A look at Line's sticker economy, made up of over 4M hobbyist and professional designers; Line's revenue from direct sticker sales was $200M+ in 2020
Andrew Deck / Rest of World : Tweets: @decka227 , @restofworld , @mvzelenks , @dlberes , and @anupkaphle Tweets: Andrew Deck / @decka227 : LINE is host to a sticker marketplace that is 4 million arti...
Bain & Co: social commerce accounted for ~44% of Southeast Asia's $109B e-commerce market in 2020; Vietnam leads with 65% adoption while Thailand is at ~50%
Prim Chuwiruch / Bloomberg : Tweets: @glenngabe Tweets: Glenn Gabe / @glenngabe : Interesting for those in e-commerce -> Social commerce accounted for ~44% of Southeast Asia's $109B e-commerce market...
Taiwanese AI startup Appier, which makes tools to aid marketing decisions, raises $33M Series C from SoftBank, Line, others to grow engineering team, R&D, more
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch :
Messaging app Line plans dual Tokyo, New York IPO mid-July, aims to raise $900M+ that could value company at $5B
Alexander Martin / Wall Street Journal :
Messaging app Line plans dual Tokyo, New York IPO mid-July, aims to raise $900M+ that could value company at $5B
Messaging-app operator plans dual Tokyo-New York listing — TOKYO—Messaging-application operator Line Corp. is planning a dual listing in Tokyo and New York in July …
Messaging app firm Line is testing a $2/month standalone music streaming app in Thailand
even if it is just $2 http://tcrn.ch/1ejJKW7 Jon Russell / @jonrussell : Line needs to diversify $$ beyond games & show it can make $$ from outside of Japan — hence this $2/month music app http://tcrn...