Archive - Asia Tech Review

India and Indonesia save the best for last with major tech IPOs in December

Strong performing Meesho and Superbank stocks can inspire 2026 listings

18 hrs ago • Jon Russell

India scores a hattrick of own goals with three cyber policy fails

Cybersecurity is a critical topic, but India has shown the world how not to do it

Dec 8 • Jon Russell

Upbit’s up-and-down week: $10 billion acquisition and $30 million hack

What could be worse than being hacked one day after your deal, and by North Korea too?

Dec 1 • Jon Russell

November 2025

Japan makes startup progress as General Atlantic makes first investment and AI startup hits record valuation

Unicorn valuations, global investors and cutting-edge tech show Japan’s startup ecosystem is maturing

Nov 24 • Jon Russell

Grab races after autonomous vehicle tech after making its largest investment bet ever

The Singapore-based ride-hailing company has backed five self-driving car startups since September

Nov 20 • Jon Russell

India’s IPO window blows open as investors make billions from Groww, Pine Labs and Lenskart

Peak XV made more than $2.5B as long-term bets paid handsomely in the same week

Nov 17 • Jon Russell

US AI companies turn their focus to India and Southeast Asia

Lower-priced products, new offices and carrier deals show the new focus is emerging markets

Nov 13 • Jon Russell

Chinese self-driving firms WeRide and Pony AI raise another $1B

Despite the vast sums, both firms saw their share prices fall

Nov 10 • Jon Russell

Google puts its AI focus on India with major partnership with Reliance Jio

The US firm is giving Jio customers 18-month access to its premium service for free

Nov 3 • Jon Russell

October 2025

Singapore-based Pave, a digital bank for the crypto industry, lands $45M from big name investors

Accel and Tether are among backers of startup that’s blurring lines of traditional banking

Oct 27 • Jon Russell

US government goes after Cambodian conglomerate for making billions from online scams

Houses, offices and $15B in bitcoin are among the initial assets seized

Oct 20 • Jon Russell

Anthropic is the latest AI giant to focus on India

As US giants pour in, India is boosting its homegrown champions to take on the competition

Oct 14 • Jon Russell

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