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| May 2, 2025 | The Road Ahead: Grab's Q1 Triumph and the Landscape of Private Equity | Grab, the Southeast Asian tech giant, has emerged from the shadows of last year’s losses. The company reported a net income of USD 10 million for Q1 2025, a stark contrast to the USD 115 million loss from the same quarter last year. This tu... |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Grab raises EBITDA outlook as Q1 revenue and user growth beat expectations | Grab kicked off fiscal year 2025 with a robust first quarter, reporting a net income of roughly USD 10 million for the three months ended March 31. This marks a notable turnaround from the USD 115 million loss registered in the same period ... |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Cocoon is bringing ‘unsexy’ startups back with new $50m fund | Premium Content
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Elyssa Lopez · 2d ago · 4 min readCocoon is bringing ‘unsexy’ startups back with ne... |
| Jan 12, 2025 | These VC funds lead SEA, but are they truly winning? | Premium Content
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Elyssa Lopez · 16 Jan 2025 · 6 min readThese VC funds lead SEA, but are they truly ... |
| Jan 8, 2025 | Live commerce is Southeast Asia’s next chapter, and TikTok Shop is leading the way | Spread across the tapestry of globalization, some trade routes, established centuries ago, continue to thrive, adapting to modern contexts while retaining their vitality. Southeast Asia exemplifies this resilience—a region that remains a bu... |
| Dec 16, 2024 | Chinese brands face mixed fortunes in Southeast Asia’s complex markets | When the tide of speculative capital subsides and predictions of explosive growth fail to materialize, some players inevitably clear out, while new ones, sensing opportunity, move in.
The brightest story of Chinese brands venturing into Sou... |
| Dec 2, 2024 | Can AI end the discount wars in SEA ecommerce? | Premium Content
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Elyssa Lopez · 5 Dec 2024 · 6 min readCan AI end the discount wars in SEA ecommerce... |
| Nov 15, 2024 | Correcting and Replacing: Cake digital bank launches its fully cloud-based card management system using Visa solutions, the first of such deployment in Vietnam | HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM – Media OutReach Newswire – 15 November 2024 – Cake by VPBank (Cake), Vietnam’s largest digital bank by user base, revenue and product variety, announced the launch of its first fully cloud-based Card Management Sy... |
| Mar 12, 2024 | Xendit expands to Thailand, names co-founder as country CEO | FintechNews
Jofie Yordan · 12 Mar 2024 · 2 min readXendit expands to Thailand, names co-founder as country CEO
Xendit’s launch in Thailand / Photo credit: Xendit
Indonesian fintech unicorn Xendit has expanded its business to Thailand, exten... |
| Mar 12, 2024 | Zalora forges new identity as ecommerce enabler, seeks growth beyond marketplace | Premium Content
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Melissa Goh · 13 Mar 2024 · 8 min readZalora forges new identity as ecommerce enabl... |
| Nov 24, 2023 | Deals in brief: Antler invests in 15 startups, AVPN launches USD 5 million sustainability-focused fund, multiple China and India deals, and more | Is the Asia Pacific’s funding landscape still in a precarious state?
According to a joint report by Temasek and Bain & Company, private funding in digital economy-related sectors has regressed to 2017 levels, marking a significant shift... |
| Nov 8, 2023 | Indonesia’s ecommerce players struggle as growth slows | AnalysisEcommerceNewsletters
Simon Huang · 9 Nov 2023 · 4 min readIndonesia’s ecommerce players struggle as growth slows
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| Nov 3, 2023 | Deals in brief: East Ventures invests in Compawnion, EDBI establishes new investment firm, Little Joy secures Series A funding, and more | Is our region’s funding landscape in a precarious state?
According to a joint report by Temasek and Bain & Company, private funding in digital economy sectors has regressed to 2017 levels, a significant shift from the highs of 2021. In ... |
| Oct 30, 2023 | Grab adds MoMo as payment option in Vietnam | Consumer TechFintechNews
Lokesh Choudhary · 1 Nov 2023 · 1 min readGrab adds MoMo as payment option in Vietnam
Photo credit: MoMo
Grab Vietnam has integrated MoMo, a local e-wallet and payments app, into its cashless solutions.
