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Southeast Asia’s digital platforms have moved from growth engines to economic infrastructure. As subsidies normalize, regulation expands, and platforms invest in profitability, logistics, worker protections, and merchant tools, users and sellers are beginning to feel more of the cost of scale. The next test for the region’s platform economy will be whether…

Southeast Asia’s private equity market remained subdued in 2025, with total deal value declining about 10 percent year-on-year to $14.3 billion across 84 transactions, according to the "Southeast Asia Private Equity Report 2026" report conducted by Bain & Company.

Building on its commitment to advancing artificial intelligence (AI) in Southeast Asia, Bain & Company will launch a new AI Innovation Hub in Singapore.

Singapore’s digital economy gross merchandise value (GMV) is projected to reach $29 billion in 2025, up 7 percent from 2024, driven by strong momentum in key sectors, a report showed Tuesday.

ASEAN’s digital economy poised to surpass $300 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) by 2025, fueled by 7.4 times of GMV and 11.2 times of revenue growth in a decade, Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company said Tuesday.

Malaysia's digital economy is poised to reach $31 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) in 2024, an increase of 16% from 2023 according to the latest e-Conomy SEA 2024 report by Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company.

Google, Temasek, and Bain & Company have projected that the digital economy in Southeast Asia (SEA) will reach $263 billion in gross merchandise value (GMV) in 2024, a 15 percent increase over last year.

Bain & Company, GenZero, Standard Chartered and Temasek have in their recent report highlighted top 13 decarbonization investment ideas in Southeast East Asia which present $150 billion green economy market opportunities.

The healthcare sector continued to be a hub of private equity (PE) deal activity in 2023, reaching $60 billion in announced deal value, despite higher global interest rates, inflationary pressures, and broader geopolitical uncertainty, Bain & Company said Wednesday.

Despite a degree of cautious optimism, Indonesia's venture capital deal value is expected to decline 70 percent to 80 percent in 2023, according to a report revealed by Indonesia-based venture capital firm AC Ventures and global consultancy Bain & Company on Wednesday.