The Southeast Asia startup family tree

This is the latest version of the article that was first published on August 12, 2020. We’ve added more alumni members to the visual.

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Southeast Asia’s crop of internet entrepreneurs can be traced to a few key companies.

Ex-employees at Groupon, Gojek, and Rocket Internet-backed firms like Zalora and Lazada have been known to start their own companies, and we’ve been documenting their exploits over the years.

Here’s a family tree that traces how they’re all linked. We hope this can inspire you to find the next big entrepreneur – or even start a company yourself!

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SOURCES

Data: Tech in Asia
Infographics: Susi Susanti
Analysis: Susi Susanti
Editing: Jaclyn Teng