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Electric Vehicles

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Electric vehicle

Factory utilization for new energy vehicles has dropped to 50%, far below the breakeven point.

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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.

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Indonesia

Korea

Singapore

Vietnam

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

Deals in brief: SeaTown to invest in Linnovate Partners, South Korea’s DeepX completes Series C round, Tjufoo and Sinbad set to merge, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: SeaTown to invest in Linnovate Partners, South Korea’s DeepX completes Series C round, Tjufoo and Sinbad set to merge, and more

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KrASIA Writers

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

China Tech

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

Transportation

Chery

Exeed

New Energy Vehicle

new energy vehicles

Chery's chairman has promised a surge of electric vehicle models over the next 20 months, hinting at an ambitious expansion.

Chery unveils the Sterra ET, highlighting bold EV ambitions | KrASIA

Chery unveils the Sterra ET, highlighting bold EV ambitions

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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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

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.

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Investors

Grab might be receiving up to $5 billion in Series H, beyond the planned 3 billion.

SoftBank to invest in Grab's Series H, boosting the latest round up to $5b | KrASIA

SoftBank to invest in Grab&#8217;s Series H, boosting the latest round up to $5b

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Robin Moh

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

Alibaba

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

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

E-Commerce

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e-commerce in Indonesia

Leontinus Alpha Edison

Softbank Vision Fund

Taobao

William Tanuwijaya

SoftBank affiliated funds and Alibaba's Taobao are the biggest backers behind Tokopedia.

Snapshot of Tokopedia's company structure and major shareholders | KrASIA

Snapshot of Tokopedia&#8217;s company structure and major shareholders

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Nadine Freischlad

WeWork, the larger than life monopoly game in China

WeWork is an American company that provides shared workspaces for technology startup subculture communities, and services for entrepreneurs, freelancers, startups, small businesses and large enterprises. Founded in 2010, it is headquartered in New York City.

WeWork

Goldman Sachs

Hony Capital

Vision Fund

SoftBank appears to be going all in on this American co-working space giant.

SoftBank in talks to acquire majority stake in WeWork | KrASIA

SoftBank in talks to acquire majority stake in WeWork

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Elaine Huang

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. The education industry is fast-reforming nowadays. 

Education

baidu

edtech in China

Zuoyebang

This might be another Chinese edtech IPO in the making.

Japan's SoftBank in talks with Chinese education app over potential $500m investment | KrASIA

Japan&#8217;s SoftBank in talks with Chinese education app over potential $500m investment

Didi Chuxing Technology Co., formerly Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese transportation network company, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate.

Didi

Daiichi Koutsu Sangyo

Didi Chuxing

With mainland China being a top source of tourism for Japan, Didi can be sure to leverage this trend with its new service in Osaka.

Didi launches taxi-hailing in Japan through SoftBank joint venture | KrASIA

Didi launches taxi-hailing in Japan through SoftBank joint venture

OYO Rooms, commonly known as OYO, is India's largest hospitality company, consisting mainly of budget hotels. It was founded in 2013 by Ritesh Agarwal and has since grown to over 12,000 hotels in 337 cities in India, Malaysia, UAE, Nepal, China and Indonesia.

Hotel

Oyo Rooms

China is a huge market for India-based budget hotel operator OYO Rooms, which just raised its biggest fundraising round yet.

India's Oyo confirms $1b fundraise, more than half to be spent on China business | KrASIA

India&#8217;s Oyo confirms $1b fundraise, more than half to be spent on China business

Alibaba seeks SoftBank help to battle Meituan.

KrASIA Weekly: SoftBank is at it again | KrASIA

KrASIA Weekly: SoftBank is at it again

SoftBank China-backed logistics startup seeks to make last mile delivery service profitable

Founded in May 2014, Zhijian Shenghuo Pai claims to be China’s largest last mile delivery network company.

Deals | SoftBank China-backed logistics startup seeks to make last mile delivery service profitable | KrASIA

Deals | SoftBank China-backed logistics startup seeks to make last mile delivery service profitable

Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son is already planning a second fund.

SoftBank setting sight on Vision Fund II | KrASIA

SoftBank setting sight on Vision Fund II

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Softbank

SoftBank to invest in Grab’s Series H, boosting the latest round up to $5b

Snapshot of Tokopedia’s company structure and major shareholders

SoftBank in talks to acquire majority stake in WeWork

Japan’s SoftBank in talks with Chinese education app over potential $500m investment

Didi launches taxi-hailing in Japan through SoftBank joint venture

India’s Oyo confirms $1b fundraise, more than half to be spent on China business

KrASIA Weekly: SoftBank is at it again

Deals | SoftBank China-backed logistics startup seeks to make last mile delivery service profitable

SoftBank setting sight on Vision Fund II

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