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eFishery Secures $200 Million Funding, Becomes Indonesia’s First Aquaculture Unicorn

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The funding round was led by 42XFund, which is based in Abu Dhabi, and participation came from a number of different investors, including Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (Diperbadankan), responsAbility, and 500 Global, amongst others. The scope of eFishery’s ambitions goes well beyond the borders of Indonesia.

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[Review] The Rise Of The New East

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In a sweeping expose on the dynamic forces shaping the “New East”, Ben Simpfendorfer’s “ The Rise of the New East: Business Strategies for Success in a World of Increasing Complexity ” provides an in-depth view of how the economic resurgence of Asia and the Middle East are changing global markets.

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Southeast Asia Startup Ecosystem Continues to Prosper Post-Pandemic

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As per a report by Google, Temasek Holdings, and Bain & Company, as many as 40 million people in six countries across the region — Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand — came online for the first time in 2020. However, the prospect of new startups is more focused on emerging technologies.

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VC Cafe - Untitled Article

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India was a major market for Blackberry (like Indonesia), but the youth segment abandoned RIM for Android. Rapid Transition to Data Services : India’s mobile services market is more than US $30 billion per year, placing it in the Top 10 globally. Other foreign OEMs, witmarkh et shares in the 4-5% range, include Sony, Nokia, LG and HTC.

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The Next 10 Years Of Infocomm Technology

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What will the future of InfoComm Technology (ICT) be like? Painting the scenario of how things will evolve, Cort Isernhagen of IDC Insights forecasted at the recent Infocomm Technology Roadmap Symposium 2012 that the ICT landscape over the next 10 years needs to consider four macro trends supported by four key pillars of technology.

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[Asia] Small Businesses Look To The Internet For Growth Opportunities

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Anu Madgavkar, senior fellow at the McKinsey Global Institute , shared these and more interesting insights into small businesses in Asia during a sharing session organized by search giant Google. Many SMEs also reported an average of 13% improvement in productivity from using web technologies such as Google Apps. A key takeaway?

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The Evolving Economics of the App

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Personal Technology. TECHNOLOGY. What countrys GDP is the size of the global app economy? Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law. Dont all government agencies cost taxpayers billions each year? Does the concept of P & L apply to government?