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Tiger Global, Sequoia back $17.4m round of cricket NFT startup

Tiger Global, Sequoia back $17.4m round of cricket NFT startup

Faze is creating a platform that creates a direct link between the creator and the consumer, where users can showcase their NFTs on social media.
Deepti Sri · · 2 min read
Moka, an Indonesian mobile point-of-sale startup, gets seed funding from East Ventures

Moka, an Indonesian mobile point-of-sale startup, gets seed funding from East Ventures

Traditional point-of-sale equipment Jakarta-based mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) startup Moka announced this morning that it received seed funding of an undisclosed amount from local venture capital firm East Ventures (East Ventures
Leighton Cosseboom · · 4 min read
Japan is finally opening up to the rest of the tech world

Japan is finally opening up to the rest of the tech world

Will Japan be able to marry its strong history of hardware innovation and build mass appeal for the next generation of software-based technology firms?
Vinnie Lauria · · 6 min read
The Rise and Fall of China’s First Hit Social Game (The One Zynga Ripped Off as FarmVille)

The Rise and Fall of China’s First Hit Social Game (The One Zynga Ripped Off as FarmVille)

Look at all those IE toolbars in this photo from 2009! Remember FarmVille, the social game that put Zynga on the map? That was pretty much ripped off from a
Steven Millward · · 3 min read

The Rise and Fall of China's First Hit Social Game (The One Zynga Ripped Off as FarmVille)

Remember FarmVille, the social game that put Zynga on the map? That was pretty much ripped off from a Chinese game named Happy Farm, made by the startup studio Five
Steven Millward · · 3 min read

In Addition to Layoffs in US, Zynga Contemplates Closing Japan Office

Techcrunch is reporting that Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA) is laying off five percent of its full-time employees (about 160 people) and sunsetting 13 of its games. CEO Mark Pinkus’s internal note is
Rick Martin · · 2 min read

Can Asia Take the Lead in the Next Generation of Social Games?

About the Author: Sangeet Paul Choudary writes regularly on strategies for online markets, and works closely with startups in these spaces in India, Singapore, and the US. You can follow
Sangeet Paul Choudary · · 6 min read

Alvin Yap Talks about Monetizing the Feature Phone Industry [INTERVIEW]

Alvin Yap, CEO and founder of TMG Readers may recall when we discussed feature phone business opportunities in Indonesia with Andy Zain. Continuing that discussion, we spoke with Alvin Yap,
Enricko Lukman · · 7 min read

Serkan Toto on Why Japanese Social Gaming Giants Monetize Better

Serkan Toto, expert on social mobile gaming in Japan, has been kind enough to share with us a presentation that he gave recently on the success of social gaming giants
Rick Martin · · 2 min read

Guess What? Tencent Clones Zynga’s Draw Something [LEAKED PICTURES]

Leaked images suggest that China's Tencent will soon launch this Draw Something clone. No sooner has the smash-hit social game Draw Something been bought up by Zynga [1] than we
Steven Millward · · 2 min read