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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

But it’s arguably even harder in a place where there aren’t ready distribution channels. Mobile penetration in SEA is much higher than in the US (on a volume basis). Here’s a concrete example: we met with a health company based in Thailand who flew to Singapore to pitch investors. Thailand has nearly 70m people.

Asia 48
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A dumb American’s perspective on investing in Southeast Asia

Hippoland

But it’s arguably even harder in a place where there aren’t ready distribution channels. Mobile penetration in SEA is much higher than in the US (on a volume basis). Here’s a concrete example: we met with a health company based in Thailand who flew to Singapore to pitch investors. Thailand has nearly 70m people.

Asia 48
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Coronavirus: Will It Boost the Adoption Of Remote Work?

Transformify

Managing distributed workforce and remote teams was not something totally new for them. Let alone the fact that not all employees were equipped with company laptops, mobile phones and other electronic devices. billion of tourism revenue in the first quarter due to the drop in Chinese travelers while Thailand could lose $1.15

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You Can’t Spell Hardware without H-A-R-D

K9 Ventures

Sourcing may also involve several trips to China, India, Thailand, or other countries and cities that you may not otherwise consider traveling to for vacation. Should you simply take reservations in order to test demand and prove product-market fit? Distribution: Most startups tend to launch on either Kickstarter or on their own site.