Garena

Garena is quietly developing new India-themed games even though Free Fire, its biggest title, has still not made a comeback to the country.

Garena is quietly making India-themed games even as Free Fire’s relaunch remains doubtful

Sea’s Garena has yet to launch its popular mobile title Free Fire in India, more than six months after announcing plans to do so, a prolonged delay that has raised…

Free Fire India relaunch in limbo six months on

Garena is relaunching Free Fire in India, a year and a half after the popular mobile title was banned in the South Asian market over national security concerns. The firm,…

Garena relaunches Free Fire in India a year after ban

India has banned Tencent’s Xriver, Garena’s Free Fire, NetEase’s Onmyoji Arena and Astracraft and 50 more apps with apparent links to China, the latest in a series of similar blockings…

India bans Garena Free Fire, 53 more China-linked apps

Krafton, the developer behind PlayUnknown’s Battlegrounds,” and the maker of PUBG Mobile, last year’s No. 6 top-grossing mobile game on a global basis, is suing the app stores and a…

PUBG Mobile maker Krafton sues Apple, Google and rival game developer Garena over ‘clones’

Chinese internet titan Tencent is divesting its vast portfolio. On Tuesday, the company announced plans to offload more than $3 billion worth of shares in Sea, a Singaporean internet conglomerate,…

Tencent offloads stakes in allies as it continues investment spree

China has attracted yet another e-commerce roll-up to enter its gargantuan e-commerce market. Markai, founded by two Stanford business school grads, has joined the fray to buy out Chinese brands…

Markai raises $4M from Pear VC, Sea Capital and others to buy Chinese e-commerce brands

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Alibaba is about to get a jolt from its largest rival in Southeast Asia. Sea, the Nasdaq-listed business, is raising as much as $1.5 billion from a new share offering…

Sea is raising up to $1.5B for its Shopee e-commerce business in Southeast Asia

China’s largest selfie app maker Meitu has been busy working to diversify itself beyond the beauty arena in China. On Wednesday, the Hong Kong-listed company announced in a filing that…

Selfie app maker Meitu eyes overseas gaming market with $340 million deal

Sea, one of Southeast Asia’s largest internet companies, continues to see losses although its growing e-commerce business helped it hit record revenue. The Tencent-backed company went public back in October…

E-commerce drives Southeast Asia’s Sea to record revenue but big losses remain

FinAccel, a Southeast Asia-based startup that offers a digital credit card service in Indonesia, has closed a $30 million Series B round as it begins to consider overseas expansion. The…

Kredivo raises $30M to build a digital credit card for Southeast Asia

Sea, the gaming and e-commerce company holding the first major U.S. IPO from a Southeast Asian tech firm, had a bumpy start to life on the NYSE after closing the…

Southeast Asia gaming and e-commerce firm Sea ends first day on NYSE up 8%

Sea, the Singapore-based digital entertainment firm formerly known as Garena, is set to raise upwards of $884 million when it lists on the New York Stock Exchange Friday under ‘SE’.…

Southeast Asia’s Sea, formerly Garena, to raise upwards of $884M in US IPO

Vertex Ventures, one of the VC funds linked to Singapore’s sovereign fund Temasek, has closed its third investment fund for Southeast Asia and India with a total of $210 million…

Vertex Ventures closes new $210M fund for Southeast Asia and India

Southeast Asia-based games and e-commerce firm Sea, formerly known as Garena, has officially filed for its much-anticipated U.S. IPO. The company, which is valued at over $3.75 billion, will list…

Southeast Asia games firm Sea, formerly Garena, files for $1 billion US IPO

Garena, one of Southeast Asia’s biggest tech startups, has picked up $550 million in new funding and changed its name. The Singapore-headquartered consumer Internet company told Bloomberg that it is…

Garena rebrands to Sea and raises $550 million more to focus on Indonesian e-commerce

Garena, Southeast Asia’s most valuable technology startup, has closed additional funding three new investors: SeaTown Holdings International, an affiliate of Singaporean sovereign wealth fund Temasek, Indonesia’s GDP Venture, and Mistletoe,…

Garena, Southeast Asia’s most valuable tech startup, lands additional funding

Nick Nash, President of Garena, discusses his company and its new focus on e-commerce and payments in Southeast Asia.

Garena’s Nick Nash explains the business behind Southeast Asia’s $4B tech giant

Garena, a Singapore-based company that makes mobile gaming, e-commerce, and payment apps, said today that it has raised a $170 million Series D.

Southeast Asian mobile Internet company Garena announces $170M Series D