Southeast Asia
China's Tencent picks Singapore as Southeast Asia HQ
Chinese social media and gaming giant Tencent today said it'll open an office…
Singapore startup wants global hit with 'Yelp for vegan foodies' app
If you’re hunting down a plant-based burger, there’s an app that can help you…
Celebrity shoutout apps are ready for the limelight
If you want Snoop Dogg to bless your buddy’s birthday or Manny Pacquiao to…
🪓☠️ Covid-19: Southeast Asia tech layoffs and shutdowns
Here’s a list, regularly updated, of tech startup layoffs and shutdowns amid…
Shopee is now an $8 billion juggernaut
Southeast Asian internet giant Sea—the company behind Shopee and Garena—has a…
💸 Here’s a handy list of Southeast Asia’s newest VC funds
Where’s the new cash for startup founders? This list, updated regularly, has…
Jack Ma's fintech giant Ant: a brief history of its Southeast Asia empire building
Now we know that Ant Financial—or Ant Group, as we apparently must call it from…
New VC focuses on Southeast Asia’s women-led startups
Southeast Asia’s entrepreneurs now have a new VC to pitch to: Her Capital. The…
Riding the 'shared mobility' boom
There aren’t many tech companies that go back to the 1980s, but here’s one for…
With over $1.3b, Sequoia has two new funds for region
Sequoia has just unlocked two new funds aimed at startups in Southeast Asia and…