I’m kicking off Monday with Southeast, the weekly regional take on money and power in the region.
It’s been a while since I’ve tuned out of local affairs to look at what’s going on around in Southeast Asia.
Two developments in today’s issue: the power play at Indonesian giant GoTo, and Temasek’s strategic VC retreat.
Different countries, but we have a pattern emerging.
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Indonesia’s biggest consumer internet group is now the subject of merger talks with another regional behemoth, Grab.
Over the past week, two developments made headlines.