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Deep Dive: How Asian VCs are giving the recession a run for its money
Startup Snapshot - January 05, 2023 20:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIt’s undeniable – the world is in recession. Although it took longer for the downturn to hit Asia, startups and venture capitalists have been preparing for it for months. On this episode of Deep Dive, Tech in Asia emerging tech editor Collin Furtado discusses his insights from the ongoing ar...
A Startup's Guide to Remote Talent (Trailer)
Startup Snapshot - December 20, 2022 06:45 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOnce upon a time, all it took to build a workforce was a couple of ads in the classified section of the local newspaper. But with a global shift to remote working, companies have to consider a plethora of factors when hiring talent: Which markets should I hire from? How can I stand out from ot...
Deep Dive: Hodlnaut’s mismanagement and lies
Startup Snapshot - December 11, 2022 19:27 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAt the start of 2022, crypto firm Hodlnaut had the approval of the Monetary Authority of Singapore and close to US$1 billion in assets under management. Today, the Singapore-based company has halted its operations, faces lawsuits over allegations of dishonesty, and is being probed by the city-...
Vibe Check: Mental Health in the Startup World (Trailer)
Startup Snapshot - October 17, 2022 03:37 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 1 ratingVibe Check: Mental Health in the Startup World is a Tech in Asia podcast where writer and editor Winston Zhang speaks to startup leaders and mental health professionals to see what he can learn from them when it comes to managing his mental well-being. Listen to Vibe Check: Mental Health in th...
Deep Dive: PayMongo’s precarious predicament
Startup Snapshot - October 12, 2022 06:53 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOnce a rising fintech company that drew in investors such as Y Combinator and Stripe, Philippines-based PayMongo now finds itself in a precarious position. Allegations of questionable spending and employee harassment from senior leaders cropped up a few months ago, leading Francis Plaza, the s...
Deep Dive: How Animoca Brands became a blockchain gaming juggernaut
Startup Snapshot - July 04, 2022 03:29 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAnimoca Brands is a name that is practically synonymous with the blockchain scene, with news of its acquisitions, fundraising, and expansions regularly hitting the news. But the Web3 empire’s thrilling crypto success was sparked in a manner that is less grand than its current stature. Though i...
Deep Dive: Does the rise of digibanks threaten Indonesia’s online lending industry?
Startup Snapshot - May 31, 2022 05:24 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAs digital banking rises to prominence in Indonesia, tech companies from various sectors have been dipping their toes in the game, partnering with and sometimes even acquiring digibanks. Leveraging their greater and easier access to capital, online and peer-to-peer lenders have also joined the...
Deep Dive: How GoTo’s IPO went down
Startup Snapshot - April 29, 2022 09:05 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGoTo Group, the new entity formed through the Gojek-Tokopedia merger last year, listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange this month. While the company’s shares quickly soared past its initial offering price, it also fell just as quickly in a manner reminiscent of the recent public listings of oth...
Deep Dive: The plight of Indonesia’s UangTeman
Startup Snapshot - March 25, 2022 01:43 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIndonesian online lender UangTeman has had a tough few years. Its name has been in and out of headlines since 2018, with stories either focusing on the company’s financial troubles or its apparent recovery. But what’s at the core of UangTeman’s troubles? On this episode of Deep Dive, Tech in...
Deep Dive: Asia’s crypto fever
Startup Snapshot - March 07, 2022 08:13 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAs blockchain-related projects gather steam across Asia, the region’s countries are adopting crypto in unique ways. While Vietnam’s strong gaming culture has driven its crypto boom, India’s NFT gold rush has been powered by Bollywood film stars. However, regulation is still a tough nut to crac...
Deep Dive: Grab’s rollercoaster of an IPO
Startup Snapshot - January 20, 2022 20:30 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingGrab, one of the region’s most valuable tech companies, made its Nasdaq debut last month after a record US$40 billion merger with Altimeter, a New York-listed blank-check company. However, the super app’s first few weeks of public life haven’t been the easiest, with its shares ending at US$7.1...
Deep Dive: The bright future of dark stores
Startup Snapshot - December 09, 2021 20:30 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingDark stores – more widely known as microdistribution hubs – have been gaining prominence in India and Southeast Asia, with grocery delivery startups like Dropezy and Zepto raising millions of dollars in funding and setting up hundreds of centers across the region. The future of this segment is...
Deep Dive: Atome’s enigmatic parent company
Startup Snapshot - November 12, 2021 08:24 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAfter recently closing a US$400 million series D round from an investor consortium led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and Warburg Pincus, Singapore-headquartered Advance Intelligence Group joined the unicorn club. Its most well-known service? Atome, one of the region’s most prevalent buy now, pay l...
Deep Dive: Stripe’s rough road into Indonesia
Startup Snapshot - October 08, 2021 06:08 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOver the past year, financial services major Stripe has been stepping up its efforts to enter the Indonesian market, targeting key positions for early hires. Among them is former Grab Indonesia executive director Ongki Kurniawan, who’s now leading Stripe’s charge in the country. However, Indon...
Deep Dive: India’s D2C boom
Startup Snapshot - September 10, 2021 05:43 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIt wasn’t too long ago that in India, Kashmiri apparel sellers carrying large, red-checked bed sheets full of handmade embroidered shawls, dress materials, and stoles would spend their days knocking on door after door, trying to sell their wares to people in the neighborhood. These sellers too...
