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

China Tech

Deep Tech

Robotics

Unitree Robotics develops personal robot dogs that can jog with you, carry loads, and are more affordable than other options.

Unitree Robotics develops personal robot dogs that can jog with you | KrASIA

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Unitree Robotics develops personal robot dogs that can jog with you

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

Gojek

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

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Food Delivery

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

On-Demand Services

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

Ride-hailing

Indonesia

Singapore

Thailand

Grab and Gojek intensify turf war in Southeast Asia through tie-ups with conglomerates. Grab's link-up with Emtek runs parallel with Gojek's with AirAsia.

Gojek and Grab intensify turf war in Southeast Asia through tie-ups with AirAsia, Emtek | KrASIA

Gojek and Grab intensify turf war in Southeast Asia through tie-ups with AirAsia, Emtek

Digital Banks

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

Malaysia

50 conglomerates and upstarts vie for digital banking licenses in Malaysia. Up to five licenses will be issued in the first quarter of 2022.

More than 50 conglomerates and upstarts vie for digital banking licenses in Malaysia | KrASIA

More than 50 conglomerates and upstarts vie for digital banking licenses in Malaysia

Robo-advisor Endowus steps deeper into Singapore’s crowded wealth management sector, racing with platforms like StashAway, GrabInvest, Syfe, and banks.

Robo-advisor Endowus steps deeper into Singapore’s crowded wealth management sector | KrASIA

Robo-advisor Endowus steps deeper into Singapore’s crowded wealth management sector

Vietnam

Vietnam's biggest tech firms face resistance as they seek ticker codes. Tight regulations at home make it easier to seek IPOs abroad, like in New York.

Vietnam's biggest tech firms face resistance as they seek ticker codes | KrASIA

Vietnam&#8217;s biggest tech firms face resistance as they seek ticker codes

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

E-Commerce

aCommerce appoints new board members as it explores an IPO in Thailand. It is a leading e-commerce enabler in Southeast Asia, along with SCI Ecommerce.

aCommerce explores Thai IPO as claim of top e-commerce enabler at odds with SCI Ecommerce | KrASIA

aCommerce explores Thai IPO as claim of top e-commerce enabler at odds with SCI Ecommerce

Investors

Investment

Merger &amp; Acquisition

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.

Venture Capital

Q&amp;A

Southeast Asian startups raised a total of USD 8.2 billion in 2020, down 7% from USD 8.79 billion in 2019, with 80% of the exits being mergers or acquisitions.

SPACs will set the benchmark for investor appetite in Southeast Asia, says Golden Gate Ventures' Michael Lints | KrASIA

SPACs will set the benchmark for investor appetite in Southeast Asia, says Golden Gate Ventures&#8217; Michael Lints

Social Impact

Cambodia

A COVID-19 tracing app developed by the government of Cambodia is under scrutiny for potentially violating data privacy as daily infections soar.

Cambodia defends its COVID-19 tracing app as daily infections soar | KrASIA

Cambodia defends its COVID-19 tracing app as daily infections soar

A blockchain, originally block chain, is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data.

Blockchain

Thailand's Jay Mart Group announced plans to launch the country’s first NFTs, but a ban on meme tokens might hamper those developments.