Invested by the big boys – you might not be as...
Our recent encounters with a content platform based out of Jakarta, Indonesia has a tragic ring to it.
How to tell impostors and bullshitters from real startup/tech experts
As purveyors of tech stories that are not often covered, we have ourselves (internally) prepared a checklist of bullshit - to separate truth from...
A US$30b company is challenging Didi in China
Didi is valued at US$56 billion with daily order of 25 million; while Meituan is valued at US$30 billion with daily order of 22 million.
Rise of niche ecommerce in SEA, probably to be captured by...
How Facebook is quietly positioning themselves to capture some of the ecommerce marketplace in Southeast Asia.
Uber is right to shrug off the ‘taxi company’ ruling
We always believed that with the present business model, Uber is essentially a big taxi business with a better customer experience rather than anything...
Will Grab & Uber merge, with Softbank now a shareholder of...
By now you always know what is happening: Uber’s board is allowing Softbank to become a shareholder.
Probably a huge relief for early investors...
The economics of bike sharing
Many people still want to discuss China’s “sharing economy” with us: shared bikes, power banks, basketballs, or umbrellas.
It seems everyone has an opinion on...
Why Chinese bike sharing companies are suddenly everywhere overseas
Just a few months ago, you would hear Chinese bike sharing companies making announcements here and there, but not see actual bikes being deployed....
Clash of the titans in Thailand’s ecommerce scene
Last year, Thailand witnessed the entry and subsequent overhype of 11street – a company owned and invested by South Korean telecommunications giant SK Telecom....
The Razer question: what can you do with 10 million dollars?
Razer recently published an e-payment proposal summary, which includes committing S$10M to deploy a common cashless payment solution in Singapore, maybe Razer Pay, in...
