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GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a transportation network company based in Singapore. In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery services via mobile app. It operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. 

Grab

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

Bangko Sentral Ng Pilipinas

GrabPay

GrabPay in the Philippines

One of the most important features for consumers in the Philippines to take note of would be the ability to top up 'prepaid load' -- credits for data or phone usage -- through GrabPay.

Grab boosts GrabPay in the Philippines after receiving e-money license from central bank | KrASIA

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Grab boosts GrabPay in the Philippines after receiving e-money license from central bank

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

KrASIA

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Elaine Huang

Didi Chuxing Technology Co., formerly Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese transportation network company, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate.

Didi

SoftBank Group Corp. is a holding company that engages in the management of its group companies which provides information technology and telecommunication services. It operates through the following segments: Mobile Communications, Sprint, Fixed-line Telecommunications, Internet, and Others. 

Softbank

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

Transportation

Daiichi Koutsu Sangyo

Didi Chuxing

With mainland China being a top source of tourism for Japan, Didi can be sure to leverage this trend with its new service in Osaka.

Didi launches taxi-hailing in Japan through SoftBank joint venture | KrASIA

Didi launches taxi-hailing in Japan through SoftBank joint venture

The Internet of things (IoT) is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and other forms of hardware, these devices can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled.

Air quality

East Ventures

Seeds Capital

uHoo

Wavemaker Partners

Most of its clients are in Europe or North America, but uHoo co-founder Dustin Onghanseng sees a large market targeting Asian enterprises.

This Singapore startup raises new round to help improve your in-door air quality | KrASIA

This Singapore startup raises new round to help improve your in-door air quality

OYO Rooms, commonly known as OYO, is India's largest hospitality company, consisting mainly of budget hotels. It was founded in 2013 by Ritesh Agarwal and has since grown to over 12,000 hotels in 337 cities in India, Malaysia, UAE, Nepal, China and Indonesia.

Hotel

Oyo Rooms

Softbank Vision Fund

China is a huge market for India-based budget hotel operator OYO Rooms, which just raised its biggest fundraising round yet.

India's Oyo confirms $1b fundraise, more than half to be spent on China business | KrASIA

India&#8217;s Oyo confirms $1b fundraise, more than half to be spent on China business

Read stories of Travel service providers, platforms or the trending of the travel industry.

Travel

Klook

Marcus Yong

Q&amp;A

Marcus Yong, Klook's regional head of marketing, on why it makes sense to target walk-in customers and why his favorite Klook activity is a trip to Bhutan.

Online tour booking site Klook wants to tackle its next big challenge: converting walk-ins | KrASIA

Online tour booking site Klook wants to tackle its next big challenge: converting walk-ins

Gojek is a transportation network company and logistics startup company based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Gojek

Go-Jek

Go-Ventures

Narasi TV

Started in 2017 by local broadcast journalist Najwa Shihab, content on Narasi TV ranges from talk shows hosted by Shihab, musical performances, political discussions, to film reviews.

Go-Ventures reportedly invests in Indonesian digital content platform Narasi TV | KrASIA

Go-Ventures reportedly invests in Indonesian digital content platform Narasi TV

Ola Cabs, is an Indian origin online transportation network company developed by ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd. As of December 2018, Ola was valued at about $5.7 billion. A variety of venture capitalists including Softbank have large stakes in the company.

Temasek Holdings Private Limited is a Singaporean holding company owned by the Government of Singapore.

Temasek

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Naspers

Uber

Ola was last in the news one week ago for raising US$50 million from Chinese investors Sailing Capital and China-Eurasian Economic Cooperation Fund with the deal valuing the firm at US$4.3 billion.

Indian ride-hailer Ola in talks with Naspers, Temasek for fresh capital | KrASIA

Indian ride-hailer Ola in talks with Naspers, Temasek for fresh capital

Golden Gate Ventures

Koh Boon Hwee

Linear VC

Maliha Quadir

ride-hailing

Shohoz

It's currently serving two distinct on-demand markets -- ride-hailing and movie ticket booking. Food delivery and financial services are next.

Bangladesh ride-hailing firm Shohoz raises $15m led by Golden Gate Ventures | KrASIA

Bangladesh ride-hailing firm Shohoz raises $15m led by Golden Gate Ventures

CCCS

The anti-trust watchdog has also issued remedies and directions for Grab to follow in order to "restore market contestability".