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Didi's future IPO, illustration by KrASIA.

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

Didi

Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

Ride-hailing

Didi closed at USD 14.14 on NYSE debut, up from initial public offering price of USD 14 per share. The closing price put its market cap at USD 67.8 billion.

Didi ekes out 1% gain after New York IPO pop fizzles | KrASIA

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Didi ekes out 1% gain after New York IPO pop fizzles

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Gojek is a transportation network company and logistics startup company based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Gojek

Tokopedia is an Indonesian technology company, sometimes referred to as a unicorn. It was founded in 2009 by William Tanuwijaya and his Bestfriends from Harvard University, Michael Alexander.

Tokopedia

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

Indonesia

The integration has allowed GoTo to deal with a rise in demand, Cao, president of GoTo said, as Indonesia battles a second wave of infections.

GoTo 'well integrated' as Indonesia enters lockdown: president | KrASIA

GoTo &#8216;well integrated&#8217; as Indonesia enters lockdown: president

Investment

Social Impact

Europe

Japan

The discovery of how easy it is to work from anywhere has reduced the number of hurdles entrepreneurs would often run up against in less urban areas.

Fast vaccinations and easy money spell boom times for entrepreneurs | KrASIA

Fast vaccinations and easy money spell boom times for entrepreneurs

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a transportation network company based in Singapore. In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery services via mobile app. It operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. 

Grab

Food Delivery

Thailand

The Commerce Ministry has asked food delivery companies to cooperate and reduce their commission rate from 30% to 35%—the average across the sector—to 25%.

Thai food delivery sector still hungry despite business boom | KrASIA

Thai food delivery sector still hungry despite business boom

Retail

ByteDance is an investor in Manner Coffee, while Tencent has opened e-sport coffee shops together with Tim Hortons. Alibaba also has tied-up with Starbucks.

Tencent and ByteDance smell opportunity brewing in China cafe chains | KrASIA

Tencent and ByteDance smell opportunity brewing in China cafe chains

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

Logistics

In tapping the American market for an IPO, Lalamove will join the likes of cargo platform Full Truck Alliance, and Kanzhun, operator of Boss Zhipin.

Hong Kong's Lalamove files for USD 1 billion American IPO | KrASIA

Hong Kong&#8217;s Lalamove files for USD 1 billion American IPO

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

Transportation

The Tencent-backed platform has attracted investors as the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and sovereign fund Mubadala Investment, each agreed to purchase USD 100 million in shares.

China's Full Truck Alliance jumps 13% in Wall Street debut | KrASIA

China&#8217;s Full Truck Alliance jumps 13% in Wall Street debut

Singapore

Sea reached a USD 148 billion market capitalization as of last week's close, June 18, exceeding that of Japan's SoftBank Group at USD 122 billion.

Sea tops SoftBank in market cap amid Latin America expansion | KrASIA

Sea tops SoftBank in market cap amid Latin America expansion

The US Stock Exchange- Photo by Aditya Vyas on Unsplash

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

US exchanges, which are home to the largest technology companies in the world, can offer tech Chinese companies higher valuations.

Nikkei Asia

Didi ekes out 1% gain after New York IPO pop fizzles

GoTo ‘well integrated’ as Indonesia enters lockdown: president

Fast vaccinations and easy money spell boom times for entrepreneurs

Thai food delivery sector still hungry despite business boom

Tencent and ByteDance smell opportunity brewing in China cafe chains

Hong Kong’s Lalamove files for USD 1 billion American IPO

China’s Full Truck Alliance jumps 13% in Wall Street debut

Sea tops SoftBank in market cap amid Latin America expansion

Chinese tech IPOs in US rebound after two-month lull