Sequoia Capital has closed its latest fund for India and southeast Asia at $695 million. It is the Californian VC’s sixth in India since it expanded into the country in 2012, which…
China 2.0: “China and America Should Cooperate, not Compete, on Tech”
Mitch Presnick knows the Chinese economy more than most Americans. When he first flew east, in 1988, the country was a decade into seismic fiscal reforms that were, slowly, introducing market principles…
Indonesia’s Tokopedia wins $1.1bn Alibaba-led Round
Tokopedia, one of southeast Asia’s leading e-commerce companies, has received a $1.1 billion funding round led by China’s Alibaba, which will see the latter become a minority stakeholder. The round, which follows…
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…