The Next Web

AUGUST 30, 2013

My first post in this series described how businesses should start when considering expansion into Asia, which is home to some of the largest and fastest growing markets in the world. For example, should they hire in-market consultants, an expatriate based in a hub city, or partner with a local player? Nothing gets done otherwise.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

The November 2012 General Assembly took place in Bangkok, Thailand. The world has finally moved beyond just electronically creating books that are then distributed as ordinary print books to actually delivering digital ebooks. This shift is already happening in major markets: Amazon.com now sells more digital books than print books.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

In addition, Toni works on several digital-economy-related initiatives that support the scaling of digital businesses, stimulate startup ecosystems and accelerate the digital transformation of key industries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and the Middle East. Jamil Wyne. Contributor.

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

The amount of the investment is not being disclosed, but Aldagram said it will use the funds to sharpen its focus on India, Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and other countries in the region. The global construction management software market is expected to reach $23.9 billion in 2031, up from $9.3

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TechCrunch

MARCH 21, 2022

It is a portfolio of loans to hundreds of small businesses in Singapore, which is the target market Validus serves, Goel added. . Citigroup also has agreed to sell its Southeast Asia retail operations in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam to Singapore-based United Overseas Bank for about $3.7billion in January. .

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

Fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, digital transformation is happening all over the world. Indonesia’s Xendit , a startup focused on building digital payments infrastructure for the region, has just raised $64.6 It aims for fast and easy integrations so that businesses can more easily accept payments digitally.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Most of its users are in Vietnam, but Edupia is also expanding into other Southeast Asian markets like Indonesia, Thailand and Myanmar, and adding more subjects, including math and coding. Before founding Edupia, Hung spent 10 years as director of digital services at Viettel, the largest telco in Vietnam.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

A Manila-headquartered startup called CloudEats , which operates cloud kitchens across the Philippines and Vietnam, just raised a $7 million Series A extension led by Nordstar to accelerate the digitization of food service in Southeast Asia. . We are taking the best practices along with key learnings to our next market launch.” .

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TechCrunch

APRIL 13, 2021

It operates in Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. It expects to see the total addressable market jump from $52 billion to $180 billion by 2025. This is a milestone in our journey to open up access for everyone to benefit from the digital economy.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

Since its seed funding, Tinvio says its client base has increased four times to over 5,000 businesses in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and other Asian markets. Tinvio app was originally launched as a way to consolidate orders from different places, including email, SMS and WhatsApp, and let suppliers keep real-time digital ledgers.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 9, 2023

For brands, it gives them a way to conduct market research and collect first-party data, which is important as marketers prepare for a post-cookie world. Supermom currently has a presence in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand, and plans to expand into more markets.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

A senior executive at Chinas Ant Group expected digitalization driven by innovative technologies to become a key factor during the post-pandemic recovery, especially the prosperity of SMEs, while also reducing financial exclusion and enhancing data security. However, technologies and support systems behind payment methods are not coordinated.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Tapas Media aims to turn digital comics into the next big entertainment franchise. Wuxiaworld also has partnerships with Chinese digital publishers that can create additional synergies. . . market, according to its statement. . . market,” Lee said. . . market,” Lee said. . and Korea,” Lai said. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 15, 2023

The new funding will be used to grow its customer base in Singapore, Vietnam and Indonesia, and expand into new markets in Southeast Asia, like Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand. This lets Jenfi continuously monitor its borrowers’ business activity, including revenue growth and marketing return on investment.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 5, 2021

million Series A to strengthen its system integration with OTAs on the demand side, build a booking management system for transportation operators on the supply side and accelerate digital transformation in the pre-booking transportation industry. SmartRyde announced today it has secured a $1.6

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2022

We saw an opportunity to use technology to help level the playing field in Thailand and Southeast Asia.”. The company says it has seen double-digit week-on-week user growth in 2022 among its clients in the manufacturing, logistics, hospitality and retail sectors.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 12, 2021

Launched in South Korea five years ago, content discovery platform Dable now serves a total of six markets in Asia. Now it plans to speed up the pace of its expansion, with six new markets in the region planned for this year, before entering European countries and the United States. How will digital media survive the ad crash?

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

T his might not seem spectacular from a global perspective because it took the startup a year and two months to achieve but it’s a noteworthy feat in African markets. The company, which first launched in Uganda, is disrupting the offline market of local motorcycles referred to as boda-bodas in Uganda and okadas in Nigeria.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

The global thirst for an up-charged pair of Yeezy’s or limited edition Jordan’s combined with a growth in a digital ecosystem is creating new opportunities, particularly in the sneaker resale market, for companies like Kicks Crew , a Los Angeles- and Hong Kong-based sneaker and apparel platform. Canada, Australia and Asia.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

This makes it faster for it to brings the policies it distributes to market more quickly, and significantly reduce the operational cost of claims. Igloo provides the tech stack for its products across Southeast Asia, which Mehta says means the entire insurance value chain, from product discovery to claims, is available on one platform.

