Alibaba pumps $100 million into Vmate to grow its video app in India

Chinese tech giant Alibaba is doubling down on India’s burgeoning video...


Today’s top tech news, May 30: AirAsia eyes wider e-commerce play beyond air ticket sales

AirAsia is expanding into an app that will offer lifestyle goods and services...


A young entrepreneur is building the Amazon of Bangladesh

At just 26, Waiz Rahim is supposed to be involved in the family business, having...


Today’s top tech news, May 17: Banks to invest US$50M in digital cash settlement project

The project aims to develop a system to make clearing and settlement in...


Grocery delivery startup Honestbee is running out of money and trying to sell

Honestbee, the online grocery delivery service in Asia, is nearly out of money...


Resurgent HappyFresh raises $20M for its online grocery service in Southeast Asia

It’s been a tricky past few years for HappyFresh, the startup seeking to...


African e-commerce startup Jumia’s shares open at $14.50 in NYSE IPO

Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia listed on the New York Stock...


WTF is Baillie Gifford?

The SoftBank Vision Fund has been screaming from the venture headlines the last...


Baillie Gifford’s Charles Plowden on 110 years of investing

“It is our contention that the investment industry may be experiencing a...


Snap is channeling Asia’s messaging giants with its move into gaming

Snap is taking a leaf out of the Asian messaging app playbook as its social...