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Robotics startups are emerging from Southeast Asia, with Singapore at the centre
A huge funding round for a robotics navigation startup crowns a rise in deals for Southeast Asia’s growing ecosystem
14 hrs ago
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Shopee calls in friends from Instagram and YouTube to fend off TikTok
The enemy of my enemy is my friend
Jul 3
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Indonesia jails Nadiem Makarim, its startup poster boy
Makarim is given 10 years not for corruption or bribery, but because Google invested in Gojek
Jul 1
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June 2026
South Korea goes all in on AI with $880B investment plan
The Prime Minister, memory chip leaders and a televised audience walk into a room…
Jun 30
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Fintech Mynt plans to raise $1.5 billion in Philippines’ largest IPO
Its GCash app is used by more than 40 million and is building a promising business outside of payments
Jun 29
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Airwallex dives deep into AI services and is now worth $11 billion
The Australian fintech’s newest product gives company founders a full finance and CFO department powered by AI
Jun 26
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Zhipu, China’s breakout AI star, is raising billions despite being best known for open source software
A loss-making company that’s heralded for its free-to-use products is worth more than $100 billion
Jun 25
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Reliance Jio heads for record India IPO but it hasn’t earned its internet platform tag yet
Jio changed the telecom game in India and attracted billions from the world’s top investors, but it remains a Reliance play (and that’s probably a good…
Jun 24
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Meta forks out $1 billion for a new CEO to supercharge WhatsApp in India
Kunal Shah fits the bill for Mark Zuckerberg in a deal that adds another entrepreneur to Meta’s leadership team
Jun 23
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Indonesia’s startup malaise continues as four VCs sentenced to prison
Executives connected to failed TaniHub deal are sentenced despite overall investment successes
Jun 22
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100x100 is a freshly rebranded climate VC for Asia with $100M to spend
The firm aims to ‘co-build’ 50 new startups that can reduce greenhouse emissions and generate major revenue
Jun 18
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Jon Russell
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Respond.io puts Malaysia on the global software map with huge $62.5M investment
Hong Kong-founded AI startup is chasing conversation commerce growth worldwide
Jun 17
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Jon Russell
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