29 April 2024

Software in Asia

Underpinned by continued digitalisation, rapid adoption of localised, cloud-native mission-critical Software, attractive demographics and other market tailwinds, Asian Software is set to outpace Global Software growth, reaching ~20% share of the Global Software market by 2028.

In our latest insight piece, we summarise our key observations on the Asian Software landscape:

  • Scaled Software companies have proven operating leverage, and demonstrated accelerating cash flow generating ability
  • Emerging technologies such as AI are expected to drive continued expenditure on Software
  • Software founders and management teams are increasingly tracking non-traditional SaaS-oriented metrics to meet the needs of savvy investors
  • Many traditional non-Software companies have become Software companies as they undertake such strategic M&As to remain relevant and competitive
  • Emergence of local champions driven by the heterogeneous nature of the Asian markets, with differing stages of development and diverse languages and cultures

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