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

Consumer Services

After going viral in China, Botare’s hanging tissue pack is making waves abroad—with TikTok as its launchpad.

How a hanging tissue pack helped China’s Botare go global | KrASIA

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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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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

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

Deals in brief: Eratani raises Series A funding, Tin Men Capital leads investment in Groundup.ai, seven China deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Eratani raises Series A funding, Tin Men Capital leads investment in Groundup.ai, seven China deals, and more

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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

Nio, a Chinese electric car maker, specializes in high-performance EVs, battery-swapping solutions, and autonomous driving technologies.

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

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

Mobility

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

Transportation

Starting at RMB 119,800 (USD 16,800), Nio’s compact EV will launch in China before making its way to Europe and other markets.

Nio unveils the Firefly compact EV, signaling plans for global push | KrASIA

Nio unveils the Firefly compact EV, signaling plans for global push

India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

India

India | KrASIA Archives

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

How is healthcare going digital? Investigate telemedicine, wearable sensors, and data-driven platforms improving patient experiences.

Health Tech

What medical tools shape care delivery? Assess medical devices, diagnostics, and digital services refining patient treatment.

Medtech

Since late last year, Tata Group has been out in the market to acquire internet companies to create a super app.

Indian conglomerate Tata Group buys local e-healthcare platform 1mg | KrASIA

Indian conglomerate Tata Group buys local e-healthcare platform 1mg

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

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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.

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The Uptake Daily Digest | Informants, ‘show-offs,’ and cyber police on Clubhouse. There's no shortage of colorful characters and canaries on Clubhouse.

Daily Digest | Informants, ‘show-offs,’ and cyber police on Clubhouse | KrASIA

Daily Digest | Informants, ‘show-offs,’ and cyber police on Clubhouse

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The Uptake

PhonePe, a digital wallet in India, enables UPI payments, money transfers, and merchant transactions through a user-friendly app.

PhonePe

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

Payments

KrASIA The overall UPI transactions came down by 101 million to 2.53 billion in May from 2.6 billion in April.

Walmart-backed PhonePe maintains its lead in UPI payments amid declining transactions | KrASIA

Walmart-backed PhonePe maintains its lead in UPI payments amid declining transactions

What drives digital education adoption? Analyze e-learning apps, AI-driven assessments, and tools enhancing student engagement.

Edtech

With rising customer acquisition costs in core edtech segments like K-12, many startups have begun to chase overseas markets to drive growth. As deep-pocketed edtech companies like Byju's, Unacademy, and Vedantu increase customer acquisition cost by splurging money on marketing, smaller players are looking at global markets.

Indian edtech startups go global to drive growth (part 2 of 2) | KrASIA

Indian edtech startups go global to drive growth (part 2 of 2)

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

Enterprise Services

The latest funding round has quadrupled the valuation of the seven-year-old Whatfix to USD 600 million. Whatfix is SoftBank's third investment in India this year after social commerce startup Meesho and banking tech company Zeta.

SoftBank leads USD 90 million Series D in Indian B2B SaaS startup Whatfix | KrASIA

SoftBank leads USD 90 million Series D in Indian B2B SaaS startup Whatfix

The Uptake Daily Digest | The slow creep of phantom debt. Imagine the horror of having to pay off loans that you never took out.

Daily Digest | The slow creep of phantom debt | KrASIA

Daily Digest | The slow creep of phantom debt

The latest round, which reportedly values GoMechanic at USD 315–320 million, takes the total funding raised by the five-year-old startup to date to USD 55 million.

Tiger Global leads USD 35 million Series C round in Indian automobile startup GoMechanic | KrASIA

Tiger Global leads USD 35 million Series C round in Indian automobile startup GoMechanic

The Uptake Daily Digest | Take it Ease-y. Will Chinese users shell out for an app for mental wellness?

Daily Digest | Take it Ease-y | KrASIA

Daily Digest | Take it Ease-y

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

Logistics

Delhivery recently raised USD 277 million in a Series H round led by Fidelity Management that valued the company at USD 3 billion. Delhivery recently raised USD 277 million in a Series H round led by Fidelity Management that valued the company at USD 3 billion.

SoftBank-backed logistics unicorn Delhivery to raise USD 500 million from public market | KrASIA

SoftBank-backed logistics unicorn Delhivery to raise USD 500 million from public market

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