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A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

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

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

Malaysia

Curlec stabilizes recurring revenues for Malaysian businesses in the subscription economy. Curlec was one of ten finalists of the Alibaba x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator Malaysia Demo Day

Curlec stabilizes recurring revenues for Malaysian businesses in the subscription economy | KrASIA

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Curlec stabilizes recurring revenues for Malaysian businesses in the subscription economy

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

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Digital Banks

Indonesia

Philippines

Singapore

Vietnam

4 key stats from Finder's report on digital banking adoption. Indonesia currently has the highest adoption in Southeast Asia, but Vietnam will lead in 2026.

4 key stats from Finder's report on digital banking adoption | KrASIA

4 key stats from Finder&#8217;s report on digital banking adoption

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 startup aims to have 40,000 registered users by the end of 2021.

LingoTalk is reshaping language instruction in Indonesia | KrASIA

LingoTalk is reshaping language instruction in Indonesia

Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.  It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

Facebook

Japan, Korea, and the West

Content

After worldwide outage, will Southeast Asia's dependence on Facebook and WhatsApp wane? Telegram is now the top messaging app in Singapore and Malaysia.

After worldwide outage, will Southeast Asia's dependence on Facebook and WhatsApp wane? | KrASIA

After worldwide outage, will Southeast Asia&#8217;s dependence on Facebook and WhatsApp wane?

A blockchain, originally block chain, is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data.

Blockchain

Cryptocurrencies

The startup plans to go public on the Indonesian Stock Exchange in two to three years.

Binance-backed Tokocrypto wants to grow beyond a cryptocurrency exchange for Indonesian investors | KrASIA

Binance-backed Tokocrypto wants to grow beyond a cryptocurrency exchange for Indonesian investors

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

Grab will own 90% of Ovo after acquiring stakes from Tokopedia and Lippo Group, report says. Ovo was seen as the most complex part in the GoTo merger.

Grab will own 90% of Ovo after acquiring stakes from Tokopedia and Lippo Group, report says | KrASIA

Grab will own 90% of Ovo after acquiring stakes from Tokopedia and Lippo Group, report says

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

E-Commerce

Food Delivery

Grocery Delivery

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

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

Thailand

5 key takeaways from Grab and Bain's report on Southeast Asia's platform economy. Around 115 million regional internet users use more than 3 O2O platforms.

5 key takeaways from Grab and Bain's report on Southeast Asia's platform economy | KrASIA

5 key takeaways from Grab and Bain&#8217;s report on Southeast Asia&#8217;s platform economy

Retail

B2B e-commerce platform Ula lands USD 87 million from Amazon's Jeff Bezos and others. Ula is active in tier-2 and tier-3 Indonesian cities.

B2B e-commerce platform Ula lands USD 87 million from Amazon's Jeff Bezos and others | KrASIA

B2B e-commerce platform Ula lands USD 87 million from Amazon&#8217;s Jeff Bezos and others

Twitter

Social Impact

Data from Twitter provides new ways to mitigate disasters and generate insights about climate crises.

Khamila Mulia

Curlec stabilizes recurring revenues for Malaysian businesses in the subscription economy

4 key stats from Finder’s report on digital banking adoption

LingoTalk is reshaping language instruction in Indonesia

After worldwide outage, will Southeast Asia’s dependence on Facebook and WhatsApp wane?

Binance-backed Tokocrypto wants to grow beyond a cryptocurrency exchange for Indonesian investors

Grab will own 90% of Ovo after acquiring stakes from Tokopedia and Lippo Group, report says

5 key takeaways from Grab and Bain’s report on Southeast Asia’s platform economy

B2B e-commerce platform Ula lands USD 87 million from Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and others

Data from Twitter provides new ways to mitigate disasters and generate insights about climate crises