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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.

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

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

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A new model of state capital is taking root in China—one that’s redefining how venture capital works, from funding mechanics to policy alignment.

Beneath the bureaucracy: How state capital made (and remade) China’s venture ecosystem

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Deals in brief: Wavemaker Impact leads Arysun’s pre-seed round, Nuevocor raises USD 45 million, latest funding deals in China, and more

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

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

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Daily Digest | The COVID payment app

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The US market serves as both the backbone and the driving force behind global technological advancements.

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Data from Twitter provides new ways to mitigate disasters and generate insights about climate crises.

Data from Twitter provides new ways to mitigate disasters and generate insights about climate crises

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Where do digital assets find value? Consider market volatility, decentralized exchanges, and blockchain protocols shaping crypto economies.

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Singapore kicks off new crypto era by granting licenses to DBSV and Independent Reserve.

Singapore kicks off new crypto era by granting licenses to DBSV and Independent Reserve

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Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator announces finalists for Indonesia Demo Day

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The Uptake Daily Digest | Lipsticks, rockets, taxes. Livestreamers may be regulators' next target as Beijing reshapes internet culture and commerce.

Daily Digest | Lipsticks, rockets, taxes

FinTech Connect Asia will take place from October 5 to 7 in Singapore. FinTech Connect Asia is the region’s ultimate fintech and payments summit.

FinTech Connect Asia will take place October 5–7 in Singapore

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

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Can Indonesia's test and trace app become a payments portal? PeduliLindungi has at least 15 problems that must be fixed.

Can Indonesia's test and trace app become a payments portal?

Can Indonesia&#8217;s test and trace app become a payments portal?

Investor research in India's retail tech solutions has soared.

Daily Digest | All hail retail

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Malaysian insurtech platform PolicyStreet secures Series A funding, eyes regional expansion. PolicyStreet counts AirAsia, Carro, and Foodpanda as customers. 