Go, grow, and glow: The startups that are taking off in Southeast Asia

More: Chinese regulators are considering serious penalties for Didi Chuxing and GudangAda raised $100m [Read from your browser]( Daily Newsletter Hi {NAME} I recently created a TikTok account to talk about tech news and cool startups. As you can probably guess, I wanted to find out if there’s potential for Tech in Asia to get on the viral platform. Not gonna lie: My expectations for TikTok were pretty low at the start. “Maybe the toks will receive a couple of hundred impressions at most,” I thought. Boy, was I wrong. I talk about a rising startup in one tok, and it has gotten more than 30,000 impressions in a day. While 30,000 is miniscule compared to the millions - even billions - of impressions that Charli D'Amelio’s videos get, it’s still interesting to know that startup news can be relevant on a Gen Z platform. Anyway, instead of learning about just one up-and-comer on TikTok, we’re sending you 50 of them in today’s newsletter. -- Betty, Tech in Asia  --------------------------------------------------------------- THE BIG STORY [50 rising startups in Southeast Asia]( Which are the startups that are on the path to becoming the next big thing?  ---------------------------------------------------------------  TRENDING NEWS You can read all trending stories on Tech in Asia [here](. [Report: China mulls delisting, other penalties on Didi after IPO in the US]( Punishments for Didi may be harsher than previous sanctions against Alibaba, which included a US$2.8 billion fine, Bloomberg reported. [Indonesia’s GudangAda raises $100m from Asia Partners, Falcon Edge]( GudangAda has nearly 500,000 users across the country and has grown its net merchandise value to US$6 billion since its inception in 2019. [Indian edtech startup BitClass acquihires platform for millennials]( With this acquihire, 12 Chase employees, including the company’s founders and engineers, have joined the BitClass team. [Singapore startup that aims to be the Airbnb for cars nets $3.2m in pre-series A round]( Founded in 2019, Drive Lah currently has more than 150,000 registered users. [Vertex Ventures leads Indonesian F&B brand’s series A round]( Dailybox will use the new funds to double the number of its outlets by the end of the year. [Report: Employees blast Ubisoft Singapore over sexual harassment, discrimination]( Most of the issues happened under the lead of the company’s former managing director Hugues Ricour, who was moved to Ubisoft’s headquarters last fall. ---------------------------------------------------------------  EVENTS HAPPENING You can also check out a curated list of trending tech events [over here](. - *Live* Decoding the critical parts of a shareholders’ agreement on July 27 - [RSVP here]( - Tech in Asia Conference: Southeast Asia Global Debut on October 12 to 14 - [Grab your early-bird tickets](  ---------------------------------------------------------------  WHO'S HIRING You can post a job [here]( or search for jobs [here](. - [Business Development Executive]( at Workclass Pte Ltd Singapore, Singapore - [Senior Product Manager]( at Hukumonline Jakarta, Indonesia - [React Native Developer]( at Wildcats Pte Ltd Jakarta, Indonesia - [Digital Marketing Manager (Jakarta/Jogja)]( at MyRobin Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia - [Media Sales]( at Sagara Technology Group Jakarta, Indonesia - [Data Scientist]( at KoinWorks Jakarta, Indonesia [ADVERTISE]( | [SUBSCRIBE]( P.S. Don't miss out on the biggest tech news and analysis. Add newsletter@techinasia.com to your address book, contacts, or safe sender list. Or simply move us into your inbox. Too many emails? Switch to a different frequency or get new content through our [preference center]( or [unsubscribe](. You can also break our hearts and remove yourself from all Tech in Asia emails over [here](  ---------------------------------------------------------------  Copyright © 2021 Tech in Asia, All rights reserved. 51 Bras Basah Rd, #05-5061, Singapore 189554