August 21, 2018
LINE’s parent Naver invests in Southeast Asia’s product discovery and comparison platform iPrice
Naver’s direct investment comes only three months after iPrice raised an...
June 5, 2018
Coworking space chain EV Hive raises US$20M in Series A, will expand to Southeast Asia
EV Hive was founded in 2015 by venture capital firm East Ventures to provide...
January 22, 2018
Today’s top tech news, January 22: Snow raises US$50 million from Sequoia and Softbank
Besides Snow, there are new rules to govern ride-hailing in Indonesia and a...
January 17, 2018
Artwork rental platform Open Gallery secures US$3.8M funding
The goal is to transform the art industry by making it more accessible to the...
July 26, 2017
Naver officially launches AI-based translation service Papago, includes 5000 characters
The translation technology can translate Japanese, Chinese, Spanish and French...
June 29, 2017
Naver invests US$421M to construct a new cloud data center in Yongin
The company is positioning the move to improve technology in the AI era Naver...
May 18, 2017
Netflix and Youtube are the dominant video streaming apps in Asia, so how can local challengers compete?
To win in the online video streaming market, a service needs to first have...
April 5, 2017
Vietnam’s Appota raises Series C, valuation closing in on US$50M
The two firms involved are both South Korean, but bring unique qualities to the...
February 22, 2017
South Korea’s Naver joins self-driving car frenzy with suped-up Toyota Prius
It will be the 13th model the Korean government has granted a testing license to...
July 15, 2016
[Updated] Line Corp goes public in Tokyo, surging nearly 50 per cent above IPO price
Earlier, it debuted in NYSE at US$42 per share Line Corp has made an...