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

Deals in brief: Pi-xcels raises USD 2.7 million, Vynn Capital backs MediSun Energy, Gobi Partners teams up with Cross Capital, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: Pi-xcels raises USD 2.7 million, Vynn Capital backs MediSun Energy, Gobi Partners teams up with Cross Capital, and more

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Creative

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

Nintendo’s new Pokemon mobile game blends nostalgia with a tried-and-true format, but its long-term success is far from guaranteed.

Pokemon TCG Pocket starts strong, but can Nintendo keep the cards in play? | KrASIA

Pokemon TCG Pocket starts strong, but can Nintendo keep the cards in play?

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

China Tech

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics manufacturer, headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The company was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former People's Liberation Army engineer.

Huawei

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Huawei is gearing up to launch at least ten new vehicle models next year, targeting the high-end automotive market.

Aito M8 to headline Huawei’s 2025 automotive lineup | KrASIA

Aito M8 to headline Huawei’s 2025 automotive lineup

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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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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China's Largest News Aggregator Toutiao Leads $200 Million Investment in Education Startup 17zuoye

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Edtech

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

The deal makes Yuanfudao the top Chinese online education startup by valuation.

Yuanfudao bags USD 1 billion in largest-ever edtech fundraising deal in China | KrASIA

Yuanfudao bags USD 1 billion in largest-ever edtech fundraising deal in China

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Tencent's conferencing and communication platforms will play a role in allowing participants to voice their ideas.

UN teams up with Tencent to hold global online conversation for the UN75 campaign | KrASIA

UN teams up with Tencent to hold global online conversation for the UN75 campaign

Is the neglected-but-not-forgotten app ready for its second wind?

Tencent updates Tim workplace app amid strong growth from WeChat Work and collaboration software sector | KrASIA

Tencent updates Tim workplace app amid strong growth from WeChat Work and collaboration software sector

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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

Alibaba

The Internet of things (IoT) is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and other forms of hardware, these devices can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled.

Automation technologies seen as key to reducing dependence on US tech.

China covets Japan's IoT expertise, a missing piece in tech quest | KrASIA

China covets Japan&#8217;s IoT expertise, a missing piece in tech quest

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5G is a commonly used term for certain advanced wireless systems. Industry association 3GPP defines any system using "5G NR" software as "5G", a definition that came into general use by late 2018. 

Read the stories about Augmented reality (AR), Virtual reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR), know about the trendings and the future of VR/AR/MR industry. 

AR/VR

Cloud gaming is one of the hottest areas in the industry, allowing players to stream games just like they would a movie.

Chinese tech giants Tencent, Huawei team up to develop mobile cloud gaming platform, explore AR and VR in games | KrASIA

Chinese tech giants Tencent, Huawei team up to develop mobile cloud gaming platform, explore AR and VR in games

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

Kuaishou

Temasek Holdings Private Limited is a Singaporean holding company owned by the Government of Singapore.

Temasek

Tencent has been a lead investor of MiningLamp since its RMB 1 billion Series C round in 2018.

Tencent and Temasek lead USD 300 million Series E round in Chinese big data startup MiningLamp | KrASIA

Tencent and Temasek lead USD 300 million Series E round in Chinese big data startup MiningLamp

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Sun Henan

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

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

Fenfu will allow users to acquire goods and repay the bill at a later date.

CHINA BRIEF | Tencent launches new payment product, raising competition against Ant Financial | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Tencent launches new payment product, raising competition against Ant Financial

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

Microsoft

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

MedTech

Social Impact

The Chinese super app joins other tech giants looking to develop new software to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

WeChat to participate in COVID-19 hackathon in support of WHO | KrASIA

WeChat to participate in COVID-19 hackathon in support of WHO

The firm has already rolled out similar measures in China.