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Forge the right partnerships and cut unit economics to the minimum says CEO Jason Thompson at Lippo- and Grab-backed payments app Ovo.

The Lippo and Grab-backed startup, last valued at about $2.9 billion, is riding Indonesia’s cashless payments wave to bring merchants and financial institutions timely consumer insights. Ovo’s CEO Jason Thompson sees a fresh fundraising drive next year to support growth.

Chinese tech firms are making fresh food delivery increasingly possible and profitable with a new business model that combines in-house dining, onsite purchase and online delivery.

The CEO of the cloud-based accounting services provider tells FinanceAsia that Asia’s growing ecosystem of startups and SMEs make it an ideal place to do business.

The US tech giant has sealed an open relationship with the dominant ride-hailing platform in Southeast Asia. Such “strategic” tie-ups muddy valuations.

A partner at Fidelity's Eight Roads, an early Alibaba investor, explains why it participated in a series-B round of funding for Shanghai-based Kyligence.

Big names like Softbank and KKR back the $825m startup that protects networks against increasingly sophisticated hackers. Here's why even a coffee machine can be a point of vulnerability.

On offer is vast computing power needed to keep up with the fintech revolution. The downside is greater risk of a cyberattack and the headache of complying with a plethora of data sovereignty laws.