From small-town boy to co-owner of Next Education, Beas Ralhan built a startup before the internet was popular in India

Next Education claims its services are used by over 150,000 teachers,...


Capital Float raises US$45M to dominate the fast-growing SME lending market in India

Capital Float is mainly competing with VCs-backed Lendingkart, which claims...


(Exclusive) Lenovo’s VC arm entering India with an investment in micro delivery grocery service Milkbasket

A few of Milkbasket’s existing backers, in addition to new...


Captain’s log, August 18: High-end co-working spaces in Thailand set to grow

Also, Grab drivers in Indonesia can now cash out instantly, Japanese software...


Captain’s Log, Aug 17: Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu buying US$11.7B stake in China Unicom

Also in the news are Singaporean blockchain startup Indorse’s funding...


Breaking: Tokopedia confirms US$1.1B investment led by Alibaba

Although the firm refused to disclose the exact valuation, this injection...


Mekong Capital invests US$4.9M in Vietnamese education company YOLA

YOLA has expertise on overseas test preparation programs,...


oBike raises US$45M in Series B to catch up with the speeding Mobike and Ofo

Since its launch in Singapore in January this year, oBike has rolled...


Gobi Partners closes US$50M of new US$200M fund; will target muslim-focused tech, cloud, e-commerce, fintech

The Meranti ASEAN Growth Fund has already made its first investment — in...


Indonesian fashion e-commerce startup SaleStock raises US$27M Series B+ round

Gobi Partners, Alpha JWC Ventures, Convergence Ventures, KIP, MNC, and SMDV have...