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Investment

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Venture capital is a type of private equity, a form of financing that is provided by firms or funds to small, early-stage, emerging firms that are deemed to have high growth potential, or which have demonstrated high growth.

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Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: NSG BioLabs bags USD 14.5 billion, SoftBank leads Wayve’s Series C round, 12 China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: NSG BioLabs bags USD 14.5 billion, SoftBank leads Wayve’s Series C round, 12 China and India deals, and more

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Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, that designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, and online services. It is considered one of the Big Four of technology along with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.

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Japan, Korea, and the West

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supply chains

Japan, Taiwan, and US supplier numbers dip as the iPhone maker expands in Southeast Asia.

Apple moves closer to China despite supply chain shifts | KrASIA

Apple moves closer to China despite supply chain shifts

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

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NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

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Xpeng

Autonomous Vehicles is about self-driving. A self-driving car is also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input.

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Self-driving cars

Cost, performance, and safety—developers of advanced driver assistance systems currently face the challenge of simultaneously meeting all three factors.

Like Tesla, DJI is tackling the ADAS trilemma with a vision-based approach | KrASIA

Like Tesla, DJI is tackling the ADAS trilemma with a vision-based approach

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics.

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KrASIA | Xiaomi Archives

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Xiaomi eyes top global smartphone status within 3 years. Founder and CEO Lei Jun set a target for his company to surpass Samsung.

Xiaomi eyes top global smartphone status within 3 years | KrASIA

Xiaomi eyes top global smartphone status within 3 years

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Mengyuan Ge

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

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Xiaomi surpasses Apple to become world’s second largest smartphone brand as the company ramps up its presence in Europe, Africa, and Latin America.

Xiaomi surpasses Apple to become world’s second largest smartphone brand | KrASIA

Xiaomi surpasses Apple to become world’s second largest smartphone brand

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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Electric Vehicles

Xiaomi’s consumers and startups within its ecosystem have long been the backbone of its success, but could they also be the solution to its dream to make EVs?

Xiaomi’s venture into EVs is a rough road, but it might have what it takes to succeed | KrASIA

Xiaomi’s venture into EVs is a rough road, but it might have what it takes to succeed

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Yaling Jiang

Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

India Tech

Oppo is a Chinese consumer electronics and mobile communications company headquartered in Dongguan, China, known for its smartphones, Blu-ray players and other electronic devices.

OPPO

India's vaccine roll-out program at the beginning of the year instilled positive sentiment, but the second wave of COVID-19 infections has resulted in subdued consumer demand.

Smartphone shipments in India likely to slow down in second quarter: IDC | KrASIA

Smartphone shipments in India likely to slow down in second quarter: IDC

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Didi Chuxing Technology Co., formerly Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese transportation network company, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate.

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WM Motor now operates in a crowded sector packed with recognizable names like Baidu, Xiaomi, and Didi.

EV maker WM Motor pulls out of Star Market IPO, report says | KrASIA

EV maker WM Motor pulls out of Star Market IPO, report says

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Song Jingli

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

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Shenzhen-based power bank providers Soudian and Jiedian will merge to jointly establish a new company, under which the two brands will continue operating independently, 36Kr reported on Friday, citing official announcements.A new board of directors will be set up by the parent company, with a joint CEO system to decide on the future strategies of the two brands, according to the announcement. Jiedian and Soudian will share their resources in supply chain management, customer services, software, and hardware development while maintaining their original businesses.

Power bank providers Soudian and Jiedian merge to amp up challenge against newly listed firm Energy Monster  | KrASIA

Power bank providers Soudian and Jiedian merge to amp up challenge against newly listed firm Energy Monster 

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics manufacturer, headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The company was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former People's Liberation Army engineer.

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Leading Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi is ramping up its investment in chips as the US clampdown on compatriot Huawei Technologies spurs a national campaign to reduce China's reliance on foreign technology.Xiaomi bought or significantly increased stakes in at least 34 Chinese chip-related companies from 2019 through this March, a Nikkei Asia analysis of business data shows. It also added stakes in nearly 25 other tech hardware companies beyond semiconductors. The targets include chip developers and chip equipment makers, startups as well as makers of advanced displays, camera lenses and automation, and precision equipment.

Huawei rival Xiaomi ramps up chip ambitions amid US pressure | KrASIA

Huawei rival Xiaomi ramps up chip ambitions amid US pressure

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Eight years ago, Lei Jun purchased his first Tesla. Last Wednesday, speaking with a slightly husky voice because he had a cold, Lei said that Xiaomi is about to enter the electric vehicle business. He called it "the last major entrepreneurship project" of his life.The announcement cut through a series of leaks and denials from the past few months. Before this point, Lei himself had a hard time figuring out whether Xiaomi should be part of this highly competitive industry, with startups like Nio, Xpeng gaining heat, and conglomerates like Baidu and Evengrande already making headway.

A letter from Lei Jun: Starting over one last time | KrASIA

A letter from Lei Jun: Starting over one last time

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Julianna Wu

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

CEO Lei Jun also presented Xiaomi's first-ever foldable phone, as well as an in-house developed chipset.