As $3b gets injected into SEA tech, GOJEK’s major backer exits
Southeast Asia seems to continue to attract large-scale funding, sometimes tilting the subtle balances between the major players.
Softbank ups its bet on Grab
Firstly,...
Didi clashes with Uber, again!
On November 21, six months after entering (the country of) Mexico, Didi finally announced that it had started operations in Mexico City (population 21...
Will OYO win in Indonesia?
My colleague recently wrote about OYO’s rapid development in China. In fact, armed with Softbank arsenal, OYO just launched in Indonesia last month.
It...
Oyo and its Chinese game
Facing strong competition in the huge market, can an Indian company succeed in China?
Aibiying: A globally local Airbnb?
People hated Airbnb's Chinese name when it was adopted
Many Western companies have found China to be a difficult market to crack, and home-sharing giant...
TripAdvisor: the next go-to social media platform?
TripAdvisor is very soon going to look a lot like your Facebook newsfeed, with a dash of Instagram here and a dollop of AirBnB...
Chinese media are overly harsh towards the MoBike founder
"An arm can’t win a wrestle against a leg, in China startups can never walk around the giants.”
Eating out experience in the land of Alipay
So how have the people in the land of Alipay evolved in this aspect? While in Hangzhou for a few business meetings, we ate...
