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

India Tech

India

Mensa Brands becomes India's fastest unicorn in just six months. Brand aggregator startup boosted by tail winds of economic recovery from COVID.

Mensa Brands becomes India's fastest unicorn in just six months | KrASIA

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Mensa Brands becomes India&#8217;s fastest unicorn in just six months

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

KrASIA

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Nguyen Hue, Vietnam. Photo by Peter Nguyen on Unsplash

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Vietnam

Big Tech warns Vietnam data rules risk 'damage' to digital economy. Strict EU-style privacy law could also fall afoul of free trade agreements.

Big Tech warns Vietnam data rules risk 'damage' to digital economy | KrASIA

Big Tech warns Vietnam data rules risk &#8216;damage&#8217; to digital economy

Sea Group

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

E-Commerce

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

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

Singapore

Sea expands globally with European e-commerce, US investment. Singapore group's market cap doubles despite losses, chasing Alibaba, Tencent.

Sea expands globally with European e-commerce, US investment | KrASIA

Sea expands globally with European e-commerce, US investment

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

China Tech

NetEase, Inc. is a Chinese Internet technology company providing online services centered on content, community, communications and commerce. The company was founded in 1997 by Lebunto. NetEase develops and operates online PC and mobile games, advertising services, email services and e-commerce platforms in China.

NetEase

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

Game over? China hits developers with regulatory triple threat. License freeze, child gaming limits, and compliant app stores cloud industry.

Game over? China hits developers with regulatory triple threat | KrASIA

Game over? China hits developers with regulatory triple threat

Philippines

Philippine digital banks target USD 140 billion retail deposit market. Six online-only upstarts set to challenge big financial institutions.

Philippine digital banks target USD 140 billion retail deposit market | KrASIA

Philippine digital banks target USD 140 billion retail deposit market

A Gaussian Robotics device operating at the Changi Airport in Singapore. Photo from the Gaussian Robotics official Facebook account.

Investors

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

Robotics

Japan

SoftBank makes fresh bet on Chinese robotics startup. Vision Fund 2 leads USD 188 million investment in Gaussian Robotics. Round was also joined by Meituan.

SoftBank makes fresh bet on Chinese robotics startup Gaussian Robotics | KrASIA

SoftBank makes fresh bet on Chinese robotics startup Gaussian Robotics

Creative

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Live Streaming

Retail

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

Video

OK, Zoomers: Chinese youth help cosmetics industry boom. Free from bias, Zoomers often make purchasing decisions through social media.

OK, Zoomers: Chinese youth help cosmetics industry boom | KrASIA

OK, Zoomers: Chinese youth help cosmetics industry boom

Investment

'China's Robinhood' brokerages are next targets in tech crackdown. Shares in Futu Holdings and Up Fintech Holding plunge after Beijing critique.

'China's Robinhood' brokerages are next targets in tech crackdown | KrASIA

&#8216;China&#8217;s Robinhood&#8217; brokerages are next targets in tech crackdown

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

Alibaba

Alibaba changes tack ahead of Singles' Day shopping event. E-commerce giant toes party line as it hopes for Beijing's forgiveness.

Nikkei Asia

Mensa Brands becomes India’s fastest unicorn in just six months

Big Tech warns Vietnam data rules risk ‘damage’ to digital economy

Sea expands globally with European e-commerce, US investment

Game over? China hits developers with regulatory triple threat

Philippine digital banks target USD 140 billion retail deposit market

SoftBank makes fresh bet on Chinese robotics startup Gaussian Robotics

OK, Zoomers: Chinese youth help cosmetics industry boom

‘China’s Robinhood’ brokerages are next targets in tech crackdown

Alibaba changes tack ahead of Singles’ Day shopping event