Major tech startups APAC 2020, by funding

The Indian telecom giant Reliance Jio raised over 20 billion U.S. dollars in 2020. Chinese startup Ant Financial fell into second place in terms of disclosed funding, with over 19.14 billion U.S. dollars’ worth of funding in 2020. Singaporean-based startup Grab followed Art Financial with a total disclosed funding of over 9.16 million U.S. dollars in 2020. Leading companies Holding the global title for most valuable unicorn (a startup company valued at over one billion U.S. dollars), Ant Financial Services Group is valued at approximately 125 billion U.S. dollars. Therefore, it does not seem surprising that the FinTech company is the highest earning tech startup throughout the whole Asia Pacific region. With its headquarters based in Hangzhou, China, Ant Financial is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Standing as one of Ant Financial’s Asia Pacific competitors, Singapore’s Grab Holdings Inc. remains one of the country’s most valuable startups, serving as a ride-hailing company which also offers food delivery and digital payment services. It was ranked the leading tech unicorn in Southeast Asia in terms of funds raised. Grab also made the top 20 ranking for leading unicorns worldwide.Evolution of startups in Asia PacificPreviously, the Asia Pacific region fell behind the like of the U.S. in terms of the rate of startups. While Asia Pacific startups would previously look towards U.S. companies as a model to aspire to, now the Asia Pacific region recognizes itself as being the home to some of the world’s most successful startups. The region no longer aims to create Asia Pacific versions of Western companies but follows its own models and branding. Thus, this makes the future of Asia Pacific startups appear promising.

印度电信巨头Reliance Jio在2020年筹集了超过200亿美元。中国初创企业蚂蚁集团在披露的融资方面位居第二，2020年的融资总额超过191.4亿美元。新加坡初创企业Grab紧随其后，2020年披露的总融资额超过9.16亿美元。作为全球最具价值的独角兽公司（估值超过10亿美元）的领跑者，蚂蚁集团旗下的金融服务集团估值约为1250亿美元。因此，作为一家金融科技公司，其成为整个亚太地区收入最高的科技初创企业似乎并不令人惊讶。蚂蚁集团总部位于中国杭州，是阿里巴巴集团旗下的子公司。作为蚂蚁集团在亚太地区的竞争对手之一，新加坡的Grab Holdings Inc.依然是该国最有价值的初创企业之一，它不仅是一家打车公司，还提供外卖和数字支付服务。Grab在资金筹集方面被评为东南亚领先的科技独角兽，并在全球领先的独角兽企业中排名第20。亚太地区初创企业的演变此前，亚太地区在初创企业增长率方面落后于美国。虽然亚太地区的初创企业过去会将美国公司视为憧憬的模范，但现在亚太地区认识到，它本身便是世界上一些最成功的初创企业的摇篮。该地区不再追求创建亚太版的西方公司，而是遵循自身的模式和品牌策略。因此，这使亚太地区初创企业的未来看起来充满希望。