Pan-Asia Tech Market Rising
The document summarizes momentum and investment trends in the Asian tech market from 2010 to early 2015 in 3 paragraphs: Until 2010, major investments from China and other countries went primarily to China, but this reversed starting in 2013 as investments shifted heavily to Southeast Asia. Beginning in 2010, India also started receiving significant investments. In 2014 there was over $1.7 billion invested in Singapore alone, demonstrating Southeast Asia's emergence as the new major focus of tech investments in Asia, now referred to as the "United States of Southeast Asia." Meanwhile, China remains both a major destination for investments but also now actively invests in other Asian countries like India, while Indian startups are achieving multibillion dollar valuations. This period saw
Pan-Asia Tech Market Rising
- 1. Momentum of Asian Tech Market Takeshi Ebihara Mar, 2015
- 2. ~2010 Until Last Decades, 2 major countrys investment went into China
- 3. Reversed into SE Asia2013 2010~ Since this half Decade Starting India Investment
- 4. What we witnessed in 2014
- 5. SE Asia
- 6. 23.8% owned by Raised $250M from Valued $1.25B Valued ? Valued ? Raised $250M from Raised $100M from Some other $10M+ $270M GMV (est) $100M GMV (SoftBank disclosure) 500K MAU
- 7. Tech Venture Funding in Singapore Delaware state of United States of SE Asia $1.7B 14
- 8. China
- 9. Alibaba bought SingPost stake for $313m
- 10. China domesticOutside of China
- 11. Most deal + $100M China domesticOutside of China
- 12. Baidu invested $600M in Uber
- 13. India
- 15. Invested $1B at 10B Val $2B GMV last year aiming $8B this year cf: Rakuten: $17B Indian Top startup And its competitor Wrote $2B check
- 16. Invested 575M for 25% $650M GTV last year Aiming $3B this year Top Mobile Payment
- 17. All those happened this only 12 months.
- 18. This is ASIA were living in
- 19. U.S. is/will be the Shareholder of Asia This is ASIA were living in
- 20. China is no more investment Destination only. Also the Shareholder of Asia. This is ASIA were living in
- 21. India growth is phenomenal to be 2nd largest in the world This is ASIA were living in
- 22. SE Asia is no longer Japans sanctuary. All major countries are/will aggressive. This is ASIA were living in
- 23. 干温沿温稼
- 24. Softbank is the only exception in Japanese Tech to Go Asia This is ASIA were living in
- 25. Japan should Go Asia again, or Go home. This is ASIA were living in
- 26. @TakeshiEbihara info@rebrightpartners.com jp.linkedin.com/in/ebihara Written by Takeshi Ebihara, Founding General Partner of Rebright Partnters March of 2015