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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.

Venture Capital

In an uncommon VC move, HongShan teams up with Li-Ning to drive the sportswear brand’s international growth.

HongShan and Li-Ning form rare joint venture to fuel global expansion | KrASIA

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HongShan and Li-Ning form rare joint venture to fuel global expansion

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KrASIA

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

Deals in brief: Finfra secures USD 2.5 million, Gobi Partners invests in DCAP through GDIV fund, HSBC backs BuzzAR in MENA expansion, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Finfra secures USD 2.5 million, Gobi Partners invests in DCAP through GDIV fund, HSBC backs BuzzAR in MENA expansion, and more

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KrASIA Writers

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

China Tech

Miniso

Miniso’s Top Toy brand launches in Bangkok, signaling broader Southeast Asia ambitions.

Top Toy targets Southeast Asia with first store in Thailand, expanding Miniso’s footprint | KrASIA

Top Toy targets Southeast Asia with first store in Thailand, expanding Miniso’s footprint

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

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&#8217;s largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

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Tencent

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

Kuaishou

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.

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. 

Short Video

Tencent and ByteDance are locking horns on multiple fronts.

Kuaishou becomes stickier in WeChat, tapping the social media giant's 1.1 billion users | KrASIA

Kuaishou becomes stickier in WeChat, tapping the social media giant&#8217;s 1.1 billion users

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Song Jingli

The company says it has zero tolerance for such mini programs

Tencent clamps down on pornographic content punishing more than 1,800 mini programs | KrASIA

Tencent clamps down on pornographic content punishing more than 1,800 mini programs

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Luna Lin

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

E-Commerce

The purrfect business: How a cat lady’s love for felines turned into a USD 20 million enterprise | KrASIA

The purrfect business: How a cat lady’s love for felines turned into a USD 20 million enterprise

The feature opens a new world of possibility for WeChat mini programs

WeChat mini programs now support augmented reality | KrASIA

WeChat mini programs now support augmented reality

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Lao Bei

Tencent Bets on Its Revived Weishi App to Take on Toutiao's Tik Tok in Short Video Streaming

Tencent Weishi

WeChat makes 30-second Weishi video-sharing integration official | KrASIA

WeChat makes 30-second Weishi video-sharing integration official

Tencent is focused on growing ad revenue.

WeChat upgrades ad platform with expanded ad formats and analytics | KrASIA

WeChat upgrades ad platform with expanded ad formats and analytics

Keeps audiences on WeChat, and boosts Kuaishou at Douyin's expense

WeChat reenables direct video sharing from Tencent-backed Kuaishou | KrASIA

WeChat reenables direct video sharing from Tencent-backed Kuaishou

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

On-Demand Services

A novel idea in 2017, mini programs now account for the vast majority of traffic for some apps.