Changing ecommerce in the Middle East: Mumzworld’s $20 million B-round Financing
Once dominated by one company
Before 2016, the entire ecommerce industry in the Middle East was ... quiet, barely noticed by ecommerce giants like Alibaba.
Souq.com,...
Go-Jek, Bukalapak, Shopee: Growth Hack tricks by Giant Indonesian Startups
The advantage of growth hack is not only to keep your product sustainable but to attract consumers by decreasing cost of user acquisition and increasing consumer retention - Low Budget with High Impact. Some startups in Indonesia like the unicorns Gojek, Bukalapak, and Shopee practise growth hack method as well to grow their business.
Tencent puts US$200m in Brazil’s Nubank – is it a wise...
In 2014, when Nubank was a small company, it received a $14 million investment from Sequoia Capital. As for why Sequoia Capital ever noticed...
Indonesia reduces ecommerce duty free allowance
From 10 Oct 2018 onwards, the duty free allowance for ecommerce imports has been reduced from US$100 to US$75 per consignee per day. The...
Are Meituan and co responsible for China’s demographic crisis?
How Wu spends his day
I have a friend who is 32 years old now. Let’s call him Wu. He is from Shanghai but works...
The Rise of LINE messenger in Indonesia
At one point in time, Indonesians were the most frequent users of BBM (previously BlackBerry Messenger) in the world:
Source： SimilarWeb 2016
And BBM was...
Government stimulus ultimate reason for China’s tech take-off?
You still remember the 4 Trillion RMB announced after 2008 crisis?
Alibaba’s Hema Supermarket – China’s new retail revolution
“New retail” has been a hot topic for a long time, but there were not many successful business cases in the market until Alibaba...
