Startups

Thailand’s PTT Oil and Retail Business, or PTT OR, a unit of state-controlled oil and gas firm PTT, is increasingly venturing into the non-petroleum...

A German startup company focusing on agricultural technology and indoor farming is nearing completion of a vertical mega-farm and research center in Singapore which...

Thai fintech startup Ascend Money, whose investors include Alibaba affiliate Ant Group and Thailand’s privately-owned conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group, after a recent financing round...

Singapore-based logistics startup Ninja Van has raised $578 million in a new funding round backed by China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and the Brunei...

A Thai company has created the country’s first “virtual influencer,” a new species of fictional computer-generated personalities that are replacing real-life influencers on social...

Zoomcar, an India-founded car sharing marketplace covering emerging markets, announced on September 21 that it is expanding further in Southeast Asia by starting operations...

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated what was already a big trend in Indonesia, namely online grocery shopping. Experts expect the country’s grocery e-commerce market...

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to a substantial rise in digital health services offerings in Southeast Asia, with a boom in managed care portals...

E-commerce is growing exponentially in Southeast Asia, with 70 million online shoppers added since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report...

Indonesian fintech Kredivo, which is planning to go public on Nasdaq via a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, eyeing a valuation of $2.5...

Singapore’s urban rail network is being taken over by robots, but not in the dystopian sense. The robots will be deployed at coffee kiosks...

The Philippines is moving fast forward into the digital banking age with the fifth license granted to a neobank by the central bank Bangko...

Cambodian e-marketplace Smile Shop, dubbed the leading business-to-consumer e-commerce platform in the country, is receiving a major boost from a new partnership with Chinese...

Loca uses the Bajaj Qute for affordable taxi services, among other brands A ride-hailing startup founded and based...

Vietnam has set itself a goal that the digital economy should represent 20 per cent of gross...

Online healthcare services were given a boost by the pandemic Thailand is entering the telemedicine era as a...

Singapore has an open approach to the crypto ecosystem Singapore’s financial market regulator has granted preliminary approval for...

A Singapore startup is taking the possible applications for artificial intelligence and Internet-of-Things a step further and...