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A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

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

Q&amp;A

Originally intended for Indian startups, Lightspeed now wants founders from Southeast Asia to be part of Extreme Entrepreneurs' third cohort.

Lightspeed Extreme Entrepreneurs pulls outsiders into the startup ecosystem: Q&A with Vaibhav Agrawal | KrASIA

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Lightspeed Extreme Entrepreneurs pulls outsiders into the startup ecosystem: Q&#038;A with Vaibhav Agrawal

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

KrASIA

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Khamila Mulia

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

Insurance

The joint venture will support the rise of insurance aggregators and marketplaces, says Ovo.

Indonesia's Ovo joins forces with ZhongAn to create a digital insurance marketplace | KrASIA

Indonesia&#8217;s Ovo joins forces with ZhongAn to create a digital insurance marketplace

The food industry is booming! Both traditional companies and startups are using technology to transform the dynamics of the food sector.

Food Tech

Singapore

Prince Khaled bin Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud is joining the startup as an advisor.

Singaporean cell-based milk startup TurtleTree Labs raises USD 6.2 million | KrASIA

Singaporean cell-based milk startup TurtleTree Labs raises USD 6.2 million

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

E-Commerce

Retail

GudangAda's platform is replacing door-to-door cold calls by salespeople.

GudangAda streamlines FMCG supply chains in Indonesia: Startup Stories | KrASIA

GudangAda streamlines FMCG supply chains in Indonesia: Startup Stories

Bukalapak

Buka Investasi Bersama will launch four new products and has a target to serve 500,000 mutual funds investors on its platform in 2021.

Bukalapak fintech subsidiary sells 20% stake to Ashmore Indonesia | KrASIA

Bukalapak fintech subsidiary sells 20% stake to Ashmore Indonesia

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

Gojek

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

Food Delivery

Mobility

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

On-Demand Services

Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

Ride-hailing

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

Transportation

Both Grab and Gojek have refuted reports about a merger, but watchdogs, investors, merchants, and users all have thoughts on the matter.

Grab and Gojek may be forming Southeast Asia's most complex merger ever | KrASIA

Grab and Gojek may be forming Southeast Asia&#8217;s most complex merger ever

Edtech

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. The education industry is fast-reforming nowadays. 

Education

The edtech startup's user base has grown fifty-fold in 2020.

Pahamify combines animation and gamification to engage online students: Startup Stories | KrASIA

Pahamify combines animation and gamification to engage online students: Startup Stories

"Speculation on this topic is and continues to be inaccurate," say Gojek's co-CEOs.

Grab and Gojek tell employees to ignore merger rumors | KrASIA

Grab and Gojek tell employees to ignore merger rumors

Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

Creative

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

ByteDance's TikTok has dislodged Instagram as the go-to platform for Indonesian influencers, but Kuaishou's Snack Video is giving TikTok a run for its money.

Khamila Mulia

Lightspeed Extreme Entrepreneurs pulls outsiders into the startup ecosystem: Q&A with Vaibhav Agrawal

Indonesia’s Ovo joins forces with ZhongAn to create a digital insurance marketplace

Singaporean cell-based milk startup TurtleTree Labs raises USD 6.2 million

GudangAda streamlines FMCG supply chains in Indonesia: Startup Stories

Bukalapak fintech subsidiary sells 20% stake to Ashmore Indonesia

Grab and Gojek may be forming Southeast Asia’s most complex merger ever

Pahamify combines animation and gamification to engage online students: Startup Stories

Grab and Gojek tell employees to ignore merger rumors

Chinese social apps tussle in Indonesia’s influencer economy