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What shapes modern healthcare and agriculture? Examine biotech startups, gene editing, and drug discovery unlocking biological potential.

Biotechnology

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

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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

Singapore

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Vietnam

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

Deals in brief: Carro and Dat Bike raise funding, Terra Oleo debuts with seed round, six new China deals, and more

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Sudo Lim

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

Mixue Bingcheng runs beverage shops, leveraging mobile ordering and social commerce to serve refreshing drinks and desserts.

Mixue Bingcheng

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

Closures in Indonesia and Vietnam mark growing pains, but domestic scale, coffee, and new supply hubs give the group fresh momentum.

Mixue trims abroad, doubles down at home, and brews up Lucky Cup’s rise

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

Grab

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Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

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

On-demand Services

Grab's Q1 revenue hits USD 507 million to mark all-time high. Grab's SPAC merger with Altimeter Growth Corp is on track to take place by the end of 2021.

Grab's Q1 revenue hits USD 507 million, marking all-time high

Grab&#8217;s Q1 revenue hits USD 507 million, marking all-time high

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Grab and Emtek establish a new accelerator, Festival Kota Mapan, for Indonesia’s MSMEs. Grab and Emtek aim to bring Indonesia’s micro-entrepreneurs online.

Grab and Emtek establish new accelerator for Indonesia’s MSMEs

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

Gojek

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

Food Delivery

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

Ride-hailing

Indonesia

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

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Stephanie Li

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How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

Grab, Gojek, and Lalamove's couriers in Indonesia seek better pay by hold a series of strikes. All three companies are heading to the US for IPOs.

Grab, Gojek, and Lalamove's couriers in Indonesia seek better pay, hold series of strikes

Grab, Gojek, and Lalamove&#8217;s couriers in Indonesia seek better pay, hold series of strikes

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Ursula Florene

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

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Grab CTO Suthen Thomas joined the firm in 2011 as a technical consultant after a friend introduced him to Grab’s co-founders Anthony Tan and Tan Hooi Ling.

'Embrace uncertainties and navigate ambiguity,' says Grab CTO Suthen Thomas

&#8216;Embrace uncertainties and navigate ambiguity,&#8217; says Grab CTO Suthen Thomas

Visual Stories

Many tech founders are holding onto their outsized voting rights to call the shots and maintain control of their vision and strategic direction.

When one vote calls the shots: A look at tech founders’ voting rights

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Kara Greenberg

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

Myanmar

“I am delivering food to others so they do not need to go out and risk their lives,” a food delivery driver told KrASIA.

Myanmar's coup nearly put food delivery drivers out of business | Tech in Culture

Myanmar&#8217;s coup nearly put food delivery drivers out of business | Tech in Culture

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KrASIA Writers

Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

Didi

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

Transportation

As Didi and Grab eye potential US IPOs, defining a strategy for new services is crucial as they continue their overseas expansions.

Didi, Grab, and the future of Asia's ride-hailing giants

Didi, Grab, and the future of Asia&#8217;s ride-hailing giants

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Grab

Grab’s Q1 revenue hits USD 507 million, marking all-time high

Grab and Emtek establish new accelerator for Indonesia’s MSMEs

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

Grab, Gojek, and Lalamove’s couriers in Indonesia seek better pay, hold series of strikes

Thai food delivery sector still hungry despite business boom

‘Embrace uncertainties and navigate ambiguity,’ says Grab CTO Suthen Thomas

When one vote calls the shots: A look at tech founders’ voting rights

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