The new fund is capitalising on an influx of money into the region’s venture firms as investors seek opportunities beyond the US and China, the primary focus for Asia deals in recent years. Southeast Asia is the world’s fastest growing internet region, where the number of web users is expected to reach 480 million by 2020, according to a 2016 report by Google and Temasek.

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