User:Miyika/techinasia

This is a draft. When completed I will publish the actual Wikipedia article.

TechInAsia (formally known as Penn Oslon) is a news site which started up in mid-2009 and was officially founded and incorporated in March, 2011. The site, which is based across Asia and the US, publishes multiple articles daily about updates and news regarding technology and startups in Asia, primarily South-East Asia.

History
The site began in mid-2009 under the name "Penn Oslon", the website was created with the purpose of delivering news about technology and startups in Asia to it's readers. Around two years later, in February of 2010, the website received funding from 'East Ventures'. A month after that, in March, the website was officially founded and incorporated.

In February of 2012 the website started it's first conference it had ever held in Singapore. Then in June, the website had started it's second conference, overall and it's first conference in Jakarta. In late-2012 the website had also expanded into five countries in Asia, including Indonesia.

The next year, 2013, received more funding, from East Ventures, Smile Ventures, and Fox VC. And in 2013, the website acquired two companies, SGE and Gamesaku. It then, in 2014, expanded to Japan and started it's first conference in Tokyo, there in September. In the January of 2015, Tech in Asia, became the first Singapore-based YC startup.