Episode 277: State of Southeast Asia in 2018 with Arnaud Bonzom by analyseasia published on 2018-12-22T23:51:34Z Arnaud Bonzom, co-founder of Map of the Money joined us to review the state of Southeast Asia in 2018. We started with the conversation on the movers and shakers in the ecosystem with Grab's acquisition of Uber Southeast Asia and its quest to be the super app with Go-Jek standing in her way. We discussed how the startup ecosystems in Southeast Asia have evolved, with the venture capital firms raising their 2nd or 3rd rounds and family funds who are set to join in the fray. We discuss how the market in Southeast Asia is shifting in each country and the upcoming unicorns to watch in 2019. Genre Business Comment by Rick Lee 2018 is the tipping point for Alibaba, Tencent, JD and Meituan-Dianping entering into Southeast Asia. 2018-12-23T00:14:16Z Comment by prodigal Interesting episode to review Southeast Asia for the year end, and how much Chinese tech companies are entering into the region, competing with the traditional US companies such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft. 2018-12-23T00:07:43Z Comment by whitewarlord Great to hear Arnaud back this year to talk about what happened in Southeast Asia, and the subtle influences of China tech in Southeast Asia. 2018-12-23T00:05:14Z Comment by bujingyun Great review on Southeast Asia, and I liked that the conversation has gone deeper into Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Indonesia this year instead of just Singapore. 2018-12-23T00:04:34Z