India’s Swiggy raises $113M led by Prosus

Weeks after Zomato acquired Uber’s food delivery business in India, its...


Opera’s Africa fintech startup OPay gains $120M from Chinese investors

Africa-focused fintech startup OPay has raised a $120 million Series B round...


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...


Meituan-Dianping lays groundwork for Southeast Asia entrance via Chope

Chope, the Southeast Asian restaurant booking platform, will use the partnership...


For food delivery, machines won’t replace humans any time soon

Human-machine collaboration will be the model for autonomous food delivery for a...


Indian food delivery startup Swiggy raises US$1B investment led by Naspers

Swiggy’s latest fundraising round is the single largest in India’s...


Insights into China from TechNode CEO Lu Gang

How should Southeast Asia think of China, and how do the Chinese think of this...


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...


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...


Meituan Dianping launches autonomous food delivery system

So far the Meituan Dianping platform is restricted to malls or within an office...