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Bilibili, an online entertainment platform, features anime, gaming videos, live streams, and interactive communities appealing to younger audiences.

Bilibili

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

What drives digital storytelling? Examine content creation, distribution channels, and media platforms connecting audiences worldwide.

Content

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

Who thrives in a digitally democratized landscape? Discover how independent creators, influencers, and educators monetize content and expertise.

Creator Economy

What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

Entertainment

What happens when viewers join in real time? Explore live streaming platforms, audience interaction tools, and brand opportunities in instant video.

Live Streaming

How do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

Video

Bilibili needs to strike a balance between advertisers, creators, and users.

Bilibili’s 2025 advertising game plan: Simplify, innovate, and grow | KrASIA

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Bilibili’s 2025 advertising game plan: Simplify, innovate, and grow

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

KrASIA

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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Alipay

Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

Fintech

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

With its market share shrinking, Alipay is banking on the tap-to-pay feature to reignite growth.

Can Alipay’s NFC push with “Tap!” disrupt QR code payments? | KrASIA

Can Alipay’s NFC push with “Tap!” disrupt QR code payments?

How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

Why do firms join forces? Investigate synergy goals, valuation methods, and negotiations driving corporate consolidation.

Merger &amp; Acquisition

What happens after acquisitions close? Examine deal structures, operational improvements, and exit strategies molding corporate outcomes.

Private Equity

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

Indonesia

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

Deals in brief: Sandbox VR and iMotorbike secure funding, Virtuos to acquire three studios, Meta and Temasek back Databricks, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Sandbox VR and iMotorbike secure funding, Virtuos to acquire three studios, Meta and Temasek back Databricks, and more

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KrASIA Writers

Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

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This cooperation model might be expanded to other Southeast Asian markets.

Grab cooperates with Vietnam’s budget airline VietJet to provide “super express” air delivery | KrASIA

Grab cooperates with Vietnam’s budget airline VietJet to provide “super express” air delivery

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Thu Huong Le

Gojek, an Indonesian superapp, covers on-demand rides, food delivery, and financial services, enriching daily urban life.

Gojek

There'll be no minimum and maximum tariffs.

Singapore's new transportation rules allow dynamic pricing for ride-hailing | KrASIA

Singapore&#8217;s new transportation rules allow dynamic pricing for ride-hailing

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Zhixin Tan

What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

400 officers will go undercover as prospective riders in this month-long operation.

Malaysian authority launches undercover operation to enforce self-employed drivers to register for social security protection | KrASIA

Malaysian authority launches undercover operation to enforce self-employed drivers to register for social security protection

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

In their race for the super app throne, both tech giants have fragmented into increasingly complex digital empires.

The many battlefronts of Grab versus Gojek in Southeast Asia | KrASIA

The many battlefronts of Grab versus Gojek in Southeast Asia

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Khamila Mulia

SoftBank is a global tech investor fueling startups, telecommunications ventures, and AI-driven innovations across international markets.

SoftBank

Tokopedia, an Indonesian online marketplace, empowers entrepreneurs, brands, and SMEs to reach digital-savvy consumers.

Tokopedia

Grab's CEO, Grab Indonesia's president, and Tokopedia’s CEO also attended the meeting

SoftBank to invest USD 2 billion in Indonesia following discussions with President Widodo | KrASIA

SoftBank to invest USD 2 billion in Indonesia following discussions with President Widodo

The apps' users could face serious legal consequences.

Singaporean drivers caught gaming the system with bootleg versions of Grab and Gojek apps | KrASIA

Singaporean drivers caught gaming the system with bootleg versions of Grab and Gojek apps

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Luna Lin

The new reward scheme reportedly makes it harder to earn the daily bonus, according to Go-Viet drivers in Ho Chi Minh City.

Go-Viet drivers in Ho Chi Minh City protest over new reward scheme | KrASIA

Go-Viet drivers in Ho Chi Minh City protest over new reward scheme

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

Grab Food and Deliveroo make up approximately 60% of the online food delivery market in Singapore.

Cloud kitchen affiliated with ex-Uber CEO accuses Deliveroo and Grab Food of anti-competitive behaviour | KrASIA

Cloud kitchen affiliated with ex-Uber CEO accuses Deliveroo and Grab Food of anti-competitive behaviour

July 12 is the deadline after which actions would be taken against those who fail to comply.