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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.

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Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Brainfish and Jejakin secure fresh funding, Ai Palette extends Series A1 round, six China deals, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: Brainfish and Jejakin secure fresh funding, Ai Palette extends Series A1 round, six China deals, and more

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

China Tech

Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics.

Xiaomi

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

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

Transportation

Electric vehicle

xiaomi

The smartphone maker hopes to turn the 'Apple Car' idea into reality.

China's Xiaomi jumps into EV market battle with gusto | KrASIA

China&#8217;s Xiaomi jumps into EV market battle with gusto

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Chery

New Energy Vehicle

new energy vehicles

The Chinese automaker is banking on the new brand to change its fortunes in the NEV market.

Chery to launch new “Yueji” NEV brand, debut model coming by year’s end | KrASIA

Chery to launch new “Yueji” NEV brand, debut model coming by year’s end

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

Alibaba

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

KrASIA | Alibaba Archives

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

E-Commerce

Logistics

The two companies plan to work together in new retail too.

Alibaba augments its logistics arm by buying stake in STO Express | KrASIA

Alibaba augments its logistics arm by buying stake in STO Express

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Ruhnn

The company translates social media influence into e-commerce sales.

Alibaba-backed e-commerce KOL facilitator Ruhnn aims to raise $200m via US IPO | KrASIA

Alibaba-backed e-commerce KOL facilitator Ruhnn aims to raise $200m via US IPO

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

Alibaba did not comment on this acquisition while CICC said it holds an open attitude toward leaders in information technology and will explore ways to apply information technology in the finance sector.

Alibaba increases stake in investment bank CICC | KrASIA

Alibaba increases stake in investment bank CICC

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Bilibili

Alibaba announced in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission Thursday that its subsidiary Taobao has bought nearly 24 million shares of

Alibaba buys into online video-sharing site Bilibili to tap young consumers | KrASIA

Alibaba buys into online video-sharing site Bilibili to tap young consumers

Alipay

overseas spending

When they travel overseas, the total amount spent by residents of China’s third or fourth-tier cities grew faster than those from China’s tier-one cities,

People from China’s smaller cities are spending more and more on overseas trips, Alipay data shows | KrASIA

People from China’s smaller cities are spending more and more on overseas trips, Alipay data shows

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

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

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

online payment

Sending and receiving electric red envelopes posed the biggest pressure to the clearinghouse, followed by shopping and dining.

China’s new centralized clearinghouse handled 4.55 billion online transactions during spring festival | KrASIA

China’s new centralized clearinghouse handled 4.55 billion online transactions during spring festival

Jack Ma

Jack Ma, Alibaba's high profile co-founder and chairman, touted his vision of a better and more inclusive globalisation on the stage of the annual World

Jack Ma touts a more ‘inclusive’ hence better globalisation at Davos | KrASIA

Jack Ma touts a more ‘inclusive’ hence better globalisation at Davos

How gamification brings success to Chinese internet companies.

Alibaba and Tencent, game on | KrASIA

Alibaba and Tencent, game on

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