Episode 227: State of Southeast Asia 2017 Part 1 with Arnaud Bonzom by analyseasia published on 2017-12-29T02:49:55Z Arnaud Bonzom from 500 Startups joined us in a conversation to review the state of Southeast Asia in a two part conversation before the closing of 2017. In this episode, we discussed the three major events that rocked Southeast Asia starting with SoftBank and Didi's investment into Grab with US$2 billion, followed by the two IPOs from Sea (formerly Garena) and Razer, followed by how the startups and venture capital firms are starting their series B journey, and the change of fundraising landscape with initial coin offerings (ICOs) dominating the region. Genre Business Comment by whitewarlord Despite the tragedy of the fallout with Dave, 500 Startups still growing strong in Asia. Great episode, Arnaud. 2017-12-30T10:47:12Z Comment by Rick Lee Great episode with Arnaud Bonzom and can't wait for the 2nd part. Still China is the leading country to watch 2017-12-30T10:46:16Z Comment by prodigal Great to hear Arnaud offering his thoughts on how Southeast Asia is shaping up as a region of interest or proxy for the China and US technology companies. 2017-12-30T10:45:34Z