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A drought in global venture capital activity has not deterred startups across Asia from breaking new ground. This year’s Forbes Asia 100 to Watch list spotlights small companies and startups across the region that are targeting underserved markets or applying new technologies.

SkyDrive opened the order book to private individual customers for its SD-05 two-seat eVTOL, and Drone Fund director Kotaro Chiba was the first to order.

Funds is an online marketplace for lending funds.

LexxPluss, a Japan-based warehouse robotics startup, is preparing to enter the U.S. with a fresh injection of about $10.7 million in funding.

“Turbulent” best describes the global economy in the past two years. First, there was the Covid-19 pandemic, then a war following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and rapidly rising interest rates not seen in over a decade. As the era of cheap money has gone, how are local tech start-ups, especially the forerunners, faring? After all, it is during tough times that the fundamentals of companies are most tested. As legendary US investor Warren Buffett once said: “Only when the tides go out do ...

HondaJet Elite is an advanced, twin-engine light business jet designed, developed and manufactured by Honda Aircraft Company.

German drone delivery pioneer Wingcopter has secured an investment from Synerjet Corp, a business aviation specialist with operations across Latin America.

Drone developer Wingcopter has received an investment from Japan’s Drone Fund as it nears announcement of a series B funding round.

Wingcopter has received an investment from Drone Fund, a Japan-based venture capital company specializing in drone and air mobility-related startups.

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration is turning to a Japanese startup for help in creating maps of the wind.