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CHINA GIANT TikTok

China's TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Quits after Less Than Three Months TikTok, in an emailed statement, confirmed the departure and said that the political dynamics of the last few months had “significantly changed” the scope of Mayer’s role.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-08-28

CHINA PEOPLE PERSONNEL CHANGES

Joseph Phua Steps Down as Group CEO of M17 Entertainment Under Ono’s leadership, M17 will aim to continue growing into a global live streaming platform.

by e27

2020-08-18

MDI Ventures INDONESIA PEOPLE

Bukalapak Co-Founder Appointed as Chairman of Telkom Indonesia's Venture Arm Mr Rasyid said he plans to help boost Telkom's digital revenue, as the group is projecting a significant increase in the years to come.

by BusinessTimes

2020-08-17

CHINA GIANTS PEOPLE

Forbes’ Top Chinese Ceos List Includes Names from Alibaba, Tencent And Meituan Among The Top Five The list also signifies Shenzhen’s position as a leading business center for China.

by scmp

2020-08-17

INDONESIA Startups Ayoconnect

Indonesian Fintech Startup Ayoconnect Raises US$5M in Pre-Series B, Names New CFO The company also named Alex Jatra –a former executive at HARA, Dattabot, and Kejora Ventures– as its new CFO.

by e27

2020-08-06

SINGAPORE GIANT GOJEK

Sequoia India Appoints Former Gojek CTO Gore as Operating Partner Gore will work closely with the chief technology and product officers of Sequoia's portfolio startups, providing them insights on building and scaling engineering, data science, product and design functions.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-08-05

SINGAPORE Startups GoBear

Singapore-Based Startup Gobear Appoints Kent Huang as New CFO Kent Huang has held senior finance positions at companies such as GE, PayPal, and Intuit and most recently served as Group Head of Finance for APAC at Funding Societies.

by e27

2020-08-04

CHINA GIANT DIDI

Chinese Transportation Giant Didi’s Global COO Tony Qiu Quits Job to Join Kuaishou Qiu joined Didi in 2015 and oversaw the luxury business and globalization, reporting to Zhu.

by KrAsia

2020-07-30

INDONESIA Startups GOJEK

Indonesia's Gojek Names Severan Rault as New CTO Rault will oversee all of the technology behind gojek's ecosystem and manage the company's engineering teams across Southeast Asia and India.

by e27

2020-07-22

CHINA VIDEO GIANT IQIYI

China's Video Streaming Platform iQIYI Appoints Three Country Managers in SE Asia Push The appointment of the three country-managers also comes at a time when the Southeast Asian region is witnessing growing consolidation in the video-streaming space.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-07-22

INDIA GIANT UBER

Uber Elevates Prabhjeet Singh as President India, South Asia Singh will replace Pradeep Parmeswaran who was made regional general manager for Asia Pacific on 19 June.

by LiveMint

2020-07-17

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

CHINA PEOPLE Colin Huang

Pinduoduo Founder Passes Alibaba’s Jack Ma As China’s Second-Richest Man Colin Huang, 40, was worth $45.4 billion today, ranking No. 2 in China only to Tencent Holdings CEO Ma Huateng, also known as Pony Ma, who was worth an estimated $51.5 billion.

by Forbes

2020-06-22

CHINA PEOPLE PERSONNEL CHANGES

Jack Ma Leaves SoftBank Board after 13 Years Alibaba went on to become one of the world’s largest companies with a market capitalization of USD 546 billion. SoftBank still holds about 25% of the company.

by KrAsia

2020-05-18

INDONESIA VC MDI Ventures

MDI Ventures Names Donald Wihardja as Its New CEO, Aims to Announce New Funds This Year The multi-stage VC firm backed by Telkom Indonesia conducts operations both in Singapore and Silicon Valley.

by e27

2020-05-09

INDONESIA VC Init 6

Bukalapak Co-Founders Zaky, Xinuc Set up Early-Stage VC Fund Init 6 Currently deploying funds from their personal pockets, to invest in seed and Series A-stage startups in Indonesia.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-04-29

CHINA PERSONNEL CHANGES VC

Gaocheng Capital Founding Partner Daisy Cai Joins SoftBank Vision Fund Prior to Gaocheng Capital, Cai served as the managing partner at Baidu Capital and Baidu Ventures – the investment vehicles of Chinese dominant search engine Baidu.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-04-26

INDIA INVESTMENT REGULATION

【Exclusive】Not so automatic FDI from China to India! Various industry bodies including companies and investors in India and China have already reached out to the government seeking various types of clarification on the Press Note as well as the FDI Amendment.

by Dipti Lavya Swain

2020-04-24

EGYPT FINTECH Fawry

Mohamed Okasha steps down as Fawry’s managing director to launch $25 million fintech fund The fund will invest in Egyptian fintech startups across different stages.

by MENAbytes

2020-03-27

INDONESIA RIDE-HAILING GOJEK

gojek reportedly lays off employees: report gojek has reportedly laid off employees in the mid to lower level positions, as the Indonesian ride-hailing giant continues to focus on efficiency and profitability

by e27

2020-03-19