Opinion: Why Southeast Asia is the future
Investors from Southeast Asia explain how timing, geography, and rapid development maximises the region's potential for a promising future.
Hiring super interns
If you are an avid reader of our blog, you’d have read by now the article by our Super Intern, Kate, about the lessons...
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Almost all of us have heard of or had experience working for a startup: a diverse, vibrant and intense environment with the magic to...
Where does Temasek focus its investments?
Excerpt: longer lifespans, growing wealth, sustainable practices, intelligent systems, sharing economies, and an increasingly interconnected world
On 10 July 2018, Temasek, Singapore’s sovereign investment holding...
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Deep tech startups always excite investors and governments alike - they usually have something cool that nobody really understands, but is really cool.
Theoretically,...
Chinese VCs are running out of money？
VC activities in China have already been eyeball-grabbing: US$100m seed round for a startup, Series A to C within six months, etc.
However, the...
Softbank + Alibaba (SA) vs. Google + Tencent (GT)
It is a battle between the largest Chinese e-commerce platform versus dominating social media and gaming company, but not just Alibaba and Tencent alone...
Sequoia challenges Softbank – opportunity for Go-Jek?
Sequoia Capital, one of the most prominent VC firms in Silicon Valley, has recently raised $6B as part of their $8B funding target.
The...
Hiring – how to raise the bar
Anyone who does not admit to having a hiring problem - is either delusional or has no experience in running a team.
Southeast Asia – More late-stage money available?
From 2016 to 2017, total VC investment in SEA rose from US $2.52 billion to $7.86 billion despite the fact that the number of...
