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Uber Pulls Out of Southeast Asia, Selling Operation to Rival Grab Grab to buy ride-sharing, food delivery businesses in region Uber gets 27.5% stake in rival, CEO to join Grab’s board Uber Technologies Inc. has agreed to sell its Southeast Asian operations to Grab, withdrawing from yet another fast-growing region to end a war of […]

How this Singapore-based investor bought into Uber, Spotify, Alibaba, and other tech giants K2 Global has been investing in startups since 2015, but the venture capital fund and its founder, Ozi Amanat, are seldom in the news. Singapore-based Amanat has been in the game for a decade or so. angel investorasiafinancialinvestorsingaporeuberventure capital

An early-stage founder’s guide: What you need to know before working with VCs For many early-stage founders, it’s unclear what working with VCs means and how they should prepare for it. This is perfectly fine. After all, it’s better for a founder to be an expert in their field rather than in venture capital.

Payments company Ayopop raises $1m seed funding Indonesia’s Ayopop specializes in bill payments, which means it wants users to pay for things like their phone bills, electricity, and internet services through its app. Ayopop launched about a year ago and has been angel funded so far, with some investment from venture capital firm Gree. The post Payments company Ayopop raises $1m seed funding appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Written by Brad Feld, managing director at Foundry Group in Boulder, Colorado.   I had lunch recently with a founder. We were talking about current and future board configuration for his company and he said “Up until this point, all my board seats were simply for sale. Whenever a new investor showed up, they wanted […] The post Board Seat For Sale appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

MatahariMall scores US$100M equity round from Mitsui Group The investment will consist of several tranches over a 12-month period The post MatahariMall scores US$100M equity round from Mitsui Group appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

Pitch Deck: Complete Guide to a Pitch Presentation The first 5 seconds of your pitch are crucial. Grab the attention of your audience with a succinct-yet pointed-question, followed up with a tagline that encapsu… The post Pitch Deck: Complete Guide to a Pitch Presentation appeared first on Stage Asia - startups directory .

The rise of impact investing in Southeast Asia Almost a year ago, in November, I found myself at an entrepreneurship conference in Jakarta. The room was abuzz with familiar questions: How do we support and mentor budding entrepreneurs? How do we source and manage funding? How do we build scalable businesses that last? The post The rise of impact investing in Southeast Asia appeared first on Stage Asia - Asia digital startups directory .

Fashion startup Grana closes $10m series A round led by Alibaba’s Hong Kong fund Fast fashion startup Grana has raised US$10 million for its series A round, led by Alibaba’s US$130 million Entrepreneurs Fund for Hong Kong. The company’s existing investors, Golden Gate Ventures and Hong Kong-based MindWorks Ventures, also put in some cash. The post Fashion startup Grana closes $10m series A round led by Alibaba’s Hong Kong fund appeared first on Stage Asia - Asia digital startups directory .

Running a startup is not easy, matter yet operating any company especially one of your own is really hard. You’ve spent hours, days and months revising, tweaking and loosing sleep just to get your ideas off the ground. Your family were ignored for months and if you’re single then you’ve missed many parties just to […] The post What happened, what went wrong and where did they go? appeared first on Stage Asia - Asia startups directory .