Don’t underestimate Singapore: Gojek co-founder on missed chances

SOUTH-EAST Asia is often seen as the next growth frontier for tech companies. Over the last two decades, it has been the third-fastest-growing region in terms of annual gross domestic product (GDP).

But billing the region as the next China or India is “misguided”, according to Lightspeed Venture Partners.

In a report titled Resetting Expectations, the global multistage VC firm challenges this portrayal of South-east Asia and shares why the region has not delivered on this expectation 10 years in.