February 19, 2020
India’s Swiggy raises $113M led by Prosus
Weeks after Zomato acquired Uber’s food delivery business in India, its...
November 18, 2019
Opera’s Africa fintech startup OPay gains $120M from Chinese investors
Africa-focused fintech startup OPay has raised a $120 million Series B round...
July 9, 2019
Meituan, Alibaba, and the new landscape of ride-hailing in China
Instead of switching between apps to secure a ride during rush hour, people in...
February 27, 2019
Meituan-Dianping lays groundwork for Southeast Asia entrance via Chope
Chope, the Southeast Asian restaurant booking platform, will use the partnership...
January 15, 2019
For food delivery, machines won’t replace humans any time soon
Human-machine collaboration will be the model for autonomous food delivery for a...
December 20, 2018
Indian food delivery startup Swiggy raises US$1B investment led by Naspers
Swiggy’s latest fundraising round is the single largest in India’s...
October 22, 2018
Insights into China from TechNode CEO Lu Gang
How should Southeast Asia think of China, and how do the Chinese think of this...
September 24, 2018
Today’s top tech news, September 24: Chinese liquor trading platform Yijiupi raises US$200M, Careem acquires bus shuttle startup Commut
Also, Grab maintains that it did not breach anti-competitive rules, and more...
September 20, 2018
Today’s top tech news, Sept. 20: Japan hit by US$60M cryptocurrency heist
In yet another development, Meituan Dianping Founder Wang Xing has seen his net...
July 27, 2018
Meituan Dianping launches autonomous food delivery system
So far the Meituan Dianping platform is restricted to malls or within an office...