First some notes on SoftBank’s rumored expansion into China and its weird fund math, then Foxconn, and then quick notes on tech depression, Huawei, and more. TechCrunch is experimenting with new content forms. This is a rough draft of something new – provide your feedback directly to the author (Danny at danny@techcrunch.com) if you like […]
View More Foxconn or Foxgone? Tariffs, Wisconsin, and iPhone firesCategory: Vietnam
Topica raises $50M for its online learning services in Southeast Asia
Vietnam’s startup ecosystem is making forward progress. Just a week after 500 Startups’ local entity closed a $14 million fund for early-stage investments, one of the country’s elder statesmen of startups — educational service Topica — has closed its $50 million Series D. The round — which is one of the highest to date for […]
View More Topica raises $50M for its online learning services in Southeast Asia500 Startups Vietnam grabs $14M to invest in local companies
Vietnam is one of the most rapidly-expanding tech ecosystems in Southeast Asia.
View More 500 Startups Vietnam grabs $14M to invest in local companiesGoogle report: Southeast Asia’s digital economy to triple to $240 billion by 2025
It may sit in the shade of China and India, but tech has real growth potential in Southeast Asia. Home to a cumulative 650 million people, the region’s digital economy is forecast to triple in size and reach $240 billion over the next seven years, according to Google’s third “e-Conomy SEA” report. The annual study, which […]
View More Google report: Southeast Asia’s digital economy to triple to $240 billion by 2025Chinese WeWork rival Ucommune raises $200M to go after international growth
China’s Ucommune, the country’s largest rival to WeWork, has been on a busy acquisition spree to build out its domestic business and now it is looking at overseas opportunities after it closed a $200 million Series D funding round. The new round was led by Hong Kong-based All-Stars Investment with participation from Chinese investment bank […]
View More Chinese WeWork rival Ucommune raises $200M to go after international growthKorean AI startup Skelter Labs lands strategic investment to expand to Southeast Asia
Korean AI startup Skelter Labs is expanding to Southeast Asia after it pulled in undisclosed funding from Singapore-based VC firm Golden Gate Ventures. Skelter Labs was founded in 2015 by founded by Ted Cho, the former engineering site director at Google Korea. It started out developing apps and services that made use of AI but then […]
View More Korean AI startup Skelter Labs lands strategic investment to expand to Southeast AsiaTwo ‘Bachelor: Vietnam’ contestants who fell in love on the show are now a couple
/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fstory%2Fthumbnail%2F82384%2Fae1cd12f-faba-4e0b-916b-43d030dbc841.png)
When two contestants on The Bachelor: Vietnam fell in love and wanted to run away from the show together last month, there wasn’t really a happily ever after — one contestant returned to the show.
But maybe now, they’ve found it.
In an interview with NextShark, the show’s producer Anh Tran said the contestants, Minh Thu and Truc Nhu, are now a couple.
“They left the show and have been together since. We delivered on our promise that two people would find love,” Tran told the publication.
In a clip that went viral, contestant Minh Thu was left without a rose from the show’s Bachelor, Quoc Trung. Read more…
More about Lgbtq, The Bachelor, Vietnam, Culture, and Movies Tv Shows
View More Two ‘Bachelor: Vietnam’ contestants who fell in love on the show are now a coupleGo-Jek plans to raise $2B more for Southeast Asia ride-hailing battle
Indonesia’s Go-Jek is planning to raise $2 billion from investors to fuel its ride-hailing battle with Grab in Southeast Asia. Go-Jek raised $1.5 billion earlier this year from investors that include Chinese trio Tencent, Meituan and JD.com, as well as Google, Allianz and Singapore sovereign fund Temasek. Now it is planning to raise a further […]
View More Go-Jek plans to raise $2B more for Southeast Asia ride-hailing battleVietnam’s new automaker shows off first vehicles ‘designed’ by its citizens
VinFast, Vietnam’s new (and only) automaker, turned to its citizens to decide what its inaugural vehicles should look like. Now, VinFast is sharing the first images of the final product — a sedan and SUV that will debut October 2 at the Paris Motor Show. The vehicles were officially designed by Italian company Pininfarina, which collaborated […]
View More Vietnam’s new automaker shows off first vehicles ‘designed’ by its citizensPlaying the global game, Sequoia can cut checks for up to $1 billion
As the shadow of SoftBank (and its $100 billion fund) looms large over the investment landscape, Sequoia Capital is pushing the upper limits of the checks it’s willing to write to global growth-stage companies up to $1 billion. With a B. That’s the word from Sequoia’s global managing partner Doug Leone speaking onstage at Disrupt […]
View More Playing the global game, Sequoia can cut checks for up to $1 billionKorea’s Naver backs Southeast Asia-based e-commerce startup iPrice
iPrice, an e-commerce aggregation service in Southeast Asia, has landed a strategic investment from Naver, the Korean internet giant valued at over $21 billion, as part of a follow-on to the startup’s $4 million Series B from May. There’s actually a strong connection around that recent round. It was led by Line Ventures, the investment arm […]
View More Korea’s Naver backs Southeast Asia-based e-commerce startup iPriceThree Indonesian tech unicorns unite to back digital insurance startup
It’s almost unheard of to see three unicorns join forces to fund a startup, but that’s exactly what has happened in Indonesia. Ride-hailing company Go-Jek, e-commerce firm Tokopedia and travel booking startup Traveloka — each of which is valued in the billions of U.S. dollars — have come together to provide a Series A funding […]
View More Three Indonesian tech unicorns unite to back digital insurance startup