UNICORNS Volanews

INDONESIA GOJEK PEOPLE

Jon Sheppard, CTO of Gojek’s Financial Arm, Announces Departure Per his Linkedin post, Sheppard is understood to have taken up a new role as the CTO for Pakistan-based fintech firm Sadapay.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-07-06

INDIA Startups UNICORNS

Postman Joins India’s SaaS Unicorn Club With $150 Mn Series C Round At a $2 Bn valuation.

by Inc42

2020-06-12

CHINA TECH GIANT UNICORNS

ByteDance’s Market Capitalization Hits Between USD 100 Billion and USD 140 Billion The firm’s value has risen more than a third within two years.

by KrAsia

2020-05-22

CHINA UNICORNS TECH GIANT

Top 10 Chinese Unicorns in 2019: Tiktok's Parent Company ByteDance Ranks 2 with Value of $75 Billion China took second place in the world for its number of unicorn companies.

by ChinaDaily

2020-05-14

INDONESIA Industry TRADE

Indonesia’s tech scene saw $2.9b in investments, new unicorn in 2019 As the biggest market in Southeast Asia, Indonesia is still a favorite destination for investors from inside and outside the region.

by techinasia

2020-01-02

INDIA Delhivery Ola Electric Mobility

Middle East-backed Delhivery, Ola Electric in India's new unicorn list Abu Dhabi Capital Group-backed Grofers is a potential Indian unicorn, according to the latest report by Nasscom.

by arabianbusiness

2019-11-12

Industry UNICORNS CHINA

2019 Hurun Global Unicorn List: China pips US to top ranking India accounts for 21 of the world’s 494 unicorns; China has 206, while the US has 203.

by thehindubusinessline

2019-10-22

INVESTMENT SOUTHEAST ASIA GOJEK

Gojek adds AIA Financial to its growing list of Series F investors Southeast Asian on-demand unicorn Gojek announced Wednesday it has partnered as well as bagged an undisclosed amount of investment from insurance company AIA Financial (also known as AIA Indonesia) as part of the former’s ongoing Series F funding round.

by kr-asia

2019-09-19

SOUTHEAST ASIA SINGAPORE Startups

Grab in talks to merge Indonesian payment firms to overtake Gojek SoftBank-backed ride hailer Grab is in talks to merge OVO, an Indonesian digital payments firm in which it owns shares, with an Ant Financial-backed local peer to build heft and power ahead of archrival Gojek, people familiar with the matter said.

by Reuters

2019-09-12

STARTUP INVESTMENT SOUTHEAST ASIA

Gojek on track to raise $2b before 2019 end, says chief Gojek is on track to raise $2 billion in its ongoing funding round before the end of the year, accelerating capital-raising to drive an expansion into mobile payments and food delivery.

by DealStreetAsia

2019-09-06

SOUTHEAST ASIA SINGAPORE INDONESIA

GrabFood to ramp up recruitment, R&D in Indonesia, plans HQ in Jakarta GrabFood, the food delivery arm of Singapore-headquartered ride-hailing giant Grab, is betting big on Southeast Asia’s largest market Indonesia.

by DealStreetAsia

2019-09-04

SOUTHEAST ASIA INDONESIA STARTUP

Indonesian unicorn Traveloka introduces new insurtech services through Traveloka Protect Indonesia-based travel tech unicorn Traveloka is tapping deeper into digital insurance segment through its latest feature, Traveloka Protect.

by kr-asia

2019-09-04

UNICORNS INVESTMENT SOUTH ASIA

Binny Bansal Sells Additional Flipkart Shares To Tiger Global For $14 Mn Three months after selling shares worth $76.4 Mn, Flipkart cofounder Binny Bansal has sold additional shares in the company to Tiger Global Management for $14 Mn.

by Inc42

2019-09-03

P.E. INDONESIA SOUTHEAST ASIA

GOJEK collaborates with DOOgether to launch new feature GoFitness GOJEK has launched a new feature called GoFitness in collaboration with DOOgether, a fitness studio, and a class-booking startup.

by Deal Street Asia

2019-08-29

INVESTMENT INSURANCE SINGAPORE

Singapore insurtech firm Axinan collaborates with Bukalapak on gadget insurance Singapore-based insurtech firm Axinan and Indonesian e-commerce unicorn Bukalapak announced a partnership on Tuesday, saying they’ll team up to offer insurance for the purchase of electronic gadgets as well as a general protection for all products that are damaged in transit.

by kr-asia

2019-08-28

POLICY Startups INVESTMENT

Malaysian youth minister to bring gojek into Malaysia Ride-hailing-turned-everyday app unicorn from Indonesia gojek has received an endorsement from Malaysian Youth Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, who said in a Twitter video that he intends to bring gojek to the country.

by e27

2019-08-21

SOUTHEAST ASIA INDONESIA E-COMMERCE

Tokopedia teams up with the Indonesian finance ministry for online tax payments Indonesian e-commerce unicorn Tokopedia is collaborating with the country’s finance ministry to launch payment features for more than 900 types of state administration services.

by kr-asia

2019-08-08

POLICY SOUTHEAST ASIA INDONESIA

SoftBank to invest USD 2 billion in Indonesia following discussions with President Widodo Masayoshi Son, a Japanese business magnate and CEO of telco and investment firm SoftBank, had a meeting with Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo this morning in Jakarta.

by kr-asia

2019-07-31

SOUTHEAST ASIA INDONESIA UNICORNS

Tokopedia and P2P lender Modalku launch new SME financing product for capital loans supported by Indonesian e-commerce unicorn Tokopedia Indonesian e-commerce unicorn Tokopedia has deepened its collaboration with Modalku, a P2P lending platform, to provide merchants in the country access to “Modal Toko”, a platform which offers them loan products to grow both their business and revenue. Indonesian e-commerce unicorn Tokopedia has deepened its collaboration with Modalku, a P2P lending platform, to provide merchants in the country access to “Modal Toko”, a platform which offers them loan products to grow both their business and re

by kr-asia

2019-07-24

SOUTHEAST ASIA INDONESIA POLICY

Indonesia president Jokowi to feed Indonesia’s unicorns with tax breaks Indonesia’s president, Jokowi is looking ahead to his next five years with big plans to support the nation’s digital economy.

by techedt

2019-06-27