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

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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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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.

Shein

Security concerns and lack of market access drives crackdowns around the world.

Chinese apps catch up with US peers despite headwinds | KrASIA

Chinese apps catch up with US peers despite headwinds

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‘You need to be global and local at the same time’: TikTok CEO, Shou Zi Chew on creating a successful global strategy.

‘You need to be global and local at the same time’: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on creating a successful global strategy | KrASIA

‘You need to be global and local at the same time’: TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew on creating a successful global strategy

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Zhang Jun

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From Douyin clone to global sensation: How TikTok took the world by storm. ByteDance’s acquisition of Musical.ly made TikTok one of the most popular apps.

From Douyin clone to global sensation: How TikTok took the world by storm | KrASIA

From Douyin clone to global sensation: How TikTok took the world by storm

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Live Streaming

Coast to coast: TikTok’s long-term plans for global domination. As TikTok diversifies revenue streams, how does the company stack up against competitors?

Coast to coast: TikTok’s long-term plans for global domination | KrASIA

Coast to coast: TikTok’s long-term plans for global domination

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Musical chairs: TikTok’s rotating leadership. Despite having six CEOs in five years, the company is eager to expand to untapped markets.

Musical chairs: TikTok’s rotating leadership | KrASIA

Musical chairs: TikTok’s rotating leadership

Edtech

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

TikTok owner ByteDance reshuffles major businesses into six sections. Changing regulatory and business environments pose challenges to ByteDance’s future.

TikTok owner ByteDance reshuffles major businesses into six sections | KrASIA

TikTok owner ByteDance reshuffles major businesses into six sections

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Jiaxing Li

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

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A Cyberspace Administration of China investment vehicle, as well as two other state agencies, invested USD 308,770 in April for a 1% stake in ByteDance.

Chinese government builds stake in unit of TikTok-owner ByteDance | KrASIA

Chinese government builds stake in unit of TikTok-owner ByteDance

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. 

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Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

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Twitter

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Supporters and detractors of Myanmar's coup are taking their fraught conflict to social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and TikTok.

Supporters and detractors of Myanmar's coup take fraught conflict to TikTok, Facebook, and Twitter | KrASIA

Supporters and detractors of Myanmar&#8217;s coup take fraught conflict to TikTok, Facebook, and Twitter

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

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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US Commerce Department to reassess all apps connected to 'adversaries.' Biden's new executive order revokes the WeChat and TikTok orders issued in August, along with another in January that targeted eight other Chinese communications and financial technology software applications.