Analyse Asia Podcast

Charles Reed Anderson, Vice President, Head of Mobility and Internet of Things Asia Pacific, IDC, joined us for a conversation to discuss all things Internet of Things (IoT) and smart cities in Asia Pacific. Starting from his observations from the recent CES 2016, we focused on the discussion how businesses and vendors are figuring out The post Episode 90: Smart Cities in Asia Pacific with Charles Reed Anderson appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Kevin McSpadden from e27 joined us for a fascinating discussion on the different evolving startup ecosystems across Asia. Starting from Singapore, drawing interesting comparisons from the rise of Hong Kong and the recent startup India initiatives, we discussed whether Singapore can maintain its advantage as the Delaware of Asia. We examined the recent departure of The post Episode 89: Asia Startup Ecosystems with Kevin McSpadden appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Deepak Gaur, managing director of SAIF Partners joined us for a conversation in Delhi, India. Beginning from the early days of venture capital till the recent surge in funding, Deepak shared his reflections on how far the startup ecosystem of India has come. He also discussed his work with SAIF Partners and the interesting companies The post Episode 88: India Startup Ecosystem & SAIF Partners with Deepak Gaur appeared first on Analyse Asia.

In this episode, James Riney from 500 Startups Japan discussed his story from an entrepreneur to a venture capitalist. We recapped his first company, Storys.JP, following his role as a principal in DeNA Capital to the Japan fund in 500 Startups. We also tapped his brain on the interesting areas in robotics, virtual and augmented The post Episode 87: From DeNA to 500 Startups in Japan with James Riney appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Rosaline Koo from CXA Group joined us for an interesting conversation on how she is building a digital company focusing on employee benefits and insurance across Asia. We discussed how she started from an interesting background of cybernetics and headed to work with startups and corporate turnarounds from US to Asia, and subsequently to her The post Episode 86: Insurance & CXA Group in Asia with Rosaline Koo appeared first on Analyse Asia.

In the first episode of 2016, Michael Smith Jr, chief technology officer in HOOQ joined us to give us an overview of the over the top (OTT) video streaming market in Asia Pacific. We discussed the major players in the Asia Pacific market and how they will be shaping up against global competitors from the The post Episode 85: The OTT Video Market in Asia Pacific with Michael Smith appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Starting the new year, Sameer Singh, author of Tech-Thoughts.net and our host Bernard Leong discussed the five predictions on Asia technology landscape 2016 in the second part of the two-episodes arc. Building on their earlier conversation on the five major events that rocked 2015, they forecast the events in 2016 which will shape the technology landscape The post Episode 84: The Five Predictions on Asia in 2016 with Sameer Singh appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Sameer Singh, author of Tech-Thoughts.net and senior industry analysis manager of App Annie, joined our host in a two episodes arc discussion on the five major events that shook Asia for the year of 2015 and the predictions for the year of 2016. In the first part, we discuss the five major events in Asia The post Episode 83: The Five Major Events in Asia 2015 with Sameer Singh appeared first on Analyse Asia.

With Karen Mok, we discussed the initiative & footprint of Seedstars World & her perspectives on startup ecosystems after traveling 15 cities in Asia. The conversation started with her background as a social entrepreneur and how she eventually joined SeedStars World. We continued her journey with Seedstars World, where she organised the business competition across different The post Episode 82: Seedstars World in Asia with Karen Mok appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Ben Bajarin from Creative Strategies and Techpinions joined us in an interesting conversation why semiconductors are eating the world. By giving a broad overview of the industry spanning across the globe with a significant presence in Asia with the major players, Samsung and TSMC, we dissect how the semiconductors industry and Moore’s law are shifting The post Episode 81: Semiconductors are eating the world with Ben Bajarin appeared first on Analyse Asia.