ATR Originals

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 • Jon Russell

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 • Jon Russell

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 • 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, 2025 • 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, 2025 • Jon Russell

Startup incubator Antler hits its biggest milestone with first unicorn

Global eSIM startup Airalo becomes first billion-dollar graduate right as Antler pushes US expansion

Jul 11, 2025 • Jon Russell

Grab faces fresh competition in Thailand, Southeast Asia's most fiercely contested on-demand market

A consortium is buying Robinhood in a move that shows corporations still dominate the startup scene in Thailand

Oct 4, 2024 • Jon Russell

South Korea’s crypto comeback leaves Terra-Luna in the dust

Korean Blockchain Week shows signs traders are bullish once again and regulation is inching towards clarity

Sep 19, 2024 • Elaine Ramirez and Jon Russell

FashionValet, early e-commerce pioneer and Malaysian startup poster-child, sold in fire sale

Cut-price deal for 15 year-old company underscores difficulties of a maturing e-commerce market—and the hammer blow Covid dealt offline retail

Aug 29, 2024 • Ka-Kay Lum and Jon Russell

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