Mar 29, 2020
News of layoffs at various startups and large corporations as well as small and medium-sized enterprises have been making headlines all over the world, especially as the global economy reaches critical levels due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
To shed some light on the factors driving retrenchments, Tech in Asia journalists...
Mar 15, 2020
Singapore-based grocery delivery startup Honestbee was a well-loved brand. Its brick-and-mortar grocery store, Habitat, was touted to have the world’s first checkout system that required minimal intervention from shoppers, as well as the first grocery collection system that was entirely reliant on robots.
But news of...
Mar 1, 2020
Arrive, an investment fund linked to American hip hop mogul Jay-Z through his entertainment label Roc Nation, has been making moves in Southeast Asia. Since 2017, Arrive has invested in five startups in Singapore and Indonesia, and aims to double its portfolio of Southeast Asian companies by the end of 2020, with plans...