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Lufax, the highest ranked Chinese fintech company on market researcher CB Insights' global unicorn list, just raised US$1.33 billion in Series C round,

Briefs | Ping An-backed Lufax raises $1.3b at $40b valuation with no word on IPO | KrASIA

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Briefs | Ping An-backed Lufax raises $1.3b at $40b valuation with no word on IPO

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WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

Wechat

Voices

Allan Zhang mentioned that the current problem with most Internet companies is the obsession of user acquisition through devious schemes.

WeChat creator Allan Zhang quoted Jeff Bezos to warn product managers to choose kindness over cleverness | KrASIA

WeChat creator Allan Zhang quoted Jeff Bezos to warn product managers to choose kindness over cleverness

Space industry refers to economic activities related to manufacturing components that go into Earth's orbit or beyond, delivering them to those regions, and related services. 

Space Tech

How Chinese space companies are driving the space industry towards commercialization?

Apprentices of SpaceX in China | a KrASIA documentary | KrASIA

Apprentices of SpaceX in China | a KrASIA documentary

Immerse yourself in a 2-day conference where innovations and startups emerge

WISE 2018: The go-to conference to learn the gist of China tech | KrASIA

WISE 2018: The go-to conference to learn the gist of China tech

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. The education industry is fast-reforming nowadays. 

Education

With a rising middle class, Golden Education found a surge in demand for financial education in China.

Finance education platform Golden Education scored RMB80m from Hillhouse Capital and Morgan Stanley with 3M active users on top of 50K corporate clients | KrASIA

Finance education platform Golden Education scored RMB80m from Hillhouse Capital and Morgan Stanley with 3M active users on top of 50K corporate clients

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

E-Commerce

In this capital market crunch, group buying has been exceptionally vibrant.

Meituan co-founder raises $30m for his community group buying platform SongShuPinPin | KrASIA

Meituan co-founder raises $30m for his community group buying platform SongShuPinPin

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

Alibaba

To Alibaba, this investment is about its New Retail plan.

Alibaba makes strategic investment in home renovation platform "007 eService" | KrASIA

Alibaba makes strategic investment in home renovation platform &#8220;007 eService&#8221;

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

Many platforms only care about the service during and after the loan, no one had paid attention to pre-lending services

Indonesian fintech startup CashCash raises millions in new funding | KrASIA

Indonesian fintech startup CashCash raises millions in new funding

DGene, founded in May 2016, develops VR solutions via the integration of light-field technology and machine learning.