Ex-Bukalapak CEO joins Indonesian gov’t in advisor role

Muhammad Rachmat Kaimuddin has been given a role in Indonesia's Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs.

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East Ventures leads $3.8m round of 🇸🇬 healthtech startup

Smarter Health provides healthcare infrastructure solutions with a focus on decision-making for patients, specialists, and medical institutions.

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Meet the players fighting plastic scourge in SEA

Plastic waste startups are on the rise, but more needs to be done in order to scale their impact.

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Meet the 50 top-funded startups and tech companies in Indonesia

Here are the companies in Indonesia that are attracting tons of investors and have the resources to spend on software, talent, and expansion.

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Meet the 50 top-funded startups and tech companies in Singapore

Here are the companies in Singapore that are attracting tons of investors and have the resources to spend on software, talent, and expansion.

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YC, Alpha JWC pours $5.2m in influencer-focused fintech firm

The investment lifts Upbanx's valuation to US$120 million and makes it the fastest startup to reach the figure in Indonesia.

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Meet the 50 top-funded startups and tech companies in Southeast Asia

Here are the companies in Southeast Asia that are attracting tons of investors and have the resources to spend on software, talent, and expansion.

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🇮🇳 Thrasio-styled GlobalBees breaks into unicorn club with $112m raise

The roll-up firm aims to back over 100 brands in the fast-moving consumer goods, sports, home organization, and lifestyle spaces over the next three years.

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A list of India’s unicorns and their early investors (Updated)

Tech in Asia has created a comprehensive list of billion-dollar startups in India, of which 41 reached the milestone in 2021.

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Livspace backs fellow SG home decor firm

The deal will help Qanvast scale in Singapore and expand to other countries by tapping into Livspace's expertise and network.

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Korea pushes Google, Apple to pull play-to-earn games from stores

The country's Game Management Committee said such games should not receive an age rating and be listed on app stores.

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RedMart’s revenue revives after year of stagnation

The Covid-19 pandemic gave RedMart a boost in FYE 2021, but will it be enough to help the company bring in net profits?

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Indonesian keyboard app for social sellers bags seed funding

Keyta has more than 6,000 users to date - 90% of whom are women entrepreneurs.

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Temasek-backed Vertex gets nod for SPAC listing in SG

The VC firm also intends to pour up to US$7.4 million of "at risk" capital through the purchase of warrants in a private placement.

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The leading Asian tech players eyeing an IPO in 2021 and beyond (Updated)

There are over 76 tech startups across the region planning an IPO, and 32 of them could collectively raise over US$23.6 billion.

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A list of fundraising startups from Asia (Updated)

Fundraising is hard. To make things slightly easier, we've compiled this list of fundraising startups for our subscribers.

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Baidu reportedly sacks employees in mobile team

The employees who have been affected oversee the company’s search and mobile businesses, Technode reported.

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AirAsia cancels $10m acquisition deal for Gojek Thailand’s fintech unit

AirAsia, however, completed the acquisition deal for another business of Gojek Thailand, Velox Technology.

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BRI’s Sembrani Kiqani starts investing in D2C space

The Sembrani Kiqani fund has a total investment target of US$35 million, which can further increase depending on the interest from D2C players.

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Tech in Asia’s year in review 2021

2021 has been quite the adventure, and we’re grateful for your support on this journey. Here’s a look at our 2021.

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