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A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

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

On-Demand Services

On-demand care service platforms offer gig workers extra income and flexible work, but at what cost? Sexual harassment is a problem for female care workers.

On-demand care service platforms offer gig workers extra income and flexible work, but at what cost? | KrASIA

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On-demand care service platforms offer gig workers extra income and flexible work, but at what cost?

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

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Blockchain

Cryptocurrencies

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

Thailand

Thailand’s crypto platform operators expect more stringent regulation after payment ban. Stakeholders call for a sandbox program for crypto payments.

Thailand’s crypto platform operators expect more stringent regulations after payment ban | KrASIA

Thailand’s crypto platform operators expect more stringent regulations after payment ban

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

Philippines

Q&amp;A

Four takeaways on the burgeoning startup ecosystem in the Philippines by Foxmont Capital Partners’ Franco Varona.

4 takeaways on the burgeoning startup ecosystem in the Philippines by Foxmont Capital Partners’ Franco Varona | KrASIA

4 takeaways on the burgeoning startup ecosystem in the Philippines by Foxmont Capital Partners’ Franco Varona

Deep Tech

Health Tech

Singapore

Plano helps parents manage their children’s device usage and eye health. Founder Mohamed Dirani believes Plano can prevent damage to children’s eyes.

Plano helps parents manage their children’s device usage and eye health | KrASIA

Plano helps parents manage their children’s device usage and eye health

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

Food Tech

Thai food producers serve up plant-based meat to satiate growing appetite. Millions of Thai Buddhists avoid meat during an annual vegetarian festival.

Thai food producers serve up plant-based meat to satiate growing appetite | KrASIA

Thai food producers serve up plant-based meat to satiate growing appetite

A blockchain, originally block chain, is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data.

Axie Infinity and Yield Guild Games took the Philippines by storm but users are starting to question long-term viability with fluctuations in the market.

Axie Infinity and Yield Guild Games took the Philippines by storm but users are starting to question long-term viability | KrASIA

Axie Infinity and Yield Guild Games took the Philippines by storm but users are starting to question long-term viability

Photo of Kosuke Sogo, co-founder and CEO of AnyMind Group.

Singapore-founded adtech startup AnyMind scraps Japan IPO amid market uncertainty. Japan’s top online bank, SBI Sumishin Net Bank, also delayed its IPO.

Singapore-founded brand enablement platform AnyMind scraps Japan IPO amid market uncertainty | KrASIA

Singapore-founded brand enablement platform AnyMind scraps Japan IPO amid market uncertainty

Agriculture

Indonesia

Baku uses data analytics and IoT hardware to improve poultry farming processes. The startup’s sensors provide real-time data on a chicken farm’s conditions.

Baku uses data analytics and IoT hardware to improve poultry farming processes | KrASIA

Baku uses data analytics and IoT hardware to improve poultry farming processes

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

Mobility

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

Transportation

Vietnam

Grab, Be Group, and Baemin raise fares in Vietnam amid soaring gasoline prices, which pose challenges for mobility businesses in the region.