Myriad companies have made digitally driven commerce work for them, but others have struggled to find success or are unsure where to start. Between livestreaming and big players like TikTok, […]
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Back to news homeKitaBeli is bringing e-commerce to Indonesia’s small cities
Complicated supply chains mean that consumers in Tier 1 and Tier 2 Indonesian cities often end up paying more for goods than their peers in large cities, like Jakarta. KitaBeli […]
Tiger Global backs SaaS omnichannel social commerce platform SleekFlow in $8M funding
Social commerce — the process of buying and selling products or services directly through social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok — is becoming the most natural way for […]
How social commerce is bridging Southeast Asia’s infrastructure gaps
Amit Anand Contributor Amit Anand is a founding partner of Jungle Ventures and an early pioneer and leader in the development of Southeast Asia’s venture capital industry. More posts by […]
Aemi eases the challenges of social commerce in Vietnam
Aemi founders Hieu Nguyen and Kim Vu Social commerce sellers can be as small as one person selling products to their followers on social media platforms like Instagram or Facebook. […]
Opaper takes the friction out of social commerce
While working her way through grad school, Opaper founder Joan McIntosh ran an online bakery. “I would wake up at 3AM, 4AM, go to a commercial kitchen and go door […]
Focused on smaller cities, Vietnamese social commerce startup Mio raises $8M Series A
Mio, the Vietnamese social commerce platform, has raised an $8 million Series A, less than a year after announcing its seed round. The funding was led by Jungle Ventures, with […]
Southeast Asian startups to watch in 2022
As someone who covers Southeast Asia startups and funding stories, the best word I can think of to describe 2021 is “whoa!” This was the year that global investors not […]
Walmart will be the first retailer to test Twitter’s new livestream shopping platform
Twitter’s e-commerce initiatives now include livestream shopping and Walmart will be the first retailer to test the new platform. Over the past year, Walmart has invested in live shopping by […]
Singapore-based TreeDots gets $11M Series A to cut food waste in Asia
Every year, tons of food ends up in landfills because of cosmetic issues (they won’t look nice in stores) or inefficiencies in the supply chain. Singapore-based TreeDots, which says it […]