Lokesh Choudhary
Lokesh Choudhary is a tech journalist at Tech in Asia and covers the emerging tech and startup scene in South-east Asia and India. He keeps tabs on the region’s innovation, ranging from early-stage startups to market giants.
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Vietnamese tech star suspends startups amid legal dispute, police probe. He denies wrongdoing
KEVIN Tung Nguyen, a prominent Vietnamese tech founder, has temporarily shut down operations at his two startups, JobHopin and Skola.
Kaya Founders hits second close of latest funds at 1 billion pesos
Philippines-based venture capital firm Kaya Founders secured a total of one billion pesos (S$24 million) as of the second close of its two latest funds, bringing its total assets under management to r...
HongShan boss joins Chinese elite moving residency to Singapore
Neil Shen, the head of Chinese venture capital (VC) firm HongShan (previously Sequoia China), reportedly became a permanent resident of Singapore prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, sources told the Finan...
Singapore’s KeaBabies joins Secretlab, Castlery with US traction
KEABABIES, a Singapore-based baby products company, hit revenue of US$58 million in 2023, its co-founder and CEO Ivan Ong said. According to Ong’s LinkedIn post, the amount is an increase from US$37 m...
Singtel Innov8 sells entire stake in Vizzio to embattled founder
SINGTEL Innov8, a Singapore-based venture capital (VC) firm, has sold all of its 80 preference shares in Vizzio Technologies to the embattled artificial intelligence (AI) firm’s founder Jon Lee.
Digital telco Circles names ex-Gojek, Coinbase exec as CFO in leadership shakeup
SINGAPORE-BASED Circles is known for offering mobile phone services without physical stores, focusing on online self-service and customer support. Its telco technology platform, Circles-X, allows the ...
