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Few areas in tech today are as polarized as the blockchain gaming space. Legacy developers and gamers are calling play-to-earn games Ponzi schemes, while crypto-believers say games that incorporate “tokenomics”…
LINE completed its merger with Yahoo! Japan-owner Z Holdings last month, and now the two firm’s venture capital arms have also combined. Z Holdings announced today that its subsidiary, YJ…
Resurgent HappyFresh raises $20M for its online grocery service in Southeast Asia
It’s been a tricky past few years for HappyFresh, the startup seeking to bring Instacart-like grocery deliveries to Southeast Asia. It has been through a series of rebuilding measures, but…
Warung Pintar raises $27.5M to digitize Indonesia’s street vendors
The digital revolution in Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, continues to attract big money from investors. Hot on the heels of a $50 million round for Bukalapak, a billion-dollar company…
Travel activities startup KKday lands investment from Alibaba and Line
Taiwan’s KKday, a startup in the increasingly competitive travel activities space, has pulled in an undisclosed funding round that adds two strategic investors to its business: Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba…
Korea’s Naver backs Southeast Asia-based e-commerce startup iPrice
iPrice, an e-commerce aggregation service in Southeast Asia, has landed a strategic investment from Naver — the Korean internet giant that’s valued at over $21 billion — as part of…
Indonesia’s EV Hive raises $20M for its co-working business to rival WeWork
WeWork is setting its sights on Southeast Asia, but that isn’t stopping local rivals from building up their business. In Indonesia, EV Hive — a co-working brand first started by…
