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Japan

Japanese consumers—known for their high standards—are lining up for hours to get their hands on Vivaia’s eco-friendly shoes. Why?

The secret behind Vivaia’s success in Japan’s footwear market | KrASIA

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The secret behind Vivaia’s success in Japan’s footwear market

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

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36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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India

With lithium prices dropping and competition growing, automakers are adjusting to slower growth in the electric vehicle market worldwide.

EV market faces slower growth as global competition intensifies | KrASIA

EV market faces slower growth as global competition intensifies

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

China Tech

Kuaishou (Chinese: 快手) is a platform for recording with millions of original fresh videos everyday.

Kuaishou

Angel Investing

Investment

Merger &amp; Acquisition

Private Equity

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

Singapore

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

Deals in brief: DCM Ventures to sell Kuaishou shares, Momos raises Series A funding, five China deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: DCM Ventures to sell Kuaishou shares, Momos raises Series A funding, five China deals, and more

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KrASIA Writers

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

Gojek

A peek into Southeast Asia's tech giant Gojek, is a transportation network company and logistics startup company based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

KrASIA | Gojek Archives

SEA Tech

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

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

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

A regulatory change which directs e-wallet players towards interoperability may be affecting the way wallet operators view their potential market.

Two of Indonesia's top mobile payments platforms have plans to merge, according to report | KrASIA

Two of Indonesia&#8217;s top mobile payments platforms have plans to merge, according to report

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Cindy Silviana

The startup allows users to invest in gold starting from USD 0.50.

Gojek's Go-Ventures leads USD 3 million investment in Indonesian fintech firm Pluang | KrASIA

Gojek&#8217;s Go-Ventures leads USD 3 million investment in Indonesian fintech firm Pluang

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Khamila Mulia

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

On-Demand Services

The program, designed in collaboration with startup hub Digitaraya, aims to find the best Indonesian startups with positive impact on society.

Gojek kicks off own accelerator, Gojek Xcelerate | KrASIA

Gojek kicks off own accelerator, Gojek Xcelerate

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

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

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

GoGames builds upon Gojek's previous entry into mobile gaming through its payments portal.

Gojek launches GoGames, bringing full ecosystem to Indonesia’s mobile game industry | KrASIA

Gojek launches GoGames, bringing full ecosystem to Indonesia’s mobile game industry

Grab is preparing and communicating with the government, while waiting for the definite industry guidelines.

Grab prepares for Indonesia's electric-car new policy | KrASIA

Grab prepares for Indonesia&#8217;s electric-car new policy

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

Services corral smartphone generation but critics warn of risks to innovation.

Super apps: WeChat, GoJek and rivals battle to do it all in Asia | KrASIA

Super apps: WeChat, GoJek and rivals battle to do it all in Asia

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Nikkei Asia

Q&amp;A

The CEO of Go-Viet explains why Gojek's one-stop platform can also greatly impact Vietnamese users and society.

Christy Trang Le of Go-Viet on bringing a multi-service platform to all Vietnamese | KrASIA

Christy Trang Le of Go-Viet on bringing a multi-service platform to all Vietnamese

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Thu Huong Le

Amazon.com, Inc., is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Amazon is the largest e-commerce marketplace and cloud computing platform in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization. 

Amazon

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

Gojek

Two of Indonesia’s top mobile payments platforms have plans to merge, according to report

Gojek’s Go-Ventures leads USD 3 million investment in Indonesian fintech firm Pluang

Gojek kicks off own accelerator, Gojek Xcelerate

Gojek launches GoGames, bringing full ecosystem to Indonesia’s mobile game industry

Grab prepares for Indonesia’s electric-car new policy

Super apps: WeChat, GoJek and rivals battle to do it all in Asia

Christy Trang Le of Go-Viet on bringing a multi-service platform to all Vietnamese

Amazon holds talks to invest in Gojek

Gojek enters wellness sector by launching GoFitness feature

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