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Singapore fintech Aspire takes aim at the US market
Can it become a major player as integrated banking takes off?
May 1
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Jon Russell
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ATR Daily: eFishery founder gets 9-year jail term as Indonesia’s startup reckoning deepens
Indonesia’s major startup fraud trial concludes as Singapore AI startup Formas emerges
Apr 30
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Jon Russell
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ATR Daily: GoTo scores first profitable quarter thanks to fintech growth and TikTok
A growing loan business and Tokopedia alliance with TikTok made the difference
Apr 29
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Jon Russell
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ATR Daily: China wants to unwind Meta-Manus
Employees and products are intertwined and even investors got paid, but China says no
Apr 28
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Jon Russell
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Salmon catches $100M in fresh funding for Philippines digital banking push
The Philippines grows as a startup destination, and DeepSeek finally launches newest model
Apr 27
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Jon Russell
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Singapore fintech Aspire takes aim at the US market
Can it become a major player as integrated banking takes off?
May 1
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Jon Russell
4
India is the world’s AI growth market, but China is where OpenClaw is taking off
Internet culture, smartphone dominance and other factors mean India is skipping OpenClaw mania
Mar 19
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Jon Russell
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DayOne: The Singapore flip riding the AI wave to a multi-billion IPO
China’s top data centre company is writing a case study for successful international business spinout
Mar 5
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Jon Russell
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Thailand’s top startups forced to look overseas for IPOs
Negative market sentiment may push Line Man, Bitkub and others to Hong Kong
Feb 12
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Jon Russell
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Y Combinator reaps big rewards in India but its future in Asia is long over
The world’s top startup accelerator programme is no longer a dominant force in Asia
Feb 6
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Jon Russell
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ATR Daily: SK Hynix posts record profits as AI boom drives valuation toward $600B
Insatiable demand helped Korean firm do $35B in revenue in Q1 2026
Apr 24
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Jon Russell
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ATR Daily: Tencent wants to give everyone access to OpenClaw
QClaw is launching for international users after hitting 1M downloads in 10 days
Apr 23
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Jon Russell
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ATR Daily: Payments are boring but they’re getting more exciting in Southeast Asia
Banking, fintech and stablecoins come together at Money2020 and Razorpay is planning a huge IPO in India
Apr 22
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Jon Russell
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Indonesia’s startup ecosystem goes on trial (twice)
Two cases highlight struggles in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, plus Manus-Meta madness and DeepSeek fundraising
Apr 20
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Jon Russell
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Grab launches new AI services to again push its creds as a tech company
The Singapore firm launched 13 new services, China suffered a huge cyber theft and a reminder forecasts aren’t facts
Apr 13
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Jon Russell
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Microsoft throws billions more into AI and cloud spending across Asia
US giant made big announcements in Japan, Singapore and Thailand as spending war continues
Apr 6
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Jon Russell
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Grab gobbles down Foodpanda to expand to Taiwan
Grab crosses $1B in acquisitions in 2026, Sarvam goes after enterprise AI and China gets Manus leverage
Mar 30
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Jon Russell
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PhonePe’s postponed listing may freeze India’s IPO pipeline
Zepto, Razorpay and others lining up for IPO may be impacted by PhonePe’s decision
Mar 23
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Jon Russell
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