The absence of EV charging infrastructure has been cited as a critical factor that is holding back the pace of EV deployment in Vietnam and other parts of Southeast Asia. Clime Capital, a Singapore-based fund manager focusing on accelerating the low carbon transition, is helping Vietnam address this concern through its partnership with EBOOST, the […]

Vietnamese electric motorbike startup Dat Bike has announced a $5.3 million Series A fundraise led by Jungle Ventures, with participation from existing investor Wavemaker Partners. This brings the total fundraise by the company since inception to $10 million. Dat Bike intends to use the new round of funding to invest in technology, scale production, expand […]

Ninja Van, a Singapore-based logistics startup is the latest entrant in the unicorn club after it raised $578 million from Chinese ecommerce giant, Alibaba Group. Existing investors B Capital Group (a venture capital firm by Facebook), DPDgroup/GeoGroup (a European parcel delivery company), along with Zamrud (Brunei’s Sovereign Wealth Fund), and Monk’s Hill Ventures also participated […]

Jakarta-based Gojek has rolled out ride-hailing services named GoCar in Vietnam. This new service will be available only for the frontline healthcare workers for now before it is made available to the general public. GoCar is being launched with 50 cars for the healthcare workers to commute between medical centers and five hospitals in the […]