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TechCrunch

JULY 27, 2022

Before launching IDEAL, Surjaudaja was former head of operations strategy at digital payment service OVO. Surjaudaja said that traditional retail banks offer a relatively poor digital experience for their consumer lending products, making them less accessible. IDEAL’s digital platform seeks to solve these challenges.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

million in a pre-Series A round, to tap the opportunities in emerging markets, where digital lending apps have recently sprung up in droves. Bfree was founded by Julian Flosbach (CEO), Chukwudi Enyi (COO) and Moses Nmor (CPO) inspired by the need to introduce ethical debt recovery tools and processes in emerging markets.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 19, 2021

With supply chains in the automotive industry continuing to be disrupted due to Covid-19, demand has surged in the used-car market. Cars24 claims to have a 90% share of India’s used-car market, and it’s gotten there by way of technology. It plans to add to that list with its next markets in Southeast Asia, Jangid confirmed.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2021

More than 80% of households in Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam own two-wheeled vehicles, but the majority are fueled by gas. kW) and 2 times the range (100 km versus 50 km) of most electric motorbikes in the market, at the same price point. In 2018, he moved back to Vietnam and launched Dat Bike.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 25, 2021

It currently has operations in in five markets: Singapore, Malayasia, the United Arab Emirates and Hong Kong, and is preparing to launch in Thailand. Since StashAway launched its app in 2017, more robo-advisors have emerged in the same markets it serves. Its Series D brings StashAway’s total paid-up capital to about $61.4

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The company offers a complete spectrum of e-commerce support services for direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands, from making a website, setting up a payment system, and managing marketing to handling shipping, warehousing, and logistics. In other words, Plugo enables D2C merchants to focus on their products and supports other processes.

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TechNode

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

CEO Eddie Wu, in an internal memo, said the move aims to enhance the companys ability to serve consumers worldwide and support small- and medium-sized enterprises in expanding across global markets, as reported in Chinese media outlet 36Kr. He has been leading the groups overseas digital commerce operations since 2021. As of Sept.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

More than half of the population in Southeast Asia is under 30 , making it a coveted market for novel technologies. Now a startup called SerMorpheus is hoping to connect brands and consumers through digital assets. A digital asset in the form of non-fungible tokens can be used to authenticate ownership.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

South Asia, for instance, has the lowest average remittance costs across all regions at 4.95% (these percentages are reported on a standard $200 transfer); therefore, it makes sense to tap into the opportunities the market presents. Most of the focus on remittance has been the flow of money into Africa for sustenance.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Despite dealing with the pandemic’s impact in all of its markets, including Hong Kong and Malaysia, the company began to see business improve during the second quarter of this year. During the pandemic, FunNow faced different challenges in each of its markets. During the outbreaks, FunNow’s team adapted the app’s services.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

million USD) and above, and will set up another office in Thailand, with plans to expand into Indonesia as well. .” The-Wolfpack’s debut fund, called the Wolfpack Pioneer VCC, is already fully subscribed at $5 million USD, and will focus on direct-to-consumer companies, with plans to invest in eight to 10 startups.

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TechNode

AUGUST 14, 2024

Details: Lazada will continue to increase investment in the Southeast Asian market under a sustainable operating model, Dong said on the meeting, according to the attendee. Lazada operates in Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, with its Thai business the first to achieve profitability in 2022.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

Since TechCrunch covered MindX’s Series A funding in November 2021 , it’s tripled its geographical coverage to 32 campuses across Vietnam, graduated 35,000 students so far and connected students to employers in countries like Australia, Thailand, the United Kingdom and, soon, the United States.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 11, 2023

Since TechCrunch covered MindX’s seed funding in November 2021 , it’s tripled its geographical coverage to 32 campuses across Vietnam, graduated 35,000 students so far and connected students to employers in countries like Australia, Thailand, the United Kingdom and, soon, the United States.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Contracts range from one to 10 years and An says people who buy homes to live in often chose 10 year contracts, while investors usually go for about three years, so they can see how the market appreciates before selling the property. It is also exploring other Southeast Asian countries like Thailand and the Philippines.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

By late 2021, approximately 80% of the Southeast Asian population (aged 15 and above) will be digital consumers, according to a report by Facebook and Bain & Company. As per Jungle Ventures’ calculations, the total value of the region’s digital companies is around $340 billion today and is estimated to grow to $1 trillion by 2025.

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

Four hundred million people in the region already use the internet, but by year’s end, one estimate suggests that 80% of the population over the age of 15 in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam will be digital consumers. Heavily VC-backed salad chain Sweetgreen heads toward public markets.

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