Garena

SINGAPORE (April 18): Singapore may have just added a new tech billionaire, but it had to lure him from Japan first.

SINGAPORE (Jan 11): Garena, Southeast Asia’s most valuable startup, picked Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to lead a planned initial public offering that could fetch about US$1 billion ($1.44 billion), according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Garena is expanding into e-payments and e-commerce. Both industries are well populated with players that do not seem interested in making money. Is Singapore’s most valuable start-up likely to come out ahead?

SINGAPORE (Nov 18): This year, a newcomer joins the ranks to capture a slice of the online shopping pie: Shopee, powered by Southeast Asia’s most valuable start-up, Garena.

SINGAPORE (Aug 30): Li Xiaodong was attending a college English class when the American lecturer asked each student to come up with a Western name. Many chose Michael, after the basketball superstar Michael Jordan. When his turn came around, the shy youth

SINGAPORE (July 23): Singapore stert-ups base themselves in Singapore for a variety of reasons.