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A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Grocery Delivery

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

Though challenges abound, Southeast Asia’s online grocery sector is seeing an influx of cash. It might not be as lucrative as previously thought.

Though challenges abound, Southeast Asia’s online grocery sector is seeing an influx of cash | KrASIA

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Though challenges abound, Southeast Asia’s online grocery sector is seeing an influx of cash

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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The food industry is booming! Both traditional companies and startups are using technology to transform the dynamics of the food sector.

Food Tech

Next Gen Foods is redefining Singapore’s status as a foodtech hub. The company raised USD 100 million this week and is becoming a foodtech trailblazer.

Next Gen Foods is redefining Singapore’s status as a foodtech hub | KrASIA

Next Gen Foods is redefining Singapore’s status as a foodtech hub

Investment

Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

Venture Capital

Singapore

Q&amp;A

Altara Ventures’ general partners Tan Chow Boo and Gavin Teo on investment trends in Southeast Asia. The venture capital firm has raised USD 130 million.

Altara Ventures’ general partners Tan Chow Boon and Gavin Teo on investment trends in Southeast Asia | KrASIA

Altara Ventures’ general partners Tan Chow Boon and Gavin Teo on investment trends in Southeast Asia

Social Impact

Indonesia

BantuBumi aims to battle plastic pollution in Indonesia via better waste management. It has developed an app for waste collectors to digitize their work.

BantuBumi aims to battle plastic pollution in Indonesia through better waste management | KrASIA

BantuBumi aims to battle plastic pollution in Indonesia through better waste management

Health Tech

Philippine startup Zennya Health delivers medical care right to the patient’s doorstep. Zennya aims to close the health inequality gap in the Philippines.

Philippine startup Zennya Health delivers medical care right to the patient’s doorstep | KrASIA

Philippine startup Zennya Health delivers medical care right to the patient’s doorstep

Halodoc’s Bidanku leverages AI to empower and support midwives and mothers in rural Indonesia. Midwives offer crucial support for women of all ages.

Halodoc’s Bidanku leverages AI to empower and support midwives and mothers in rural Indonesia | KrASIA

Halodoc’s Bidanku leverages AI to empower and support midwives and mothers in rural Indonesia

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

Indonesian regulators block illegal trading websites following complaints on social media. Bappebti has announced that binary options are illegal.

Indonesian regulators block illegal trading websites following complaints on social media | KrASIA

Indonesian regulators block illegal trading websites following complaints on social media

NFTs gain popularity in Indonesia, but digital literacy still lagging. Amateur creators in Indonesia are rushing to mint and sell random images on OpenSea.

NFTs gain popularity in Indonesia, but digital literacy is still lagging | KrASIA

NFTs gain popularity in Indonesia, but digital literacy is still lagging

Gojek is a transportation network company and logistics startup company based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Gojek

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a transportation network company based in Singapore. In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery services via mobile app. It operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. 

Grab

Shopee

Traveloka

Food Delivery

Mobility

Southeast Asian platforms seek ‘super app’ label to emulate Grab and Gojek. Shopee, Traveloka, and AirAsia have ventured into an array of services.