Southeast Asia
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Trends
Even the world’s largest crypto exchange needs help from traditional VCs
Crypto-anarchists may not like it, but money doesn’t buy everything. Sometimes, you just need the help of a traditional venture…
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STARTUPS
The real-life Emery and Evan from “Fresh off the Boat” launch Batu Capital for cannabis, crypto and big data startups
Restaurateur and raconteur Eddie Huang is the best known of the three “Fresh off the Boat” brothers (it was his…
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Indonesian co-working startup GoWork lands $10 million
Co-working today is a global game that’s played by many more than just WeWork, despite the company’s valuation surging to…
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Finance
Africa Roundup: Paga goes global and 4 startups raise $99M in VC
Jake Bright Contributor More posts by this contributor Polestar unveils first production EV with aim to overtake Tesla Liquid Telecom…
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Go-Jek is close to launching a ride-hailing service in Singapore
Indonesia’s ride-sharing startup Go-Jek plans to land in Singapore, its arch-rival Grab’s HQ, as soon as this month as its…
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Google is supercharging its Tez payment service in India ahead of global expansion
Google launched its Tez paymen app in India a year ago, and now the company is giving the service major…
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Xiaomi posts $2.1B profit in its first quarter as a public company
Chinese smartphone firm Xiaomi has posted a $2.1 billion profit for its first quarter of business as a public company…
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Korea’s Naver backs Southeast Asia-based e-commerce startup iPrice
iPrice, an e-commerce aggregation service in Southeast Asia, has landed a strategic investment from Naver, the Korean internet giant valued…
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Uber is on a hiring spree in Singapore despite ‘exiting’ Southeast Asia
Uber agreed to sell its Southeast Asia business in March, but it isn’t leaving the region. In fact, the U.S.…
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