| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.11.2018 | Canadian bus travel provider Busbud acquires Neredennereye.com | Clickbus Turkey | From A to B in Turkey! The Canadian company Busbud has successfully acquired a leading Turkish bus ticket booking platform Neredennereye.com, headquartered in Istanbul, which is owned and operated by Clickbus Turkey. In 2015, Neredennereye.... |
| 19.11.2018 | Lamudi receives investment from Ringier AG and Axel Springer | Lamudi, one of the leading real estate platforms today announced that the company has recently welcomed the two media and digital classifieds companies, Ringier AG and Axel Springer, as new strategic investors. Both companies will share a s... |
| 26.07.2018 | Korean hotel firm Yanolja moves into SEA with $15M investment in Zen Rooms | Great news for ZenRooms! Korea’s Yanolja, a popular motel brand that has branched out into app-based hotel bookings, has made a strategic investment that could see it fully acquire the business. Yanolja is best known for its lovel hotels al... |
| 11.07.2018 | Helpling enables traditional cleaning agencies to offer services online | HELPLING, an online marketplace for home services, has announced that it will start on-boarding traditional cleaning agencies to its platform. Cleaning agencies will gain access to Helpling’s pool of customers, and the Helpling SAAS platfor... |
| 19.06.2018 | 2018 Official: Alibaba Acquires Daraz Group | Daraz Group, a leading e-commerce company was fully acquired by Alibaba to become a member of Alibaba Group. With the acquisition, Daraz will be able to leverage Alibaba’s leadership and experience in technology, online commerce, mobile pay... |
| 02.03.2018 | Carmudi Philippines – Global IT development hub | From the initial platform for used cars, Carmudi now offers a section of brand-new models with the enlistment of most distributors and dealers of all the car brands available in the country. Juan Gregorio “Cholo” Syquia, the Managing Direct... |
| 02.03.2018 | Helpling – The Path towards Profitability! | Despite the economic slowdown of 2017, Helpling Singapore managed to turn profitable at the second half of the year. It was an achievement built on blood, sweat and tears – rewarding yet fraught with struggles and setbacks. The team endured... |
| 02.03.2018 | Vaniday celebrates its 2nd anniversary! | Vaniday turned 2 this January and celebrated it with a bang on 10th January. Many beauty influencers, brand partners, salons and top lifestyle magazines such as CLEO, L’Officiel and Lifestyle Asia graced the occasion. It was an evening cele... |
| 02.03.2018 | Daraz website records 151million visits in 2017! | What a great news to start 2018! Daraz.pk has thanked its customers with a letter as the year 2017 ends, sharing their milestones and achievements of 2017. With the launch of D-Mart for daily essentials, and EMI and bank transfers, to fulfi... |
| 02.03.2018 | Lamudi – Property searches are now mostly done online | Online property portal Lamudi Philippines received 15 million user visits in 2017, clocking in a total of 2.7 million hours spent searching for properties online. Lamudi Philippines Chief Executive Officer Bhavna Suresh said this means that... |
| 22.02.2018 | ZEN Rooms – Defining ‘Societal Service’ | For Nathan Boublil, everyone deserves the opportunity to travel to gain knowledge, wisdom and cultural understanding. He believes building a company that brings competitive accommodation for travellers, is a great service to society. “Trans... |
| 27.10.2017 | LYKE: New Co-founder & CCO | LYKE named Agnez Mo, an Indonesian pop star as Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer. Agnez Mo has had more than 20 years of experience in the music, TV, and fashion industry before diving into tech. The platform also introduced an image se... |
| 27.10.2017 | CNBC Interview: Start-ups in Asia by Hanno Stegmann | In a recent interview with Akiko Fujita of CNBC, Hanno Stegmann shares how Asia Pacific Internet Group (APACIG) develops budding firms before they are big enough to be noticed by large investors – a start-up that helps other start-ups.
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| 03.10.2017 | Patience needed for ASEAN exits | Rocket Internet and its affiliates are firmly committed to the markets of emerging Asia, even as competition rises in the region. In an interview with DealStreetAsia, Hanno Stegmann highlights the scope of commitments of APACIG, his view on... |
| 29.09.2017 | Rocket Internet’s Spectacular Display : Bloomberg | Twice this year, Chief Executive Oliver Samwer has negotiated sales of stakes in the German company’s startups that have realized solid gains. Rocket announced the sale of half its shares in Delivery Hero AG to Naspers Limited, meaning Rock... |
| 13.09.2017 | Daraz: Revolutionizing the e-commerce industry | Daraz.pk has successfully been the market leader since its inception. Instead of buying products and selling them to customers, Daraz acts as a trustee between Seller and Customer. The secret behind its success is the business model Daraz r... |