Southeast Asia is a fast-growing region. According to the Google-Temasek e-Conomy SEA 2020 report, 40M people across the region connected to the Internet for the first time in 2020, bringing the total number of users to 400M. The Internet sector’s GMV is currently at $100B and is projected to triple by 2025. However, the region is facing many challenges in terms of diversity and inclusion and access to financial services, education, jobs, goods, and services, etc. We believe that the XA Network has built a great platform to empower the tech community to solve Southeast Asia’s most significant challenges by fueling inclusive innovation. In practice, it has an impact on how we are thinking about deploying capital and supporting founders to solve these problems for SEA.


Africa’s demography is its superpower. More than half of its population is under the age of 25. These young people are coming of age during a period of increased internet connectivity; for example, over 287 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa now have access to mobile internet. Young Africans are navigating many of the continent’s well-documented challenges through technology and innovation, with vibrant startup ecosystems emerging across the continent—from Abidjan to Kampala, Cairo to Cape Town. This shift is changing the narrative and shaping a new future for this fledgling giant. At XA Network, we are looking to empower amazing African founders building transformative startups, fueling their creative confidence to tackle tough challenges and create new opportunities.