Yoolim Lee
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Rakuten Ventures leads investment in US chatbot service Dexter
The investment by the venture arm of Japanese e-commerce and internet firm Rakuten Inc. comes as companies from Facebook Inc. to Tencent Holdings Ltd.
Singapore: ‘Everyone is scared’ so $1b Vertex Venture hunts for deals
VC firms are pulling back across the globe, slashing investments in startups out of concern their deals may never pay off. Chua Kee Lock of Vertex Ven
Didi, SoftBank said to lead $600m-plus round for Grab
The deal comes days after Didi bought out Uber Technologies Inc.’s operations in China, ending a battle that has cost billions of dollars and allowi
Uber said to plan boosting resources for Southeast Asia, India
The world’s most valuable startup competes with Singapore-based Grab for ride-hailing customers in Southeast Asia, a region that also includes Malay
Facebook co-founder Saverin takes a shine to Singapore startup 99.co
The billionaire is reinventing himself as an Asian venture capitalist and thinks he’s found a winner in little-known 99.co, a Singaporean house-hunt
SEA’s internet economy to touch $200b in a decade, finds Google-Temasek study
Southeast Asia’s Internet economy, spanning online shopping to games and advertising, will surge sixfold to about $200 billion in the next decade.
Mid-career and itching to lead a startup? Singapore VC Jungle Ventures will bet on you
It’s easy to spot the silver hair among Jungle Ventures’ gallery of startup founders. Look closer and you’ll find many have called the shots at
Sequoia-backed Houzz makes play for Singapore’s $10b home decor market
Houzz has started a dedicated website and mobile app for the affluent city state, the third country it’s entered in the Asia Pacific alongside Austr
How Tanuwijaya proved his doubters wrong to build Indonesia’s Alibaba. Tokopedia set to become nation’s first Unicorn
The son of a factory worker created Tokopedia in 2009 just as the economy and Internet usage mushroomed in the world’s fourth-most populous country.
