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Can Southeast Asia claim its place in the AI economy?
Murli Ravi, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Tin Men Capital, was featured in The Edge Singapore's feature exploring whether Southeast Asia can move beyond hosting AI infrastructure to building lasting enterprise value. The feature, which also drew on perspectives from INSEAD, NUS Business School, and AI Singapore, examined the region's position in the global AI value chain and the gap between investment and commercial impact.
Murli argued that the real test of AI sovereignty lies in who owns the application layer: "The commercial case for sovereign AI is not in the model. It is in the companies that deploy AI into the region's enterprises using that infrastructure. The question is not whether Southeast Asia builds its own [AI model] but whether the companies turning AI into enterprise value are owned here and built here."
The piece highlighted Tin Men Capital portfolio companies Ailytics, Groundup.ai, and Graas as examples of Southeast Asian AI startups solving measurable enterprise problems across construction safety, predictive maintenance, and e-commerce.
A C-SUITE VIEW ON AI
Igloo Co-Founder and CEO Raunak Mehta was featured in Tech in Asia's "A C-Suite View on AI" series, speaking with the publication about how artificial intelligence is being deployed across Igloo's operations and products.
In the interview, Mehta discussed Igloo's AI-native strategy, including how AI agents now handle claims document validation within seconds, how the company's recommendation engine achieves an 80% customer adoption rate, and how the recently launched Igi travel insurance sales bot drove a 20% increase in purchase completion in its first 10 days.
How AI-powered tools are clearing up construction’s data debris
Tech in Asia profiled Tin Men Capital portfolio company OnSite in a premium feature examining how AI startups are tackling the construction industry's data problem. The piece explored how site teams across Southeast Asia still rely on WhatsApp groups, voice messages, and paper records to manage billion-dollar projects, creating what the article called "a slew of digital detritus distributed across multiple platforms and devices."
OnSite co-founder and CEO Poh Yong Han told Tech in Asia: "If I'm drilling something with one hand, I'm not going to... take off my gloves. What I will do is send a voice message." The company's AI-powered platform supports eight languages used on worksites across the region and has raised S$1.7 million in a seed round co-led by Tin Men Capital and Alter Global.
Southeast Asia insurers risk profit hit from weak data systems
Igloo Co-Founder and CEO Raunak Mehta was interviewed by Insurance Asia on how AI deployment on outdated data systems is limiting profitability gains for Southeast Asian general insurers. Mehta told the publication that insurers who make the right AI investments over three to five years could see profitability improve by 300 to 400 basis points, but warned that many still operate on decades-old infrastructure that needs upgrading before AI can deliver results.
"You need to separate the hype layer from what I call the infrastructure layer," Mehta said, noting that most general insurers in the region operate at high combined ratios with thin net incomes.
Igloo appoints Ramjit Lahiri to lead high-stakes Philippines expansion
e27 profiled Igloo's appointment of Ramjit Lahiri as Philippines Country Head, framing it as a high-stakes bet on one of Southeast Asia's largest protection gaps. The piece noted that while total premiums in the Philippines reached PHP502.6 billion (US$8.9 billion) in 2025, insurance penetration has only inched to between 1.78% and 1.79% of GDP, and GlobalData estimates a catastrophe protection gap of around 98%.
CEO Raunak Mehta was quoted: "Over the next two to three years, we expect rapid scale in the Philippines as embedded insurance becomes part of how Filipinos interact with financial services."
Insurtech Igloo expands Philippines strategy as insurance market hits $8.4B
TechNode Global reported that Igloo has appointed Ramjit Lahiri as Philippines Country Head as the company deepens its presence in one of Southeast Asia's fastest-growing insurance markets. The Philippines recorded PHP502.6 billion (US$8.37 billion) in total insurance premiums in 2025, up 14.1% year on year, though penetration remains below 2% of GDP.
Since entering the Philippines, Igloo has partnered with more than 40 digital platforms, launched over 55 insurance products, and established partnerships with GCash, Shopee, Lazada, and Smart Communications. Lahiri will lead the company's expansion into banking, consumer finance, and healthcare sectors in 2026.
Bitcoin Edges Back Above $91,000 as Traders Brace for Fed Decision and Jobs Data
Bitcoin has been caught in a narrow trading range following the $19 billion leverage wipeout in early October, amid fears of sticky inflation that could complicate the Fed’s path to future rate cuts.
"Shifting rate expectations ripple through crypto funding markets in Asia far more quickly than traditional asset classes," Michael Wu, CEO of Amber Group, told Decrypt.
Built from sweat, stalled by succession: What happens when Singapore's SMEs have no one to take over the helm
"For decades, Singapore's SMEs have had no real succession solution. Grants are not what they need. They need leadership to take over their business and steward it for the next generation," said Dennis Chua, founder and CEO of Timah Partners, which acquires SMEs whose owners are ready to retire but have no succession plan.
The company, established this year, mainly acquires businesses valued at between S$10 million and S$50 million with annual operating profits of S$2 million to S$10 million, and then holds and operates them for the long term – installing a trained CEO from its succession programme to grow the business rather than restructure or flip it.
How will the EV journey in South-east Asia unfold?
Nguyen Ba Canh Son, founder and CEO of Vietnamese e-motorcycle maker Dat Bike, believes that regionally-produced bikes can take on Chinese manufacturers.
Stablecoins are challenging Asia’s financial order
And for Singapore-based StraitsX, its local currency token presents opportunities to optimise payments made to merchants in the Republic.
Its XSGD token, which trades on Coinbase, is the only Singapore dollar-backed stablecoin to date that has been deemed "substantively compliant" with the Monetary Authority of Singapore's (MAS) single-currency regulatory structure, which was finalised in 2023.
