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