Deep Dive: How Asian VCs are giving the recession a run for its money

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It’s undeniable – the world is in recession.

Although it took longer for the downturn to hit Asia, startups and venture capitalists have been preparing for it for months.

On this episode of Deep Dive, Tech in Asia emerging tech editor Collin Furtado discusses his insights from the ongoing article series Recession Run, where he talks to the region’s top investors about how they’re tackling the economic slump.

Featured reporter:

• Collin Furtado, Tech in Asia’s emerging tech editor based in Bangalore, India

Essential reading:

• Recession Run: East Ventures’ bets during a downturn
• Recession Run: Sequoia’s $850m plan during a downturn
• Recession Run: 500 Global’s investment plan in SEA
• Recession Run: Quest Ventures bats for food security, sustainable solutions
• Recession Run: Vertex Ventures says these sectors will thrive in a downturn
• Recession Run: Valuation cuts don’t affect Monk’s Hill Ventures’ plans
• Recession Run: Wavemaker’s Santos sees a crisis as a flight to quality
• Recession Run: Kickstart Ventures to deploy more funding in 2023
• Recession Run: Australian VC to invest 20% of new fund in SEA
• Recession Run: BAce Capital advises founders to chase value, not valuation
• Recession Run: Iterative’s $55m plan amid a downturn
• Recession Run: CCV says autonomous tech, AI, robotics startups are the future