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

China Tech

Japan, Korea, and the West

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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

Japan

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

Deals in brief: Nvidia invests in Sakana AI and You.com, Zhipu AI secures new funding at RMB 20 billion valuation, six other China deals, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: Nvidia invests in Sakana AI and You.com, Zhipu AI secures new funding at RMB 20 billion valuation, six other China deals, and more

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

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KrASIA Writers

After a tumultuous journey, The Alley is back in mainland China with fresh ambitions.

The Alley reenters mainland China: Will the bubble tea brand find its footing again? | KrASIA

The Alley reenters mainland China: Will the bubble tea brand find its footing again?

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

Gojek

GoTo

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Tokopedia is an Indonesian technology company, sometimes referred to as a unicorn. It was founded in 2009 by William Tanuwijaya and his Bestfriends from Harvard University, Michael Alexander.

Tokopedia

Mobility

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

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

Transportation

Vietnam

The exit is the latest step in GoTo's quest for profitability, as it narrows its focus to Indonesia and Singapore.

GoTo pulls out of Vietnam as it doubles down on core markets | KrASIA

GoTo pulls out of Vietnam as it doubles down on core markets

Grofers

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India Tech

Flipkart

Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

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

E-Commerce

Grocery Delivery

India

Ninjacart is Flipkart's key to grabbing a bigger portion of the soon-to-be USD 18 billion e-grocery market and soon-to-be USD 5 billion quick commerce segment.

Flipkart and Walmart lead India’s biggest agritech funding with USD 145 million check for Ninjacart | KrASIA

Flipkart and Walmart lead India’s biggest agritech funding with USD 145 million check for Ninjacart

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Moulishree Srivastava

Swiggy

Zomato

The online consumables market, which is currently worth USD 3.8 billion, is expected to reach over USD 30 billion by 2025.

India's quick commerce market to reach USD 5 billion by 2025, report says | KrASIA

India&#8217;s quick commerce market to reach USD 5 billion by 2025, report says

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Avanish Tiwary

Food Delivery

Zomato temporarily rolled out grocery delivery service last year when India was under lockdown and the demand for groceries had picked up.

E-grocer Grofers scraps IPO plans, in talks to raise USD 100 million from food tech giant Zomato | KrASIA

E-grocer Grofers scraps IPO plans, in talks to raise USD 100 million from food tech giant Zomato

BigBasket

The food industry is booming! Both traditional companies and startups are using technology to transform the dynamics of the food sector.

Food Tech

The second wave of novel coronavirus in India is much more severe than the last one. Since April 15, more than 200,000 cases per day are being recorded.

Online retail companies gear up to face the second wave of COVID-19 in India | KrASIA

Online retail companies gear up to face the second wave of COVID-19 in India

Currently, the company is present in 38 cities and has partnered with 12,000 offline stores to fulfill customer orders.

Grofers reportedly mulling a merger with US-based Cantor Fitzgerald’s SPAC for Nasdaq listing | KrASIA

Grofers reportedly mulling a merger with US-based Cantor Fitzgerald’s SPAC for Nasdaq listing

Grofers, which is now present in 38 cities, said its sales volume grew 80% in 2020.

IPO-bound online grocery startup Grofers reports 42% rise in losses in FY20 | KrASIA

IPO-bound online grocery startup Grofers reports 42% rise in losses in FY20

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

Alibaba

JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

NetEase, Inc. is a Chinese Internet technology company providing online services centered on content, community, communications and commerce. The company was founded in 1997 by Lebunto. NetEase develops and operates online PC and mobile games, advertising services, email services and e-commerce platforms in China.

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

Xiaomi

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

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

Entertainment

Live Streaming

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ZhongAn

Amid shaky global economic conditions, firms are utilizing share buybacks to minimize damage to their market capitalizations.

Which Chinese companies are buying back their shares in 2020? | KrASIA

Which Chinese companies are buying back their shares in 2020?

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Paytm

Reliance

SoftBank Group Corp. is a holding company that engages in the management of its group companies which provides information technology and telecommunication services. It operates through the following segments: Mobile Communications, Sprint, Fixed-line Telecommunications, Internet, and Others. 

Softbank

Reliance also got into the online grocery market which is expected to reach USD 3.6 billion by 2024.

Paytm Mall looks to invest in Grofers to strengthen its grocery business | KrASIA

Paytm Mall looks to invest in Grofers to strengthen its grocery business

SoftBank Vision Fund (SVF) might invest anywhere between USD 100-200 million in the merged entity.