Company Profiles

Tokopedia: ByteDance’s $1.5B Indonesia E-Commerce Bet

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Tokopedia isn’t the company it was two years ago. What started in 2009 as a homegrown Indonesian marketplace — founded by William Tanuwijaya and Leontinus Alpha Edison to connect small-town … Read more

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Analysis

How Ads, Commerce and AI are Converging in Asia

How Ads, Commerce and AI are Converging in Asia

Asia’s $311 Billion Ad Market, $2.3 Trillion Commerce Engine, and $102 Billion AI Layer Are Fusing Into a Single Stack There’s a simple model for understanding Asia’s digital economy, and … Read more

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E-commerce

Shopee vs TikTok Shop: A 2026 Comparison of the Platform War Reshaping Southeast Asia’s Ecommerce

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Shopee dominates with 52% SEA market share, but TikTok Shop’s aggressive growth and social-first model are reshaping the $100B platform wars.

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