Deep Dive: Why Bukalapak’s IPO is a big deal for Indonesia
Startup Snapshot - August 13, 2021 06:20 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFounded in 2010, Bukalapak initially had trouble raising funds because “nobody wanted to invest,” co-founder and former CEO Achmad Zaky said during a fireside chat at the Tech in Asia Conference in 2019. He even considered closing the business after its first year, but he persevered instead and ...
Behind the idea that spawned a multimillion-dollar business
Startup Snapshot - August 05, 2021 20:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 rating[This episode was produced in partnership with CleverTap] In 2014, Sunil Thomas, Anand Jain, and Suresh Kondamudi had left their jobs at Indian media conglomerate Network18 to start up CleverTap. The mobile marketing platform’s birth was inspired by a recurring “painful problem” that the tri...
Deep Dive: Why HungryGoWhere ended up being all sizzle and no steak
Startup Snapshot - July 02, 2021 09:25 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFor years, HungryGoWhere was the go-to platform for anyone looking for grub and sustenance in Singapore. But last month, the site announced that it’s ending its 15-year run, bidding loyal users - the few who were still around - farewell and thank you. On this episode of Deep Dive, Tech in As...
Deep Dive: Gojek and Tokopedia’s merger
Startup Snapshot - June 10, 2021 21:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLast month, Indonesia-based super app Gojek and online marketplace Tokopedia announced a merger to form GoTo Group. The move would give both companies a boost against their respective rivals: Gojek against fellow super app Grab, and Tokopedia against Shopee, Sea Group’s ecommerce arm. However,...
Deep Dive: Grab’s investor presentation
Startup Snapshot - May 14, 2021 07:58 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLast month, Grab announced its plans to go public in the US via a merger with Altimeter Capital, a special purpose acquisition company. Shortly after, Grab unveiled an investor presentation that revealed previously closely guarded financial details. On this episode of Deep Dive, Tech in Asia...
Deep Dive: How PatSnap joined the unicorn club
Startup Snapshot - April 15, 2021 21:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingLast month, innovation intelligence startup PatSnap raised US$300 million from big-name backers like SoftBank Vision Fund II and Tencent Investment, which the Singapore-based firm says brings its valuation over US$1 billion. But PatSnap’s bid to join the unicorn club wasn’t an easy one. In its...
Deep Dive: Behind Sea’s latest moves
Startup Snapshot - March 26, 2021 08:40 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingOver the past few weeks, one company that has frequently been hitting the headlines is Singapore-headquartered Sea. As the biggest Southeast Asian internet business, dwarfing startups and listed companies alike in valuation, every move that Sea makes has people across the tech industry perking...
Deep Dive: The rising ‘buy now, pay later’ trend
Startup Snapshot - February 19, 2021 11:05 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTowards the end of 2020, a number of “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) startups started ramping up their marketing, plastering ads across malls, train stations, and even social media platforms. What led to the rise of this new payment method? And is BNPL here to stay? On this episode of Deep Dive,...
Deep Dive: How CoAssets lost its investors millions of dollars
Startup Snapshot - January 14, 2021 20:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn the last weeks of 2020, hundreds of retail investors were shocked when they discovered that Singapore-based investment platform CoAssets had disposed of over US$30 million of their investments to a virtually unknown debt recovery firm. Numerous affected parties have filed police reports aga...
Deep Dive: What’s going on with India’s OTT platforms
Startup Snapshot - December 08, 2020 20:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingA recent report by PricewaterhouseCoopers found that India is currently the world’s fastest-growing market for video streaming, and it’s set to become the sixth largest by 2024. With over 40 over-the-top streaming (OTT) players in the country vying for the attention of anyone with an internet ...
Deep Dive: The big deal with regulating Big Tech
Startup Snapshot - November 03, 2020 20:45 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingIn recent years, Big Tech has drawn the ire of regulators across the globe. And given the current state of the world, some governments have been raising taxes on tech giants to bolster their own economies. But as several countries in Southeast Asia begin imposing stricter regulations, will sma...
Deep Dive: Vietnam’s brutal e-wallet war
Startup Snapshot - October 06, 2020 20:30 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingCash remains supreme in Vietnam, which means that there’s plenty of opportunities for a fintech player to conquer the market and become the digital payment provider to the country’s 97 million people. At the moment, several e-wallet operators are battling to win the hearts and wallets of Vietn...
Deep Dive: How Bangladesh got left out of Asia’s growth story
Startup Snapshot - September 01, 2020 20:30 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTucked away between Myanmar and Nepal, and lying along the eastern border of India, is the little-known country of Bangladesh. Due to an unfortunate string of natural disasters, acts of extremism, and negative press coverage some 30 to 40 years ago, most people might think that the country is a ...
Deep Dive: The high hopes of the cannabis tech industry
Startup Snapshot - August 11, 2020 20:30 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingAccording to analysts, the cannabis industry in Asia alone could be worth US$12.5 billion in 2024. While this estimate has spawned a number of startups hungry for a share of the potential pie, does it mean the region is in for a “green gold rush”? That depends on several factors, including wh...
The Weekly Snapshot: News from Gojek, Sequoia India, TikTok, and more
Startup Snapshot - August 09, 2020 20:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 1 ratingYouTube in Indonesia now offers GoPay as a payment option, Sequoia India appointed ex-Gojek tech chief Ajey Gore as an operating partner, and Trump banned dealings with the parent companies of TikTok and WeChat. You can hear the details on all this news and more on this week’s episode of The W...
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