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A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Digital Banks

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

Philippines

Tonik has onboarded 30,000 clients and achieved a positive balance sheet of over USD 20 million within a month of operation.

This neobank targets the young and unbanked population in the Philippines | Startup Stories | KrASIA

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This neobank targets the young and unbanked population in the Philippines | Startup Stories

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

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Singapore

The firm recently surpassed USD 1 billion in assets under management.

Robo-advisor StashAway bags USD 25 million from Sequoia India ahead of Thailand launch | KrASIA

Robo-advisor StashAway bags USD 25 million from Sequoia India ahead of Thailand launch

Lending

Southeast Asia's massive unbanked population mirrors tremendous potential in fintech services and alternative lending solutions.

Turnkey Lender pushes regional expansion plan with fresh funding | KrASIA

Turnkey Lender pushes regional expansion plan with fresh funding

China’s Largest Bitcoin Exchange Huobi.com Invests in Singapore’s Digital Consulting Firm WXY

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.

Blockchain

Malaysia

The fintech startup hopes to tackle the pain points of fragmentation in financial markets.

Singapore startup Stacs raises USD 3.6 million to improve financial services with blockchain technology | KrASIA

Singapore startup Stacs raises USD 3.6 million to improve financial services with blockchain technology

Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

Angel Investing

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

Chinaccelerator revealed the 12 startups that will form its latest cohort.

Chinaccelerator's 8x8 Global Speaker Series provides clues for young entrepreneurs | KrASIA

Chinaccelerator&#8217;s 8&#215;8 Global Speaker Series provides clues for young entrepreneurs

Mobility

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

Transportation

Vietnam

Q&amp;A

The investment marks Jungle Ventures’ first foray into the mobility sector, a vast emerging market in Southeast Asia that awaits the maturity of battery-charging infrastructure.

Dat Bike could become the e-bike company of Southeast Asia | Q&amp;A with Jungle Ventures' Amit Anand | KrASIA

Dat Bike could become the e-bike company of Southeast Asia | Q&amp;A with Jungle Ventures&#8217; Amit Anand

The automotive aftermarket is the secondary market of the automotive industry, concerned with the manufacturing, remanufacturing, distribution, retailing, and installation of all vehicle parts, chemicals, equipment, and accessories, after the sale of the automobile by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to the consumer. 

Automotive Aftermarket

Autonomous Vehicles is about self-driving. A self-driving car is also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input.

Autonomous Vehicles

Indonesia

Thailand

Singaporean classifieds marketplace Carousell has entered into the online used car marketplace with the launch of its auto sector, which is already accounting for a third of the group’s revenue.The news comes at a time when all eyes are on Carousell, which is on the verge of becoming Southeast Asia's next unicorn after bagging a USD 80 million investment from a consortium led by South Korean tech giant Naver last September. Carousell’s co-founder and CEO Quek Siu Rui told CNBC in an interview last October that the firm is increasing its focus on becoming profitable “in the next three to four years."

Carousell jumps on the automotive e-commerce bandwagon while navigating path to profitability | KrASIA

Carousell jumps on the automotive e-commerce bandwagon while navigating path to profitability

Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.  It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

Facebook

Social Impact

Cambodia

Facebook faces fresh scrutiny in Southeast Asia, after data from over 15 million users in the region was exposed in a recent leak that could put individuals at risk of identity theft and impersonation attempts, according to local privacy watchdogs.

How has Southeast Asia been affected by the recent Facebook data leak? | KrASIA

How has Southeast Asia been affected by the recent Facebook data leak?

Japan, Korea, and the West

Blockchain payments firm Ripple, which is known for helping develop digital currency XRP, has acquired a 40% stake in Malaysian cross-border payment startup Tranglo to gear up for its expansion in Southeast Asia, the firm announced on its website on March 30. The investment took place even as Ripple has an ongoing legal fight with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States.