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The DealStreetAsia team celebrates after the closing of our flagship Asia PE-VC Summit 2019 in Singapore. Photo: DealStreetAsia

By Team DealStreetAsia

March 19, 2020

As DealStreetAsia hits five years and running, we are levelling up our editorial team to bring you even more quality stories.

Over the last few months, we’ve brought on five journalists in three different markets –  Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia – as we move towards bringing you more deep-dive content covering Southeast Asia.

For instance, our biggest investigative report so far this year, on the Philippines’ first, and truly elusive, unicorn Revolution Precrafted, was helmed by our reporter Kristie Neo. But she also had the support of our Philippines-based journalist Mars Mosqueda Jr, as well as Andi Haswidi, our new Head of ASEAN research, and Kenneth Lim, our Features Editor.

Kenneth joined us in February from The Business Times in Singapore, where he oversaw the business daily’s coverage on start-ups and venture capital. He will guide reporters on the longer-form reads that we are putting out more of, along the lines of the analysis piece he did on the the future of ridehailing giants Grab and Gojek. 
Andi is key to beefing up our data and research-based content. Based in Jakarta, he joined us in January from FT Confidential Research, where he was Head of ASEAN Research. Already, Andi has been instrumental in putting out our report on the VC fundraising landscape in Southeast Asia. 

Working with him on research and data-driven stories is Siew Mung Tan. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Siew Mung joined us also from FT Confidential Research. She has been dissecting regional trends, such as on whether the co-working and co-living business models are going pan out, as well as adding much needed analysis on Malaysia-specific stories.

Meanwhile, adding to our team of reporters in Singapore is Leslie Shaffer, an experienced business reporter who has been crafting profiles of the more interesting start-ups that are headquartered in the city-state. Her piece on AWAK Technologies takes a hard look at the challenge of kidney dialysis the start-up is aiming to alleviate.

Rounding out the team in Singapore is Michelle Teo, who joined us in December from The Edge Singapore, where she was Chief Editor overseeing the publication’s operations in the city-state. As DealStreetAsia’s Managing Editor, she oversees the Southeast Asia team, while keeping an eye on developments in the private equity sector.

Here are some of the stories done by our newest team members:

 

Singapore Reporter/s

In Singapore, we are looking to double our reporting team by this year-end to comprehensively cover the fast-moving world of funded startups and VC, PE & M&A deals. We want reporters who can tell our readers what is really happening in these sectors and why it matters to markets, companies and consumers. The ability to write precisely and urgently is crucial for these roles. Ideal candidates must have to ability to work in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-changing environment. We want our new hires to be digitally savvy and ready to experiment with new forms of storytelling. Most importantly, we are looking for hard-hitting reporters who work well in a team. Collaboration and collegiality are a must.

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).   

  • A reporter to track companies/startups that have raised private capital, and have the potential to become unicorns. SEA currently has over 40 companies with a valuation of over $100 million and under $1 billion.
  • A reporter who can get behind the scenes and reveal how funding rounds are put together, or why they’ve failed to materialise. She/he in this role will largely focus on long-format stories. 
  • A journalist to track special situations funds, distressed debt and private credit (from the PE angle) across Asia.
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Singapore Reporter/s

In Singapore, we are looking to double our reporting team by this year-end to comprehensively cover the fast-moving world of funded startups and VC, PE & M&A deals. We want reporters who can tell our readers what is really happening in these sectors and why it matters to markets, companies and consumers. The ability to write precisely and urgently is crucial for these roles. Ideal candidates must have to ability to work in a collaborative, dynamic, and fast-changing environment. We want our new hires to be digitally savvy and ready to experiment with new forms of storytelling. Most importantly, we are looking for hard-hitting reporters who work well in a team. Collaboration and collegiality are a must.

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).

Following vacancies can be applied for (only in Singapore).   

  • A reporter to track companies/startups that have raised private capital, and have the potential to become unicorns. SEA currently has over 40 companies with a valuation of over $100 million and under $1 billion.
  • A reporter who can get behind the scenes and reveal how funding rounds are put together, or why they’ve failed to materialise. She/he in this role will largely focus on long-format stories. 
  • A journalist to track special situations funds, distressed debt and private credit (from the PE angle) across Asia.
APPLY NOW