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By Amanda Oon • Dec 01, 2021
While some startup entrepreneurs enjoy venture capitalist backing and government support in Singapore’s innovation-friendly ecosystem, other small businesses struggle with onerous audit processes and competition for talent
By Amanda Oon • Dec 01, 2021
The Singaporean revenue-based financing platform is backing small businesses traditionally overlooked by venture capitalist investors and banks
By Amanda Oon • Nov 08, 2021
The general manager of mobile payments platform Boku describes how financial technology is supporting small merchants and unbanked consumers
By Stew Post • Feb 09, 2021
The Focus Cambodia team has picked ten figures from Cambodia’s next generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders that are shaping the future of the Kingdom through digital innovation, environmental responsibility, and community building
With the price of hand sanitiser skyrocketing since the pandemic, Phnom Penh’s Samai Distillery has thought outside the box to help the local community by producing affordable bottles of cleansing alcohol using leftovers from rum production
By Alexi Demetriadi • Apr 29, 2020
We sit down with some of the leading lights of Southeast Asia's media startup scene to talk about the way forward for the region's press
By Thomas Brent • Jul 05, 2019
With a growing economy, new businesses on the rise and an eye on digitisation, Cambodia’s innovators now have more opportunities to shine than ever before.
By Robin Spiess • Jun 03, 2019
With The Billion Dollar Fund for Women, Malaysian entrepreneur and investor Sarah Chen wants to channel $1 billion towards women-led and gender-diverse projects
By Simone Salden • Jan 28, 2019
During a stint in the financial sector, Violet Lim spotted a trend in the industry: successful singles with no avenue for meeting potential partners. So she set off to make a dent in the love industry
By Janelle Retka • Sep 06, 2018
Cambodia’s longest-running logistics service provider, WorldBridge Group, has launched its $5m venture capital fund Ooctane to help local companies get off the ground. Fresh startups could see investments from the firm of up to $10,000, while those with a viable product ready could get $25,000. Southeast Asia Globe caught up with the group’s chairman and the new VC’s leading investor, Rithy Sear, to talk about the impact the firm hopes to make on the Kingdom
By Janelle Retka • Aug 21, 2018
A new Cambodia-based startup thinks it might have found a way to change how microfinance lenders operate and cut down lending fees by more than half – by jumping on the blockchain bandwagon
By Robin Spiess • Jul 25, 2018
Southeast Asian entrepreneurs are searching for the best way to turn their ideas into the next market giant. But as investors offer mentorship and funding in exchange for equity, experts warn that not every deal is as clear-cut as it appears
By Janelle Retka • Jun 18, 2018