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Since Grab’s announcement of SPAC merger with Altimeter Growth Corp (AGC), Southeast Asia’s most valued unicorn has been working towards becoming a public company.Â
Yesterday...
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Can Swan Daojia succeed where GoJek failed?
Like many Chinese companies, Swan Daojia (天鹅到家) had to suddenly shelve their IPO plans after Didi fell in trouble with Chinese government. Before this...
Alibaba restructures for a full-out assault on Meituan
While all the attention is on the regulatory crackdown on big tech companies in China, Alibaba has quietly announced the restructuring of its operations....
Shopee enters Korea (did it really though?)
Which country is in Shopee’s sights? While this unicorn is already the leading ecommerce platform in Southeast Asia and Taiwan, it has continued to...
Why hasn’t an app like Shopback appeared in China?
Most of us can agree that the tech scene is more developed in China than in Southeast Asia. Any startup that appeared in Southeast...
My experience building a rural ecommerce startup in Indonesia
This is a contributed article by Sonat Yalcinkaya (Kaya) and Vyani, co-founders of Shox Rumahan, one of the leading rural commerce startups in Indonesia....
Why do ecommerce platforms build their own payment?
Case in point: Payment can trigger flywheel of scale and customer retention




















