Markets, counterparties and brand visibility for cross-border business in Southeast Asia.
Based in Jakarta and Paris, our services cover all eleven ASEAN member states.
About Us
Strategy meets on-the ground understanding
Founded in 2025, Kala Advisory works with companies entering Southeast Asia for the first time and with Southeast Asian companies scaling up across the region.
Our SEA Circle network carries out fieldwork in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, and maintains research coverage of Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Timor-Leste.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Where growth meets opportunity
Southeast Asia is among the fastest-growing regions in the world. It is also eleven separate markets, each with its own ownership rules, licensing regime and regulator.
OUR SERVICES
1. Market Entry Assessment
Establishes whether a country or sector is worth entering, and if so, by what route. Commissioned before capital is committed. Built from company registries, customs and regulatory filings, official statistics and local-language press, with field interviews where commissioned.
From 300 USD
2. Integrity Due Diligence
Verifies who stands behind a company or individual and whether their ownership, record and reputation present a risk to the engagement. Conducted before a contract is signed, an investor accepted, or a partner or senior executive appointed.
From 400 USD
3. Media Distribution
Puts your announcement in front of readers in Southeast Asia through notable regional outlets, targeted by tier and written for each market in its own language. From 300 USD
From 300 USD
From market intelligence and due diligence to strategic media distribution, we help businesses navigate Southeast Asia with greater clarity and confidence.
ENGAGEMENTS
Most of our past engagements are covered by non-disclosure agreements, so we do not publish client names. What we can describe is who commissions the work.
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SEPTEMBER 2026
Media distribution
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SEPTEMBER 2026
Integrity due diligence
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JULY 2026
Market entry assessment
OUR NETWORK
SEA circle
Our services are directly supported by SEA Circle, our network of Southeast Asian specialists, working from within the markets they cover. Fellows include analysts, journalists, researchers and writers. They research in the local language, know where each market’s records are kept and how its press reports on business and make discreet enquiries with well-placed local sources.
Working Languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Filipino, Spanish, Thai and Vietnamese.
