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

Deals in brief: IvyCap Ventures announces final close of third fund, Ion Energy raises USD 3 million, 19 China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

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The chipmaking equipment producer looks 'four generations ahead' in bolstering the supply chain.

Tokyo Electron investments help Japan's Silicon Road reclaim glory | KrASIA

Tokyo Electron investments help Japan&#8217;s Silicon Road reclaim glory

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Deals in brief: Xefco, Thrixen, and Salmon secure funding, Temasek invests in US-based Blaize, ten China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Xefco, Thrixen, and Salmon secure funding, Temasek invests in US-based Blaize, ten China and India deals, and more

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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.

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App-based keyboards can have data trackers built in. Tencent is moving to plug the leak.

Tencent tests new WeChat keyboard to curb data leakage | KrASIA

Tencent tests new WeChat keyboard to curb data leakage

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Song Jingli

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

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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.

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The walls of China's tech gardens are slowly being torn down.

Thanks to China's internet crackdown, Alibaba is finally on Tencent's WeChat | KrASIA

Thanks to China&#8217;s internet crackdown, Alibaba is finally on Tencent&#8217;s WeChat

Tencent's total investment deals, Q1 2021: 103

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.

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Tencent's investment arm has been the most active VC in China in the first quarter. Tencent Investment was the most active Chinese venture capital firm in the first quarter with 103 deals internationally, spending more than RMB 60 billion (USD 9.2 billion), according to the Qichacha data aggregator. Around 30% of its targets were game developers, suggesting that Tencent invested into a game company every three days in Q1.

KEY STAT | Tencent is investing in a video game company every three days | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Tencent is investing in a video game company every three days

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Julianna Wu

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.

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Kuaishou (Chinese: 快手) is a platform for recording with millions of original fresh videos everyday.

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Tencent Weishi

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

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With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

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Tencent abandoned plans to acquire iQiyi due to tightened anti-monopoly regulations.

Tencent merges video teams to draw eyeballs away from Douyin and Kuaishou | KrASIA

Tencent merges video teams to draw eyeballs away from Douyin and Kuaishou

Tencent outspent its Chinese peers on strategic investments last year, now with over 1,200 portfolios under its wings.

Inside Tencent's USD 17 billion foreign investment gamble | KrASIA

Inside Tencent&#8217;s USD 17 billion foreign investment gamble

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Low De Wei

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

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Tencent Cloud said on Monday that it has established its first internet data center in Indonesia in Jakarta's central business district. It will allow the firm to be closer to its users, reducing access delays to data and applications, help customers meet regulatory and compliance requirements, and provide more disaster recovery options in the Asia Pacific region, the company said.The data center will further support Tencent’s business in Indonesia, including music streaming platform Joox and on-demand video WeTv. The firm also has a partnership wi

Tencent Cloud opens first data center in Indonesia | KrASIA

Tencent Cloud opens first data center in Indonesia

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Khamila Mulia

MissFresh's highest IPO target: USD 1 billion

Grocery Delivery

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

On-Demand Services

Grocery delivery startup MissFresh submitted an application for a public listing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission last week, indicating a fundraising target in the band of USD 500 million to 1 billion, Chinese news media outlet IPO Zaozhidao reported.MissFresh operates a network of prepositioned warehouses across the country that serve as small-scale distribution centers, each sending out shipments of fresh food to fulfill orders placed by customers. The company counts Tencent, Tiger Global, and Goldman Sachs China as investors.

KEY STAT | Online grocer MissFresh privately files for IPO in the US | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Online grocer MissFresh privately files for IPO in the US

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Garena's mobile shooting game Free Fire has overtaken Tencent's PUBG Mobile as the top battle royale game by player spending in the first quarter in the US, generating about USD 100 million in revenue against USD 68 million for PUBG, according to analytics firm Sensor Tower.

Garena Free Fire tops Tencent's PUBG Mobile for the first time in the US | KrASIA

Garena Free Fire tops Tencent&#8217;s PUBG Mobile for the first time in the US

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Ursula Florene

WeDoctor Hong Kong IPO to raise USD 3 billion

JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

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Medical technology, or "medtech", encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and is used to treat diseases and medical conditions affecting humans. 

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Internet hospital and health maintenance platform WeDoctor filed a prospectus for a Hong Kong IPO on Thursday night. The company expects to raise up to USD 3 billion, according to 36Kr.The company generated revenue to the tune of RMB 1.8 billion (USD 280 million) in 2020, more than three times higher than that of the year before. Losses in 2020 were RMB 1.9 billion (USD 290 million), a gentle 1.1% decline year-on-year.

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Tencent tests new WeChat keyboard to curb data leakage

Thanks to China’s internet crackdown, Alibaba is finally on Tencent’s WeChat

KEY STAT | Tencent is investing in a video game company every three days

Tencent merges video teams to draw eyeballs away from Douyin and Kuaishou

Inside Tencent’s USD 17 billion foreign investment gamble

Tencent Cloud opens first data center in Indonesia

KEY STAT | Online grocer MissFresh privately files for IPO in the US

Garena Free Fire tops Tencent’s PUBG Mobile for the first time in the US

KEY STAT | Tencent-backed online hospital WeDoctor files for IPO

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