IPO
Shares in Indian e-scooter maker Ola close up 20% after tepid debut
Softbank-backed startup yet to make profit despite accelerating sales
Opinion
Singapore's climate tech startups are set to clean up
While facing various hurdles, the city-state is well positioned to become a global hub
Travel & Leisure
Japan's latest pitch to wealthy tourists: Timeshare designer palaces
A Bathing Ape's Nigo curates Not A Hotel's new villa on Tokyo Bay
Startups
Japan space startup Interstellar raises $21m from NTT-led backers
Company aims to put constellation of communications satellites in orbit by 2030s
Health Care
Japan's Terumo sets up $75m U.S. venture capital fund
Medical equipment maker aims to invest in advanced treatment startups
Startups
Hong Kong startup founders flock north to tech hub Shenzhen
Mainland city's incentives draw new businesses as Beijing pushes integration
Transportation
Philippines resort picked for test of Japanese self-driving sky tram
Zip Infrastructure targets Southeast Asia with cheaper alternative to monorails
Education
Indian edtech startup Byju's fights to avoid insolvency
Struggling company tries to settle unpaid fees to cricket body
Business deals
Grab to enter restaurant booking business through acquisition
Super app buys Chope's business in Singapore, Indonesia and Thailand
Artificial intelligence
Fujitsu invests in OpenAI rival Cohere, eyeing Japanese language model
Japan tech group envisions model serving digitization in many industries
Technology
TikTok e-commerce grows fourfold in ASEAN, narrows gap with Shopee
Combined with Tokopedia, ByteDance group takes second spot in $114bn market
Semiconductors
U.S. chip designer aims to bring down AI prices pushed up by Nvidia
Jim Keller's startup Tenstorrent targets uses from smartphones to cloud services
Startups
SadaPay deal has Pakistan looking to startups to attract foreign capital
Turkish fintech Parapa's acquisition of digital wallet startup seen as a harbinger
Startups
Singapore startup's stores and apps connect world's music fans
Caldecott expands through acquisitions of instrumental brands and composition software
Finance
Japan fintech tapped to build Palau's first bond issuance platform
Pacific island nation turns to co-developer of Cambodia's Bakong digital currency
Transportation
Grab's Singapore taxi takeover may violate competition law: watchdog
Antitrust authority says merger will 'significantly weaken' rival platforms
Food & Beverage
Singapore diversifies food sources with insects
Grasshoppers and crickets approved for human consumption
Datawatch
Japan Inc. shows signs of faster rejuvenation
Corporate metabolism quickens as both business births and deaths rise around 10%
Artificial intelligence
Japan's Sakura Internet aims to sell AI power to Southeast Asia
Plans come as Tokyo seeks regional cooperation on artificial intelligence
Business Spotlight
India's fast-delivery apps take bite out of mom-and-pop stores
Long-dominant local grocers struggle to compete with orders at doorstep in minutes
Opinion
Japan must grab its entrepreneurial moment
Bold government measures are needed to unleash nation's start-up potential
Taiwan tensions
Singapore hooks Taiwan companies shunning China's investors
Taiwanese firms chase funds in city-state as cross-strait tensions rise
Startups
Japanese startup to sell protein-rich 'silkworm food' in Singapore
City-state's move to allow edible insects attracts businesses from Asia
Startups
More Thai startups aim for IPOs as investors throw in support
Thai Union incubator backs companies developing meat alternatives
Startups
Shopee to adjust services in Indonesia after antitrust violation
Singapore group's unit allegedly directed customers to certain delivery services