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Indonesia’s FMCG e-commerce market shatters records as beauty, food sales surge

Indonesia’s FMCG e-commerce sector has posted its strongest quarter on record, with total sales exceeding IDR40 trillion (US$2.3 billion) in the first three...

Capital comes roaring back: Inside SEA’s March funding boom

Southeast Asia’s technology sector witnessed a remarkable surge in funding activity in March 2026, according to the latest data compiled by Tracxn. Total disclosed...

From idea to impact: Startups redefining what’s possible in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is entering a new phase of innovation, one defined less by rapid experimentation and more by deliberate, high-impact building. Across sectors...

10 ecosystem players shaping how startups scale at Echelon Singapore 2026

As Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystem matures, scaling is no longer just about growth. It is about building the right systems across hiring, compliance,...

Building a tech corridor: Central Asia targets Southeast Asia’s digital boom

Astana Hub’s MD Tanat Uskembayev, Big Sky Capital’s Managing Partner Adil Nurgozhin, and IT Park Uzbekistan’s First Deputy Director Jakhongir RadjabovCentral Asia...

The CLARITY Act countdown: How April 16 could make or break the US$2.36T crypto rally

The crypto market advanced 2.06 per cent to reach a total capitalisation of US$2.36T over the last 24 hours, a move that reflects...

“There’s no excuse”: Aqua-Spark calls out eFishery’s deception

Aqua-Spark co-founders Amy Novogratz and Mike Velings The collapse of Indonesian agritech unicorn eFishery, revealed last year to have been inflating performance figures, has...

AI didn’t invent bias, it inherited it

Back in the 1980s, growing up as an ethnic minority in the United Kingdom was especially hard. Racism was still rampant, and it...

Inclusion is a long game — here’s what that actually looks like

At Hatch, we believe Southeast Asia’s skills gap isn’t a talent problem — it’s an infrastructure problem. For seven years, we’ve worked alongside...

The fundable founder trap: How to build a business that survives, not just one that raises

There’s a founder I know, B2B SaaS, Southeast Asia, who won’t name him. He spent 18 months doing everything the ecosystem told him...

Growth Vectors launches initiative to rethink leadership capacity in an increasingly unpredictable business environment

Growth Vectors, a specialist in growth strategy for startups and SMEs, has announced the launch of a new initiative focused on organisational design...

AI systems as policy executors without policy clarity

Organisations are increasingly using AI as the layer that applies policy at scale. Models decide what content to remove, which transactions to flag,...

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