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Monday.com: Geographic Expansion
Monday.com establishing Singapore as its second Asia-Pacific headquarters, identifying South-East Asia as fastest-growing sub-region, representing major regional commitment
Source: Business Times SG
The leadership read
Market entry of this kind typically deepens demand for the sector leadership bench strength in the region over the following 12–18 months.
Market context: This lands while the Talent Market Index reads 110 (Hot) — up 11.7 versus the prior month — and Asia signal share is rising (+3.1pts).
Monday.com: 2 signals in the last 90 days; 0.2% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow; 2 tracked across 1 days.
Market entry — the MitchelLake playbook
When a company expands into a new market, the first leadership hires decide whether it lands. A selection of market entries we've run:
Market entry · Oceania
Square
Executive Search Fintech
Market entry
Dropbox
Executive Search for SaaS
Market entry · Asia
Deliveroo
Executive Search in ASEAN
Market entry · Oceania
SurveyMonkey
Managing Director APAC (first hire in region) / Country Manager
Market entry · Asia
LivePerson
Director ASEAN (first hire in region); also Head of Presales APAC
Market entry · Oceania
Etsy
Managing Director, Australia + Asia (MD APAC)
MitchelLake in this thematic
Our work · 2019
Director Product Engineering
SEEK Limited
Asia · Technology · digital-transformation · cross-border
Our work · 2022
Head of eCommerce and Consumer Experience (CX) / GM North America
LittleOak
Americas · Ecommerce · cross-border · ecommerce-growth
Our work · 2019
VP of Sales, Americas
Longtail UX
Americas · MarTech/SEO/SEM · first us hire · cross border
Also at Monday.com →
More signals across Asia
Geographic Expansion · Asia
GeM →GeM expanding rural procurement ecosystem through CSC-SPV partnership; 50 GeM Suvidha Kendras launching on pilot basis across multiple states
Geographic Expansion · Asia
Rheinmetall →Germany's Rheinmetall CEO signals imminent talks to establish production operations in Japan, indicating major manufacturing footprint expansion into Asia-Pacific
Geographic Expansion · Asia
Pasqal →Quantum computing firm Pasqal established R&D hub in Seoul following 2025 MOU with Seoul city. Company VP presented expansion case study at VivaTech 2026 Paris, positioning Seoul as Asia-Pacific gateway.
Geographic Expansion · Asia
MD Entertainment →MD Entertainment, an Indonesian studio, is pursuing global expansion through international partnerships, franchise development, and emerging content formats. The company's founder and CEO Manoj Punjabi outlined these ambitions at the APOS conference.
Geographic Expansion · Asia
Orange Health Labs →Orange Health Labs expanded from Bengaluru to three additional metro markets (Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad) and grew to 75+ walk-in collection centres since 2024, while maintaining core 30-minute home sample collection service.
Geographic Expansion · Asia
ST Telemedia Global Data Centers (STT GDC) →STT GDC opened STT Seoul 1, its first data center in South Korea, through a joint venture with Hyosung Heavy Industries (60/40 split). The 40,000 sqm facility supports 30MW IT load and began commercial operations in June 2026, targeting AI and cloud infrastructure demand across Northeast Asia.
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