It’s time for our weekly roundup of the top tech news in Asia, in audio format! Yes, it’s the Tech in Asia podcast with hosts Charlie Custer and Anh-Minh Do (absent this week), so if you need to catch up on the week’s top Asia tech news, look no further.
This week: big rounds for ecommerce outfits in Indonesia (HijUp) and across Asia (Qoo10). Plus, Netease launches a new program to help fund indie gaming startups, and China releases new mind-blowing web statistics. This will actually be our last week doing weekly news updates on the podcast; future episodes will be focused on a single topic for discussion or a single interview/story.
Subscribe to the Tech in Asia Podcast on iTunes or Stitcher, or insert our feed URL into any podcast-listening app and check out the episode! Or just listen to it on Soundcloud below:
Show notes
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:21 Netease Success Fund
06:09 HijUp raises a second seed round
10:28 Qoo10 raises a massive series A
13:47 China’s internet is big, but also weirdly small
Show links:
- Netease announces a new fund to support global indie game devs
- HijUp raises a second seed round of seven figures
- Qoo10 raises a massive series A round
- China’s internet is both massive and weirdly small
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