Posts Categorized: Business


China online gaming market 2013

China’s Top 6 Online Gaming Companies Pulled in Over $2 Billion in Q1

Now that everyone has posted their first quarter financials for this year we can see how much China&...

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  • May 30, 2013
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500 Startups Eyes Southeast Asian Startups with $10 Million ’500 Durians’ Fund (UPDATED)

Earlier today TechCrunch reports that 500 Startups has raised $10 million micro fund dedicated to st...

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  • May 30, 2013
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Report: Kindle Finally Launching in China on June 7, Prices Start at $134

Report: Kindle Finally Launching in China on June 7, Prices Start at $134

Rumors about Amazon’s Kindle coming to China have been around virtually since the device was f...

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  • May 30, 2013
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How Kompas Gramedia Stands Tall as Indonesia’s Media Giant

Indonesians are familiar with Kompas Gramedia, a 48 year-old media brand that is trusted by many in ...

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  • May 29, 2013
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Work in Sync: Evernote Business Launches Across Southeast Asia

Evernote Business, the enterprise-oriented version of the note syncing and online collaboration app,...

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  • May 29, 2013
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Thai startups

How Overseas Startups Can Enter Thailand and Get Government Support

Julian Leitner, founder and former CEO of Zalora Thailand, a Rocket Internet company, recently start...

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  • May 28, 2013
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No Chrome, No Firefox: Why Chinese Online Banking Still Requires Internet Explorer

Banks in any country aren’t generally known for being on the technological cutting edge —...

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  • May 28, 2013
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China's daily deals market 2013

China’s Daily Deals Market Hits $1.7 Billion in Q1, Not So Fragmented Any More

It’s time to check back in with China’s massive daily deals industry and see how all the...

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  • May 27, 2013
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Asia’s Baby Boomer Generation Takes the Lead

Asia’s Baby Boomer Generation Takes the Lead

As the baby boomer generation of Asia (those born in the 70’s and 80’s) takes over from their pa...

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  • May 30, 2013
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Silicon Dragon Panel

VC Panel: New Angels in China will Waste a Ton of Money … but that’s OK

The panel at Silicon Dragon Beijing on Wednesday night brought together five prominent venture cap...

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  • May 30, 2013
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ASEAN Economic Community is Coming, What Does it Mean for Asian Tech Startups?

“Do Indonesian startups have what it takes to face off against foreign companies?” I have stumbl...

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  • May 29, 2013
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Ardent Capital funding

Ardent Capital Gets Funding for More Startup Investments and to Strengthen Ardent Labs

Thailand-based entrepreneurial group Ardent Capital has wrapped up its first round of external fundi...

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  • May 29, 2013
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China: Startups Can’t Raise Funds By Selling Stock on Taobao

China: Startups Can’t Raise Funds By Selling Stock on Taobao

Several months ago, we wrote about a Beijing-based startup called Meiwei Media that raised more than...

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  • May 29, 2013
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How to Monetize Mobile Apps (VIDEO)

For our second Jakarta Meetup at the Microsoft Auditorium, we had Lichi Wu (pictured above) from mob...

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  • May 28, 2013
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Suning Planning Wholesale Shift to the Web, Launching Open Platform in June

Chinese retail electronics giant Suning has had an online e-commerce platform for quite a while now,...

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  • May 28, 2013
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Pitching For Over a Decade Before Finally Scoring Investment: Indonesia-Based SITTI’s Founder Shares His Story

During my stay in Jakarta, I met Andy Sjarif, the founder of three-year-old Indonesian startup SITTI...

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  • May 24, 2013
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