Southeast Asia’s top 50 rising women in tech 2021 [Updated]
Southeast Asia has seen its fair share of unicorns--23 at last count if we include startups that have already gone public like Sea and Razer. A quick scan of these billion-dollar startups reveals that only three of the region’s unicorns have female founders or are led by women.
The three are Grab Co-Founder Tan Hooi Ling, JustCo Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer Lu Liu, and PatSnap…
Singapore-based SME digital financing platform Funding Societies gets financial backing from Samsung
Funding Societies, an SME crowdfunding and alternative investment platform based in Singapore, became a recipient of an undisclosed amount of funding support from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation (SVIC), the venture capital arm of Samsung Group.
The FinTech startup intends to use the newly secured funds for the expansion of its tech team across Southeast Asia. Funding Societies seeks to…
Building a fintech empire, Indonesia’s Ajaib adds stock-trading
Over a year after winning funding from SoftBank Ventures, Indonesia’s wealth-management app Ajaib is making another big move by this week expanding from just mutual funds to offering stock-trading and ETF-trading.
It’s part of the startup’s ambition to build a fintech empire in the mold of Robinhood, which is valued at $8 billion.
In order to expand, Ajaib has acquired a decades-old…
Gojek escalates cashless payments battle with startup acquisition
After eight months of rumors, ride-hailing giant Gojek just revealed it has acquired Moka, an Indonesian startup that makes internet-connected payment systems for stores and restaurants.
Gojek, Indonesia’s top-valued startup at $10 billion, confirmed the deal in a filing with Indonesia’s Business Competition Supervisory Commission, reported local media.
The acquisition proves the…
Remote acquires Atlas to simplify how global teams spend and scale
Acquisition will bolster Remote's HR and payroll platform with integrated financial tools to streamline operations for modern workforces
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Remote, the leading global employment operating system, has completed the acquisition of Atlas, the expense management solution for global teams. The acquisition provides the foundation for a new category of products…
Revealed: the 100 fast-growing European tech scaleups that can deliver long-term growth and diversification for Asia’s investors
'Thoroughbreds' are the companies that Asian investors should be paying attention to
Thoroughbreds are fast-growth tech companies generating $100+ million in revenues
Investment from key Asian markets into Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) climbs in 2025
According to Dealroom's Investor Power Law Ranking, London's Phoenix Court is recognised as #1 investor in EMEA at backing Thoroughbreds,…
Revealed: the 100 fast-growing European tech scaleups that can deliver long-term growth and diversification for Asia’s investors
'Thoroughbreds' are the companies that Asian investors should be paying attention to
Thoroughbreds are fast-growth tech companies generating $100+ million in revenues
Investment from key Asian markets into Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) climbs in 2025
According to Dealroom's Investor Power Law Ranking, London's Phoenix Court is recognised as #1 investor in EMEA at backing Thoroughbreds,…
MinIO Introduces Iceberg Tables in AIStor, Unifying Enterprise Data for AI
New capability establishes MinIO as the on-prem Exascale AI Data Store for secure, sovereign, scalable Enterprise AI
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Sept. 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- MinIO, the leading exascale object store for Enterprise AI Data, today announced the addition of native Apache Iceberg support to its flagship AIStor offering via a powerful new Tables feature. By integrating the Iceberg Catalog…
DeepL unveils marketplace for ready-made DeepL API solutions
Businesses can now easily discover and deploy trusted DeepL and partner apps, unlocking the full power of DeepL's AI translation and writing APIs
COLOGNE, Germany, Sept. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- DeepL, a global AI product and research company, today announced the launch of DeepL Marketplace, a centralized platform where businesses can discover and deploy trusted apps and integrations built on…
Emeritus Named to 2024 HolonIQ Southeast Asia EdTech 50
SINGAPORE, June 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Emeritus, the global leader in making high quality education accessible and affordable to individuals, companies, and governments around the world, has been recognized as one of the most promising EdTech startups in Southeast Asia, by the prestigious 2024 HolonIQ Southeast Asia EdTech 50.
The HolonIQ Southeast Asia EdTech 50 is an annual list that…