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

Alibaba

Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.  It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

Facebook

Reliance

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

On Tuesday, Ambani's net worth had nosedived by USD 14 billion—the biggest such fall of an Asian billionaire—due to the eroding crude oil prices.

Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani replaces Jack Ma as Asia's richest man post Facebook's investment | KrASIA

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Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani replaces Jack Ma as Asia&#8217;s richest man post Facebook&#8217;s investment

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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Avanish Tiwary

Swiggy

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

Food Delivery

The food industry is booming! Both traditional companies and startups are using technology to transform the dynamics of the food sector.

Food Tech

Swiggy recently raised USD 43 million as part of its Series I funding round from Ark Impact, Korea Investment Partners, Tencent, and others.

Naspers-backed Swiggy to lay off staff from its private label arm | KrASIA

Naspers-backed Swiggy to lay off staff from its private label arm

The company works with a network of doctors, pharma companies, medical device makers, and insurance companies.

Wellthy Therapeutics takes care of patients with chronic diseases: Startup Stories | KrASIA

Wellthy Therapeutics takes care of patients with chronic diseases: Startup Stories

Tiger Global

The company raised USD 101 million in 2019.

General Atlantic invests USD 30 million in real-estate startup NoBroker | KrASIA

General Atlantic invests USD 30 million in real-estate startup NoBroker

India has capped the prices of these products at INR 10 a mask and INR 100 for a 200 ml bottle of hand sanitizer.

Club Factory sells masks and hand sanitizers at a premium price during COVID-19 | KrASIA

Club Factory sells masks and hand sanitizers at a premium price during COVID-19

Grofers

SoftBank Group Corp. is a holding company that engages in the management of its group companies which provides information technology and telecommunication services. It operates through the following segments: Mobile Communications, Sprint, Fixed-line Telecommunications, Internet, and Others. 

Softbank

Zomato

Grocery Delivery

SoftBank Vision Fund (SVF) might invest anywhere between USD 100-200 million in the merged entity.

Indian food delivery giant Zomato might acquire SoftBank-backed e-grocer Grofers | KrASIA

Indian food delivery giant Zomato might acquire SoftBank-backed e-grocer Grofers

There is a sudden spurt in demand for grocery and medicine during the 21-day lockdown in India.

Indian mobility startup Yulu partners with e-commerce companies to deliver essentials as lockdown extended partially | KrASIA

Indian mobility startup Yulu partners with e-commerce companies to deliver essentials as lockdown extended partially

The company recently launched its operations in Indonesia.

Social commerce startup Meesho lays off 200 employees as COVID-19 stresses business | KrASIA

Social commerce startup Meesho lays off 200 employees as COVID-19 stresses business

Edtech

Online education companies in India have raised USD 686 million in the first quarter of 2020.