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.

lokesh.choudhary@techinasia.com

Named as one of Forbes Asia’s 30 Under 30 in 2019, Nguyen is also known for establishing JobHopin in 2017.

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 will invest in 30 to 40 early-stage startups in the Philippines and South-east Asia over the next four years via the new funds.

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...

Shen’s shift in residency comes before the split of VC firm Sequoia Capital, which was announced in June 2023.

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...

KeaBabies founders Ivan Ong and Jane Neo, with their kids.

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...

Data from Alternatives.pe, which tracks filings in Singapore, shows that Singtel Innov8 acquired the 80 shares only four months ago.

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.

Circles serves clients in 15 markets including Japan and the Middle East.

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 ...

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