TechCrunch

OCTOBER 20, 2020

As part of the deal, Proterra, which focuses on agri-tech, will invest up to $100 million in the facility, while Eat Just will invest $20 million. Eat Just announced in March that it will focus on global expansion this year , with partnerships in North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia. billion through July of this year.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 25, 2025

The world’s auto industry is getting a shake-up from Chinese automakers that are quickly expanding across the globe, offering relatively affordable electric vehicles designed to wow car buyers with sleek designs and the latest high-tech interiors. In Thailand, it took over a factory formerly operated by General Motors Corp.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 11, 2021

As of 2019, Singapore had over $19 billion in PE and VC assets under management, more than twice that of neighboring Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand combined. Arguably, the most eye-catching hallmark of this ecosystem is its population of current and former unicorns.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

The Series E was led by Insight Partners , the venture capital firm known for its ScaleUp program to help tech companies accelerate their growth. Australia-based Employment Hero raises $45M AUD for its global expansion. “We After that, it plans to localize Employment Hero for Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, Hong Kong and Vietnam.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

53% of Asia Pacific citizens donate to charity, with those in Thailand (71%) more likely to do so and those in Japan the least likely (16%). To gain a better understanding of how nonprofits, charities, and NGOs worldwide use online technology, Nonprofit Tech for Good is conducting the first-ever Global NGO Online Technology Survey.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

to send money to the region, much higher than the global average of 6.8%. “We spent some time in Asia, given the growing trade relationship between the two corridors [Africa and Asia], and saw the growing need to make this more efficient, faster and cheaper, evolving from remittances to global payments. ” he added.

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TechCrunch

MAY 31, 2021

The round’s other participants were Sequoia Capital India (Zenyum is an alum of its Surge accelerator program ), RTP Global, Partech, TNB Aura, Seeds Capital and FEBE Ventures. ZenyumClear is currently available in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Macau, Vietnam, Thailand and Taiwan, with more markets planned.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Igloo currently works with 20 global, regional and local insurers across Southeast Asia. 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

APRIL 7, 2022

Peeba says the lack of B2B-focused online wholesale solutions and tech infrastructure hampered Asia’s antiquated B2B retail, wholesale market in business growth and new market entries during the pandemic. Peeba is bringing about the next stage of global retail innovation. The startup has secured $4.2

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2021

All of Tinvio’s existing investors—Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, Global Founders Capital and Partech Ventures—also returned for its Series A, which brings Tinvio’s total raised to $18.5 How tech can build more resilient supply chains. Tinvio’s last funding announcement was a $5.5 million seed round in April 2020. million seed round.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 21, 2023

million in seed funding from investors including SparkLabs Taiwan, Palm Drive Capital and content-tech unicorn Tezign, and will launch generative AI-powered features soon. Since its launch, dipp has primarily focused on Taiwan, but is expanding into Southeast Asia, with new clients in Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 3, 2025

BYD, which overshot its global sales target to more than four million units sold last year, opened its first EV plant in Southeast Asia in Thailand in 2024, worth $490 million and which has a production capacity of 150,000 units per year. Scott Murdoch, Reuters

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TechNode

JUNE 25, 2024

Why it matters: The news comes as Malaysia surpassed Thailand to become the second biggest car market in the region after Indonesia in the first three months of this year, according to sales figures released by industry groups and compiled by Nikkei.

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TechNode

JANUARY 9, 2025

Chinas Great Wall Motor and Zeekr are showcasing their new vehicles with assisted driving technologies and artificial intelligence-driven digital cockpit software at this years Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, referring to themselves as global AI tech companies rather than just car manufacturers.

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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. Uganda was the first African country the pair decided to test out their two-wheel ride-hailing ambitions and it was the second market globally after Thailand for Uber.

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TechNode

JANUARY 22, 2025

ByteDance has also invested in AI and data center facilities in the Southeast Asian market: BytePlus, a ByteDance subsidiary, is planning to build a data center in Thailand by 2025. TikTok, the companys globally popular video-sharing app, is under regulatory scrutiny in several countries. billion) to establish an AI hub in Malaysia.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Thomas Clayton has started and run numerous high-tech startups in Silicon Valley. While Asia has long been known for its cheap engineering resources and the off-shoring tech phenomenon that took place over a decade ago, the cost gap has narrowed — and even more significantly, so has the quality gap. My simple answer is: absolutely.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Co-founders Kevin Lee and Kevin Chanthasiriphan both grew up in food families from Taiwan and Thailand, respectively, and met a decade ago while working at the same tech company. The global instant noodle space is projected to be a $32 billion industry by 2027, with $7.7 The company announced Tuesday that it raised $3.8

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

The rest of the round came from investors including iGlobe Partners, Alkemi, Global Brain, KDV and Infocom. The company now has a team of 300 people and aside from its Singapore headquarters, also has a tech and engineering hub in Gurgoan, India, and other offices in Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan.

