Beyond play-to-earn: 14 Southeast Asian gaming and sports-tech startups still in the game

e27 - Oct 19, 2026

Southeast Asia has spent the last decade trying to turn its obsession with play into businesses. Some bets worked spectacularly, some blew up just as spectacularly, and a surprising number of the best ones never raised much venture money at all. The Web3 gaming boom of 2021 is the cautionary tale everyone remembers: blockchain games, […] The post Beyond play-to-earn: 14 Southeast Asian gaming and sports-tech startups still in the game appeared first on e27.

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