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Sea Group

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Shopee

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

E-Commerce

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

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

Indonesia

Sea Group's ShopeePay has quickly become a serious contender in Indonesia's e-payment scene. A recent survey by market research firm Snapcart found that it was the most used e-wallet in the country this March.

ShopeePay tops Indonesian e-wallet game in Q1: Survey | KrASIA

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ShopeePay tops Indonesian e-wallet game in Q1: Survey

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For Rahul Shinghal, CEO of digital escrow platform Tazapay, cross-border trade relies strongly on trust, especially for small businesses. There are complex issues—payments need to be arranged, specific terms and conditions met, and documentation produced.

Digital escrow service Tazapay expands in the region after new funding | KrASIA

Digital escrow service Tazapay expands in the region after new funding

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Jakarta is one of the smoggiest cities in the world. Roads and highways are normally clogged with motorbike taxis, tour buses, delivery trucks, private cars and other vehicles that are pumping out exhaust from their tailpipes as they sit idle during traffic jams. But changes are coming. Ride-hailing firms in Indonesia have been incrementally replacing their fleets with electric vehicles in the past two years. It's a move that is good for the environment. More fundamentally, it may even be a boon for these companies' bottom lines.

Ride-hailing companies electrify: How will a switch to plug-in vehicles change Indonesia's air and roads? | KrASIA

Ride-hailing companies electrify: How will a switch to plug-in vehicles change Indonesia&#8217;s air and roads?

Indonesian stock trading app Ajaib said on Monday that it received USD 65 million in an extended Series A round led by Ribbit Capital. This comes after a USD 25 million investment in February, bringing the total to USD 90 million, according to a statement. Ribbit is a backer of the famed US stock dealing app Robinhood, leading a USD 3.4 billion funding last month.

Indonesian trading app Ajaib bags funds from Robinhood investor | KrASIA

Indonesian trading app Ajaib bags funds from Robinhood investor

Social commerce startup KitaBeli on Wednesday said that it has closed a USD 10 million Series A funding round led by Go-Ventures. Its seed-round investors AC Ventures and East Ventures also participated again.KitaBeli's mobile app allows users to share product price information with their social circle, and build teams to purchase desired items at competitive prices, similar to Chinese commerce giant Pinduoduo. Over time, the platform aims to connect suppliers and farmers to tens of millions of consumers in lower-tier cities across Indonesia.

KitaBeli bags new funding for its fast-growing social commerce app | KrASIA

KitaBeli bags new funding for its fast-growing social commerce app

Jakarta Police exposing online underage prostitution  conducted through MiChat, a Singaporean-based app. Screenshot from YouTube Humas Polda Metro Jaya.

Creative

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

MiChat portrays itself as a free messaging and online dating app.

Singaporean chat app under fire for alleged use in underage prostitution case | KrASIA

Singaporean chat app under fire for alleged use in underage prostitution case

Indonesian savings app, Pluang has raised USD 20 million in a pre-Series B round that was led by Openspace Ventures. Existing investors, including Go-Ventures, also participated. Co-founder and CEO Claudia Kolonas said in a statement that Pluang plans to expand its investment options in 2021, focusing on new financial products for simple and convenient access to a wider variety of asset classes

Indonesian savings app Pluang bags new funding amid investment boom in the country | KrASIA

Indonesian savings app Pluang bags new funding amid investment boom in the country

Tokopedia is an Indonesian technology company, sometimes referred to as a unicorn. It was founded in 2009 by William Tanuwijaya and his Bestfriends from Harvard University, Michael Alexander.

Tokopedia

Tokopedia is a pioneer of e-commerce in Indonesia. After serving millions of consumers and merchants for more than a decade, this unicorn company is planning to go public in 2021, possibly through a merger with on-demand services and payment firm Gojek.

Inside Tokopedia, the Indonesian e-commerce company offering almost everything | KrASIA

Inside Tokopedia, the Indonesian e-commerce company offering almost everything

Deep Tech

Energy

Medical technology, or "medtech", encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and is used to treat diseases and medical conditions affecting humans. 

MedTech

The Singapore Management University (SMU) on Friday announced the winners of its tenth Lee Kuan Yew Global Business Plan Competition. The contest, which was organized by the university's Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE)​​​​​​​, received over 850 entries from 650 universities across 60 countries.