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TechNode

MARCH 21, 2024

Why it matters: Hozon Auto is the latest mainland-headquartered company to establish a base in Hong Kong as China hopes to create a high-tech megalopolis in its southern Greater Bay Area to rival Californias Silicon Valley. Hong Kong will provide a subsidy of up to HK$ 200 million ($25.6

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 4, 2021

TMYTEK has manufacturing partners across Asia, including Inventec in Taiwan, and factories in Vietnam and Thailand, in addition to China. 5G is now live in 24 markets, GSMA predicts it’ll be 20% of global connections by 2025 — and eyes a big tech break-up. and European market, he said. China trade war.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The automaker also said on Wednesday that its first regional plant for electric vehicle manufacturing in Southeast Asia will start operations in Thailand in the first quarter of next year. READ MORE: Chinese carmakers to become dominant globally despite tariffs AlixPartners billion Thai Baht ($241.7

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

Lam is harnessing social media to spark civic engagement and drive global giving and volunteerism. She studied the German, Czech, and Spanish languages and has lived and traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia, including Spain, Germany, the Czech Republic, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Is Southeast Asia about to hit an inflection point for tech startups? 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.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 10, 2012

Having been at TechSoup Global for eight years now, I can remember what it was like before we added the “Global” to our name (literally and figuratively). We’ve also launched a NetSquared Local in Singapore, and are working to include the Philippines and Thailand in the near future.

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TechNode

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

According to Yang, today Alipay+ connects over 20 payment apps from Thailand to Italy, allowing consumers to use their familiar e-wallets wherever they go. million SMEs in Thailand, which accounts for roughly 44% of the countrys GDP.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2022

Bfree , a Nigerian credit management fintech, has embarked on global expansion after raising $1.7 million in a pre-Series A round, to tap the opportunities in emerging markets, where digital lending apps have recently sprung up in droves. million, having realized $800,000 in a seed round last May. “We

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Tech Soup

MAY 31, 2013

We proudly welcome NGO partners Vietnet-ICT and the Lin Centre in Vietnam, as well as ASEAN Foundation , Kopernik Marketplace , and YCAB Foundation in Indonesia to the TechSoup Global family. They are all part of TechSoup Asia , which serves charities in the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand — and now Vietnam and Indonesia.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

Fostering financial inclusion A 2022 report by research firm DinarStandard and fintech Ellipses estimates that the market size of Islamic fintech in the Organisation of Islamic Coorporation (OIC) countries was $79 billion in 2021, making up 0.83% of global fintech transaction volume. CAGR by 2026, outpacing traditional fintech’s 13.5%

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

It is a global problem, with annual earnings from substandard drugs standing at over $100 billion. My co-founder, Amy, was hospitalized in Thailand after taking counterfeit medicine. Despite the company’s innovation, funding has been few and far between, as with many deep tech platforms with a significant focus on Africa.

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TechNode

MAY 20, 2024

Chinas Gotion High-tech on May 17 unveiled a Tesla-like yet cheaper cylindrical battery as well as a more common prismatic battery with ultra-fast charging among its latest products. Gotion High-tech showcased an all-solid-state battery prototype at its annual technology conference in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei on Friday, May 17, 2024.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The fresh capital, which brings its total funding raised to $135 million, was led by Affirma Capital, with participation from Sequoia Capital India, Hana Ventures, ICT Capital, EDB Investment (EDBI), AC Ventures, RTP Global and Momentum Venture Capital. Advanced rider assistance systems: Tech spawned by the politics of micromobility.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Snapchat’s parent Snap became the latest tech company to announce a huge round of layoffs, confirming ongoing rumors yesterday that it was cutting 20% of its global workforce , affecting at least 1,200 people. Additional figures provided to TechCrunch from Data.ai Zenly iPhone downloads for Japan on August 19, 2022.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 31, 2012

As an independent filmmaker, Windy has produced and directed promotional videos, films, and documentaries, including “The Tillamook Burn” (2003), “The ‘D’ Word: Understanding Dyslexia” (Sundance 2012), and “The Eyes of Thailand” (2012). questions surrounding globalization and social justice.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 20, 2012

As an independent filmmaker, Windy has produced and directed promotional videos, films, and documentaries, including “The Tillamook Burn” (2003), “The ‘D’ Word: Understanding Dyslexia” (Sundance 2012), and “The Eyes of Thailand” (2012). David Evan Harris - Global Lives.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 17, 2022

This means that beyond grant applications and cultivation of potential donations, it also has a sales process which includes tracking deals with its customers who range from large tech companies like Palantir to small Bay Area nonprofits and small businesses. It also provides data to help focus preventive and rescue efforts for victims.

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The Verge

MAY 20, 2021

That’s because the chips in cars are made using much older technologies: the M1 chip in a new Mac or iPad Pro is made using a 5nm process, but a lot of the chips in cars are made using a 55nm or even 90nm process, and as demand has skyrocketed, the factories using that older tech just can’t keep up. We are the dominant player globally.

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