Announcements

Ecosystem

Events

Features

Insights

News

Opinion

Q&As

China

Southeast Asia

Rest of World

Places

KrASIA Connection

Profiles in Tech

Venture Roundup

Open Source

Startup Wire

Our Events

View All Collections

Collections

About

36Kr (EN)

ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

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

China Tech

Douyin

Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

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

E-Commerce

Food Delivery

Grocery Delivery

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

On-Demand Services

Retail

Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

Ride-hailing

Commerce

E-commerce

quick commerce

Meituan Shangou, its quick commerce business, could play a significant role in its strategy to counter competition from main rival Douyin.

With Douyin looming, Meituan shifts focus back to its core business | KrASIA

Home

With Douyin looming, Meituan shifts focus back to its core business

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

KrASIA

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/95a233416d3f865e26cf30c8378b6b83?s=96&d=mm&r=g

India

MENA

Singapore

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

Deals in brief: Toku to acquire AiChat, Strativity Group bought by UST, ADQ and OIA launch new fund to stimulate MENA tech innovation, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Toku to acquire AiChat, Strativity Group bought by UST, ADQ and OIA launch new fund to stimulate MENA tech innovation, and more

https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ab380348a460e2add30c5deab7b43cd9?s=96&d=mm&r=g

Jeff Chay

New Zealand

The recent delegation visit underscores China's openness to collaborate more closely with "friend and partner" New Zealand.

Chinese delegation bolsters bilateral trade and cooperation in recent visit to New Zealand | KrASIA

Chinese delegation bolsters bilateral trade and cooperation in recent visit to New Zealand

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

India Tech

KrASIA | India Tech Archives

Reliance

This is Ambani's second fundraising spree. Prior to this, he raised USD 20.2 billion for Reliance’s digital arm Jio Platforms from 13 high-profile global investors.

Reliance raises USD 1.3 billion from Saudi Arabia’s PIF for its retail arm | KrASIA

Reliance raises USD 1.3 billion from Saudi Arabia’s PIF for its retail arm

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

https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8ee969d23d0ca8a0fdf49239194aee0b?s=96&d=mm&r=g

Moulishree Srivastava

Facebook, Inc. is an American online social media and social networking service company based in Menlo Park, California.  It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

Facebook

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

Google

PhonePe

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

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

WhatsApp Pay can now be used by 20 million users in India.

Indian regulators give nod to phased full rollout of WhatsApp's payment feature | KrASIA

Indian regulators give nod to phased full rollout of WhatsApp&#8217;s payment feature

https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3fa1aaa7bc22f88c619534e3c1f933b8?s=96&d=mm&r=g

Avanish Tiwary

Electric Vehicles

An increasing number of EV startups have raised VC money over the last few months. The list includes Earth Energy, Grinntech, Cell Propulsion, and Etrio, among others.

Indian EV startup Charge+Zone raises USD 3 million pre-Series A round | KrASIA

Indian EV startup Charge+Zone raises USD 3 million pre-Series A round

Amazon India

Flipkart

Fashion

During this year’s Big Billion Days, Flipkart sold over USD 2.5 billion worth of goods, almost double than that of Amazon's.

Decoding Flipkart's strategy that gives it an edge over Amazon | KrASIA

Decoding Flipkart&#8217;s strategy that gives it an edge over Amazon

Ola Cabs, is an Indian origin online transportation network company developed by ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd. As of December 2018, Ola was valued at about $5.7 billion. A variety of venture capitalists including Softbank have large stakes in the company.

The clean energy driven facility is expected to churn out over two million units annually.

Ola in talks to set up largest EV plant in India amidst the country’s EV push | KrASIA

Ola in talks to set up largest EV plant in India amidst the country’s EV push

https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5cc073743d618489ab944242e54889e7?s=96&d=mm&r=g

Gully Network aims to build a tech-enabled and asset-light network of mid-size grocery stores under the brand “Gullymart”.

Online grocery startup Gully Network raises fresh funds from Venture Catalysts | KrASIA

Online grocery startup Gully Network raises fresh funds from Venture Catalysts

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

Mech Mocha is backed by top tier investors including Accel Partners, Blume Ventures, Shunwei Capital, and AET Fund.

Flipkart acquires gaming startup Mech Mocha to expand customer base | KrASIA

Flipkart acquires gaming startup Mech Mocha to expand customer base

Paytm

Investment

Payment services startup Paytm, cab-hailing major Ola, and hospitality giant Oyo have seen their valuations fall over the last few quarters.

Indian startups may face depressed valuations in the short term | KrASIA

Indian startups may face depressed valuations in the short term

ClanConnect takes guess work out of influencer marketing

Creative

ClanConnect provides brands with the real-time data about posts made by influencers for marketing campaigns.