Building the Europe ASEAN Bridge
summary
Argues that combining Europe and ASEAN creates a market with city metrics rivaling the US and China and that $1 of capital in Europe/SEA can outperform US/China, citing record funding in 2021 and GDP per capita in much of ASEAN at ~20% of developed markets. Gives concrete expansion plays: Wise partnered with Singapore neo‑bank Aspire, Shopee retreats from France, Habyt merged with Hmlet to enter SEA, and B2B wins like Mobility House vehicle‑to‑grid with Singapore Grid and We Maintain scaling to Singapore.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Europe ASEAN Bridge intro
- 1:18Europe-ASEAN history
- 3:07Combined market economics
- 4:55Startup funding trends
- 5:56Habit’s SEA expansion
- 8:45Why Habit chose Hamlet as a partner
- 11:34Habit’s growth strategy
- 12:37Eurasio’s bridging role
- 13:40SEA scaling bright spot
- 15:45B2B tech in ASEAN
- 17:30ASEAN tech in Europe
- 19:59Q&A: Singapore tech
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