This means t... |
| Aug 22, 2023 | «Золотой век» финтеха в странах АСЕАН: что происходит в регионе сейчас | Переход к разделу: История образования АСЕАН Драйверы развития FinTech-индустрии Категории финансовых сервисов Будущее встроенных финансовых сервисов: прогнозы и перспективы
История образования АСЕАН
Ассоциация государств Юго-Восточной Азии... |
| Dec 15, 2022 | E-commerce Platform Plugo Raises $9 Million Series A Funding Led by Altos Ventures | JAKARTA, Indonesia, Dec. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Plugo, a Jakarta-based e-commerce platform, has raised $9 million in Series A funding ahead of its planned public launch in 2023. The round was led by Altos Ventures, along with strong suppo... |
| Nov 29, 2022 | Iterative launches its second fund for Southeast Asia startups | Despite global headwinds, Southeast Asia’s early-stage startups are still going strong, say the founders of Iterative Capital. The Singapore-based venture capital firm, which runs a YC-style accelerator program, announced today it has raise... |
| Nov 2, 2022 | JAGAT Introduces Next-gen Social Platform, Bringing Creators, Startups and Indonesia's Future Capital Nusantara Together in a Virtual World | JAKARTA, Indonesia, Nov. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jagat rolls out a mobile first next-gen social platform that brings authentic real-life inspired interactions in one immersive virtual world in Indonesia, available on Google Play, App Store ... |
| Aug 16, 2022 | Chinese ecommerce provider bags 8-digit million series B | EcommerceInvestmentsNewsStartups
Shadine Taufik · 8h ago · 2 min readChinese ecommerce provider bags 8-digit million series B
China-based Lazbao Group, an integrated service provider, has closed its series B round, raising “tens of millions... |
| Jul 25, 2022 | Fave to provide BNPL service for CIMB users in Malaysia | FintechNewsStartups
Thao Lam La · 7h ago · 1 min readFave to provide BNPL service for CIMB users in Malaysia
Malaysian bank CIMB has partnered with fintech platform Fave to provide buy now, pay later services to its customers, Digital News ... |
| Jun 27, 2022 | Бизнес в Юго-Восточной Азии: на какие отрасли обратить внимание стартапу из России? | Во-первых, экономика стран Юго-Восточной Азии сейчас находится на подъеме: по данным центра экономических исследований Nikkei Asia, ВВП Индонезии, Малайзии, Филиппин, Сингапура и Таиланда в 2022 году вырастет на 5,1%. Во-вторых, 80% населен... |
| Jun 22, 2022 | Tiger Global backs SaaS omnichannel social commerce platform SleekFlow in $8M funding | Social commerce — the process of buying and selling products or services directly through social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok — is becoming the most natural way for consumers to make purchases since people use social ... |
| Mar 7, 2022 | How Can Banks Straddle the Fine Line Between Security and User Experience | Banking is becoming increasingly digital in Asia. Boston Consulting Group estimates that Asia Pacific (APAC) houses about 50 of the 249 digital banks worldwide, and 10 out of the 13 that are profitable are based in the region.
This means mo... |
| Jan 11, 2022 | Taiwan’s largest logistics property developer eyes Vietnam entry after USD 1 billion Malaysia investment | Ally Logistic Property (ALP), a logistics property developer headquartered in Taipei, is revving up expansion plans across Southeast Asia, with Malaysia and Vietnam as its primary target countries.
Founded in 2014, ALP offers smart warehous... |
| Nov 18, 2021 | Fintech Adoption Surges in Southeast Asia, Led by Digital Payments and Online Lending | Usage of digital financial services is witnessing strong growth in Southeast Asia this year, a trend mostly driven by digital payments and digital lending adoption, according to the eConomy Southeast Asia Report 2021.
The annual report, pro... |
| Sep 15, 2021 | Razer Cash Payments for Shopee Purchases Available at KK Super Mart | Razer Merchant Services (RMS) enables Razer Cash (cash-over-counter) payments for Shopee’s users at 540 KK SUPER MART outlets nationwide.
SHAH ALAM, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 16 September 2021 – Razer Merchant Services (RMS), the B2B arm ... |
| Jul 14, 2021 | GBG Strengthens APAC Leadership in Singapore to Accelerate Growth in SEA | SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 14 July 2021 – GBG (AIM:GBG), the global expert in digital identity, helping businesses prevent fraud and meet complex compliance requirements, has announced the appointment of Bernardi Susastyo as General Manag... |
| Jul 1, 2021 | As millions come online each year, rural Indonesia is in for monumental changes | Jakarta is a city of juxtapositions. Alongside its many mosques is a vibrant nightlife, although many neighborhoods shut down after dark too. Just a little over half a decade ago, if you felt like having a late-night snack, options were lim... |
| May 27, 2021 | How Singapore’s Digital Wallets Fared During the Pandemic | Digital wallets in Singapore have enjoyed a bumper year.
With lockdowns catalysing the growth of online shopping, the local e-commerce market reached US$7 billion in 2020.
And growth is expected to stick. 9 in 10 new digital consumers inten... |
| Dec 17, 2020 | Razer Fintech Partners Rely to Provide Pay Later Solution for Its Merchants in South East Asia | Razer Fintech has partnered with Rely, a Singapore-based Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) service provider, to offer BNPL services in South East Asia to merchants registered under Razer Merchant Services (RMS), its B2B solution. Through this partne... |
| Nov 19, 2020 | Fintech Sees Strong Growth in South East Asia as COVID-19 Skyrockets Digital Adoption | Despite COVID-19 headwinds, Southeast Asia’s digital economy has remained strong and resilient, adding 40 million people into the online space this year.
Owing to the surge in digital adoption by customers and businesses, usage of digital f... |
| Nov 10, 2020 | Facebook Thailand gears up for Singles’ Day with new shopping features on Instagram | Facebook launched new shopping features on its application and on Instagram that allow merchants in Thailand to sell and feature their products in live videos, as the social media giant gears up for Singles’ Day sales.
The new feature allow... |
| Объем онлайн трафика на маркетплейсах во Вьетнаме выше, чем в Таиланде и Малайзии | Трафик на маркетплейсах из Вьетнама в два раза выше, чем из Таиланда, и в три раза выше, чем из Малайзии. Использование цифровых технологий стало новой привычкой во Вьетнаме: количество онлайн продавцов увеличивается, а Вьетнам становится «... |
| Southeast Asia is on the cusp of a 'supercharged' digital payments revolution, PwC says | Thanks to an acceleration in digital transformation during the pandemic, the region is poised for a digital payments revolution, said PwC.
"This enhanced availability and convenience of digital payments will see the bulk of the regiona... |
| The growing S$19 billion market that’s driving the creator economy | When the pandemic struck and safe-distancing measures were at their height, athletes around the world suddenly found their raison d’etre – competitions and tournaments – cancelled.
Mr Tan Ming Wei, one of Singapore’s top taekwondo athletes,... |