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Southeast Asia Startup Ecosystem Continues to Prosper Post-Pandemic

ReadWriteStart

Southeast Asia is one of them. Southeast Asia was walloped by Covid-19. million people into extreme poverty across Southeast Asia and removed 9.3 If you leave aside the devastating impacts of Covid-19 on the economy and people, this pandemic was able to change the prospects of startups in Southeast Asia. billion in 2018.

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The Top 5 Stock Exchanges According to a 2020 Study

The Startup Magazine

It is a centralised place where companies and governments come along to participate in trade activities. With the market being steadier and shareholders watching price activity all day long, stock markets around the globe have become far more important than it ever was. trillion market capitalization. Which has a US$ 30.1

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How to raise money for your startup from VCs and investors in Asia

The Next Web

The company is one of the largest VC–backed startups in Southeast Asia, having raised over $60M in funding. We’ve asked him to give us some insight into starting, building, and funding a company across Asia. Asia has far fewer VC firms and institutional investors, each of which invests a far smaller amount of capital.

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JFDI.Asia Accelerator: Bootcamp Practicalities

YoungUpstarts

by Meng Weng Wong, co-founder and social engineer at JFDI Asia. During the course of the bootcamp you will be expect not just to build the product, but launch it, and keep iterating it in response to market feedback, in whatever direction maximizes growth. You’re supposed to demo the business, not just the product.

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Getting ‘Fashion Forward’ On Customs

YoungUpstarts

Markets such as Mexico require textile or material importers to hold a license or visa. Be sure valuations are accurate and goods are clearly labelled in detail. In addition to this, many countries have supplemental laws that govern trade of animal products, which differ between markets. Cunningham, Jr.

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Inspiring Entrepreneurs: Ted Livingston’s rollercoaster ride as CEO of hit messaging startup Kik

The Next Web

Kik, for those of you who don’t know of it, has its core user base in the US, and markets itself as a universal messaging service that doesn’t require a phone number for registration. Both Spark and RRE agreed to split the round, but at the slightly lower figure of $8 million and with a lower valuation for Kik.

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Why International Startups Love NY, and NY VCs Love International Startups

David Teten

I see four main reasons for this: Less capital intensive (and consequently lower valuations). Easier and cheaper recruiting, with less attrition compared with the heated New York tech talent market. In addition to this, the NYC government recently entered into a partnership with B.New York City , a Dutch co-working space.