Hong Kong-based travel superapp Klook is harnessing influencer marketing and generative AI to tap into the wanderlust of social media-savvy adults and Southeast Asia’s rising middle class.
Two-year-old startup SqueezeBits recently raised a $2 million pre-Series A round from investors including Kakao Ventures, Samsung Next and Posco Venture Capital.
The SoftBank founder has a net worth of $28.8 billion, according to Forbes’ real-time billionaire tracker. That’s up from $20.9 billion in May 2023, when he was ranked No. 3 on Japan’s 50 Richest list.