https://www.scmp.com/rss/508482/feed Jianggan Li is the founder and CEO of Momentum Works, a Singapore-headquartered venture outfit. He previously co-founded Easy Taxi in Asia, and served as managing director of Foodpanda. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and a degree in Computer Engineering from Nanyang Technological University. Apart from English and his native Mandarin, he is also fluent in French and conversational in Cantonese and Spanish. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com When Chinese investors analyse e-commerce in Southeast Asia, one question they often ask founders in the region is whether the sector’s development in the region is “five or eight years behind China”? The fundamental question that both parties should ask instead is whether Chinese-style e-commerce is the way forward. This style of e-commerce means building up massive selection, using the “invisible hand” of the market to select the best suppliers, and squeezing efficiency out of the whole... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3135891/chinese-style-e-commerce-way-forward-southeast-asian-players?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3135891/chinese-style-e-commerce-way-forward-southeast-asian-players?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 07 Jun 2021 02:30:19 +0000 Several Southeast Asian tech companies have announced plans for public listings in the near future, among them Grab, the region’s highest-valued private tech firm; GoJek and Tokopedia, two of Indonesia’s largest unicorns, which intend to merge and jointly work towards a listing; and Traveloka, the region’s largest online travel agency. This is in addition to the dozens of smaller tech companies (valued between US$500 million and US$2 billion) that have been approached by various special-purpose... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3125263/hong-kong-isnt-top-destination-southeast-asian-tech-ipos-heres?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3125263/hong-kong-isnt-top-destination-southeast-asian-tech-ipos-heres?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 15 Mar 2021 01:00:21 +0000 Gojek and Tokopedia – the two most valuable unicorns in Indonesia, with a combined valuation of US$18 billion – are reportedly close to a merger. Why is this happening, and how will it change the tech ecosystem in Southeast Asia? Tokopedia is the highest-valued home-grown consumer-to-consumer e-commerce platform in Indonesia, worth US$7.5 billion. It received more than US$2 billion in its past two rounds of funding from investors led by Softbank and Alibaba Group, which owns the South China... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3116690/why-gojek-tokopedia-merger-should-be-treated-caution-investors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3116690/why-gojek-tokopedia-merger-should-be-treated-caution-investors?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 07 Jan 2021 00:00:21 +0000