Dylan Loh
Stories by Dylan Loh
SoftBank-Keenon robots to help with food deliveries, starting at Grab’s SG cloud kitchen
Singapore and Japan will be early adopters of the robots.
Singapore plays catch-up with Taiwan as chip investments rise
The city-state has set a target to grow its manufacturing industry by 50% by 2030.
What liquidation of SG’s troubled water treatment firm Hyflux can teach entrepreneurs
The startup's failure screams 'hire good managers early'.
Disney poised to take on Netflix as SE Asian roll out heralds brutal streaming wars
The media giant is also making a concerted hiring effort tied to its platform.
Singapore’s Temasek is not just backing young startups, it’s making them in-house
The state investor has backed startups like Affinidi and Istari that focus on blockchain and cybersecurity.
US semiconductor giant GlobalFoundries puts $4b into Singapore expansion
GlobalFoundries makes semiconductors for mobile phones and the automotive industry.
Indonesia’s VC-backed startups dole out biggest bonuses among ASEAN peers
Indonesian upstarts pay 20% bonus to tech specialists, compared with 15% in SG and Thailand, shows survey.
Southeast Asia trails Asia in IPOs amid SPAC boom in the US
IPO proceeds from Singapore hit $223 million in the first quarter.
Singapore joins Asia’s SPAC frenzy but investors flock to US
In the first ten weeks of 2021, global SPAC IPO volumes reached $76.7 billion.
Asian cloud kitchens expect delivery boom to outlast pandemic
Philippines' Jollibee Foods and Singapore's Grab, among others, are betting big on the sector.