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Electric Vehicles

Mobility

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

Transportation

Electric vehicle

Weaker earnings spotlight the state players' overreliance on the likes of Nissan and Honda

China's foreign automotive joint ventures lose luster under EV onslaught | KrASIA

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China&#8217;s foreign automotive joint ventures lose luster under EV onslaught

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

KrASIA

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Nikkei Asia

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

Alibaba

Taobao

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

Tmall

WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

Wechat

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

Tencent’s latest update to WeChat Pay targets an improved mobile payment experience for foreign visitors to China. How does it compare to Alipay?

Tencent updates WeChat Pay to facilitate easier payments for foreign visitors | KrASIA

Tencent updates WeChat Pay to facilitate easier payments for foreign visitors

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Marvin Goh

Angel Investing

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

India

MENA

Singapore

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

Deals in brief: RayGen and Uncharted secure funding, Temasek and BlackRock close USD 1.4 billion climate fund, Bahrain’s Investcorp teams up with China, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: RayGen and Uncharted secure funding, Temasek and BlackRock close USD 1.4 billion climate fund, Bahrain’s Investcorp teams up with China, and more

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KrASIA Writers

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

KrASIA | SEA Tech Archives

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

E-Commerce

Indonesia

Malaysia

With most countries still banning large gatherings, Muslims are heading online to search for new clothes ahead of Eid al-Fitr.

Southeast Asian Muslims are shopping earlier during Ramadan, report says | KrASIA

Southeast Asian Muslims are shopping earlier during Ramadan, report says

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Ursula Florene

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a transportation network company based in Singapore. In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery services via mobile app. It operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. 

Grab

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

GrabCar Exec offers a fleet of luxurious, premium vehicles and GrabPet XL caters to consumers with numerous pets.

Grab joins premium ride market with new GrabCar Exec service, will also launch GrabPet XL | KrASIA

Grab joins premium ride market with new GrabCar Exec service, will also launch GrabPet XL

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Vulcan Post

Retail

Una Brands said it will use the funds to acquire companies that generate between USD 300,000 and USD 20 million in annual revenue.

Singapore’s Una Brands raises USD 40 million in one of the region’s largest seed rounds | KrASIA

Singapore’s Una Brands raises USD 40 million in one of the region’s largest seed rounds

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Tech in Asia

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

China Tech

Video

Q&amp;A

iQiyi has 101.7 million subscribing members and 100.7 million individuals with trial memberships.

iQiyi streams forward in Southeast Asia with niche content and flexibility | Q&A with head of business development | KrASIA

iQiyi streams forward in Southeast Asia with niche content and flexibility | Q&#038;A with head of business development

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Khamila Mulia

Indonesia's beauty and personal care market is expected to grow to USD 7.46 billion in 2021.

Beauty app Social Bella bags millions from private equity firm L Catterton, others | KrASIA

Beauty app Social Bella bags millions from private equity firm L Catterton, others

Vietnam

While Vietnam's e-wallet providers are burning money, the Philippines have shown that telcos can be successful contenders in the space.

Vietnam's mobile money pilot opens for telcos, but questions of viability remain | KrASIA

Vietnam&#8217;s mobile money pilot opens for telcos, but questions of viability remain

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Stephanie Li

Deep Tech

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

Enterprise Services

Singapore is a breeding ground for high-tech B2B firms, but Southeast Asia is not enough for these companies.

Southeast Asia's new herd of unicorns gallop forth from B2B tech | KrASIA Spotlight | KrASIA

Southeast Asia&#8217;s new herd of unicorns gallop forth from B2B tech | KrASIA Spotlight

Grab Indonesia country managing director Neneng Goenadi shares what the company's future could look like for the soon-to-be-listed firm.

GrabKios and GrabExpress among the main growth verticals for Grab, says Indonesia country director | KrASIA

GrabKios and GrabExpress among the main growth verticals for Grab, says Indonesia country director

Food Delivery

The startup currently runs 40 outlets and aims to open 120 cloud kitchens this year.

SEA Tech

Southeast Asian Muslims are shopping earlier during Ramadan, report says

Grab joins premium ride market with new GrabCar Exec service, will also launch GrabPet XL

Singapore’s Una Brands raises USD 40 million in one of the region’s largest seed rounds

iQiyi streams forward in Southeast Asia with niche content and flexibility | Q&A with head of business development

Beauty app Social Bella bags millions from private equity firm L Catterton, others

Vietnam’s mobile money pilot opens for telcos, but questions of viability remain

Southeast Asia’s new herd of unicorns gallop forth from B2B tech | KrASIA Spotlight

GrabKios and GrabExpress among the main growth verticals for Grab, says Indonesia country director

Indonesia’s cloud kitchens thrive as Hangry raises USD 13 million

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