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A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Retail

Indonesia

Super uses an agent-based model for group buying and logistics, so customers can pool their purchases for better prices.

With fresh money from SoftBank, social commerce firm Super aspires to become the 'Walmart of Indonesia' | KrASIA

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With fresh money from SoftBank, social commerce firm Super aspires to become the &#8216;Walmart of Indonesia&#8217;

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In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Singapore

Singapore-based PatSnap reached a billion-dollar valuation after receiving a USD 300 million investment from SoftBank and Tencent in March.

Southeast Asia’s newest unicorn looked where no one else did: IP data mining | KrASIA

Southeast Asia’s newest unicorn looked where no one else did: IP data mining

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 on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

Grab had a humble beginning but it is now set to go public in the world's largest SPAC merger.

All eyes on Grab: From a Harvard University project to a USD 40 billion business | KrASIA

All eyes on Grab: From a Harvard University project to a USD 40 billion business

Edtech

Ruangguru expanded to Vietnam in 2019 and into Thailand last year, and has so far served more than 22 million students.

Indonesia's edtech sector remains red-hot as Ruangguru snags another USD 55 million | KrASIA

Indonesia&#8217;s edtech sector remains red-hot as Ruangguru snags another USD 55 million

Bukalapak

Dana

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

Grab reportedly bought a 4% stake in Indonesia’s conglomerate Emtek, which has strategic interests in e-commerce and payments.

Grab aims to solidify position in market with stake in Emtek, eyes potential partnerships with Bukalapak and Dana | KrASIA

Grab aims to solidify position in market with stake in Emtek, eyes potential partnerships with Bukalapak and Dana

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

Logistics

Shipper is the latest logistics startup to receive tens of millions in investment this year.

Indonesian logistics company Shipper bags USD 63 million in Series B funding | KrASIA

Indonesian logistics company Shipper bags USD 63 million in Series B funding

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

Gojek

Tokopedia is an Indonesian technology company, sometimes referred to as a unicorn. It was founded in 2009 by William Tanuwijaya and his Bestfriends from Harvard University, Michael Alexander.

Tokopedia

The deal is expected to close this month, with Gojek taking a 60% stake in GoTo.

Gojek and Tokopedia are finalizing USD 18 billion fusion to form GoTo, report says | KrASIA

Gojek and Tokopedia are finalizing USD 18 billion fusion to form GoTo, report says

Deep Tech

Q&amp;A

The Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance, a program powered by Xnode, A*STAR, and NHIC, is looking to develop and grow Singaporean deep tech startups.

Fostering deep tech ventures to achieve environmental sustainability | Q&A with XNode Singapore | KrASIA

Fostering deep tech ventures to achieve environmental sustainability | Q&#038;A with XNode Singapore

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

Hardware

Tencent Cloud said on Monday that it has established its first internet data center in Indonesia in Jakarta's central business district. It will allow the firm to be closer to its users, reducing access delays to data and applications, help customers meet regulatory and compliance requirements, and provide more disaster recovery options in the Asia Pacific region, the company said.The data center will further support Tencent’s business in Indonesia, including music streaming platform Joox and on-demand video WeTv. The firm also has a partnership wi

Khamila Mulia

With fresh money from SoftBank, social commerce firm Super aspires to become the ‘Walmart of Indonesia’

Southeast Asia’s newest unicorn looked where no one else did: IP data mining

All eyes on Grab: From a Harvard University project to a USD 40 billion business

Indonesia’s edtech sector remains red-hot as Ruangguru snags another USD 55 million

Grab aims to solidify position in market with stake in Emtek, eyes potential partnerships with Bukalapak and Dana

Indonesian logistics company Shipper bags USD 63 million in Series B funding

Gojek and Tokopedia are finalizing USD 18 billion fusion to form GoTo, report says

Fostering deep tech ventures to achieve environmental sustainability | Q&A with XNode Singapore

Tencent Cloud opens first data center in Indonesia