Deep Dive: How Asian VCs are giving the recession a run for its money

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It’s undeniable – the world is in recession.

Although it took longer for the downturn to hit Asia, startups and venture capitalists have been preparing for it for months.

Image credit: Tech in Asia

On this episode of Deep Dive, Tech in Asia emerging tech editor Collin Furtado discusses his insights from the ongoing article series Recession Run, where he talks to the region’s top investors about how they’re tackling the economic slump.

Timecodes:

00:00 – Intro music
00:46 – Today’s topic: How Asia’s VCs are tackling the recession
01:28 – A brief primer on the recession
03:27 – Which industries will see the most negative impact
05:35 – Which industries might see an uptick in business
09:13 – What most of the VCs agreed on when it came to recession plans
11:18 – Differing perspectives from some VCs
15:42 – How the strategies of VCs in Asia differ from those in the West
18:52 – Takeaways from the Recession Run series so far

Featured reporter:

• Collin Furtado, Tech in Asia’s emerging tech editor based in Bangalore, India

Essential reading:

• Recession Run: East Ventures’ bets during a downturn
• Recession Run: Sequoia’s $850m plan during a downturn
• Recession Run: 500 Global’s investment plan in SEA
• Recession Run: Quest Ventures bats for food security, sustainable solutions
• Recession Run: Vertex Ventures says these sectors will thrive in a downturn
• Recession Run: Valuation cuts don’t affect Monk’s Hill Ventures’ plans
• Recession Run: Wavemaker’s Santos sees a crisis as a flight to quality
• Recession Run: Kickstart Ventures to deploy more funding in 2023
• Recession Run: Australian VC to invest 20% of new fund in SEA
• Recession Run: BAce Capital advises founders to chase value, not valuation
• Recession Run: Iterative’s $55m plan amid a downturn
• Recession Run: CCV says autonomous tech, AI, robotics startups are the future