Startups

Startups • STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 01, 2021 • 8 min read

Startups Singapore’s small business ecosystem goes beyond startup glamour

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

Startups • Feb 09, 2021 • 15 min read
Ten to watch

Meet the top 10 young Cambodians shaping the Kingdom’s future

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
By Stew Post • Feb 09, 2021

Startups • Apr 29, 2020 • 4 min read
Covid-19

Cambodian rum distillery puts hand sanitiser on the menu

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

Startups • Jul 05, 2019 • 10 min read
New media

Creative destruction

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

Startups • Jun 03, 2019 • 12 min read
Ten to watch

Cambodia’s rising stars

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

Startups • Jan 28, 2019 • 10 min read
Sarah Chen

‘Investing in women-led companies is good business’

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

Startups • Dec 13, 2018 • 2 min read
To infinity and beyond

Thai startup plans to jet tourists into space

Last December, Thailand-based communications technology company mu Space was the country’s first startup to land a satellite operator license. A year on, its founder and CEO, James Yenbamroong, shares his imminent plans to launch into space
By Janelle Retka • Dec 13, 2018

Startups • Sep 06, 2018 • 7 min read
Lunch Actually

Dating on schedule

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

Startups • Aug 21, 2018 • 2 min read
Ooctane

A business set up by Cambodians for Cambodia

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