CEO. If you’ve only just got round to remembering the name of the previous one, Pierre Poignant, you can be forgiven since he was only in the job for about 18 months. And the CEO before that, Lucy Peng, was in the chair for just nine months.
Indeed, this new Lazada CEO, Chun Li, is the third Lazada Group leader since March 2018—that’s when Alibaba started installing its CEO…
Y Combinator graduate Shipper gets series A funding
Shipper, which wants to build a speedy delivery network for online merchants across Indonesia’s thousands of islands, has secured series A funding, it announced today.
It comes a year after the team became one of the few Indonesian startups to ever have graduated from Y Combinator’s prestigious incubator in Silicon Valley. While Shipper is keeping the fresh funding sum a secret, reports…