Ten years ago, when Madrid-based mobile firm Telecoming was founded, Apple’s iPhone had only just gotten 3G connectivity – and BlackBerry’s Bold 9000 was the handset in the pocket of almost every…
Asia’s Top Tech Trends in 2018: By the Letters
Across Southeast Asia, rising tech startups and firms are vying for glory in 2018. While artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) may be touted as the next big things in Silicon…
Red Herring Asia 2017: Winning Startups “Drive Disruption”
Red Herring Asia 2017 took place in Manila Wednesday and Thursday last week. The gathering showcased the best Asian tech and entrepreneurship across a variety of talks, discussions and presentations. It culminated in the announcement…
Malaysian Government Fund Invests $22m in Austin’s Phunware
Khazanah Nasional Berhad, the strategic investment fund of the government of Malaysia, has announced that it invested $22 million of Series F growth financing in Phunware, an Austin, Texas-based multiscreen platform provider.…
Denave’s Snehashish Bhattacharjee: “India is Conducive for Scale, Not Global Growth”
Snehashish Bhattacharjee is a decorated veteran of India’s tech scene. He began working at Wipro (which was the Software arm of Wipro – now part of Wipro Limited) before moving to Microsoft India in…
Gobi Partners’ Kay-Mok Ku on Investing Smart in Southeast Asia
Kay-Mok Ku has over 17 years’ experience investing in startups across Asia. Since 2010 he has been a partner at Gobi Partners, an early-stage fund established in Shanghai in 2002. Singapore-based Ku has…