ExtraVallis Expert Interview: Southeast Asia with Lilyana Abdul Latiff of BETA Foundation

In terms of ecosystem, if an American investor comes in and sees Southeast Asia, “Where should I start? Why should I invest in Southeast Asia?”. Well, Southeast Asia is the growth market for the eastern world, right? It's very hard to invest in China and in China, they've got so much money that most of their startups get funded by Alibaba or whatever. So it's not sexy for investors to come in and invest in China, unless you really got deep pockets. Even Indian investors are coming into Southeast Asia and they're coming through Singapore and Malaysia and setting up offices over here to invest.