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Deals in brief: BillEase and Prep secure funding, Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional initiate MYR 3 billion fund with two partners, Thunes to acquire Tilia, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: BillEase and Prep secure funding, Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional initiate MYR 3 billion fund with two partners, Thunes to acquire Tilia, and more

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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.

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The Chinese tech company is spending billions, snapping up talent in its battle against the US crackdown.

Huawei building vast chip equipment R&D center in Shanghai | KrASIA

Huawei building vast chip equipment R&#038;D center in Shanghai

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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.

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Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

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Meituan Shangou, its quick commerce business, could play a significant role in its strategy to counter competition from main rival Douyin.

With Douyin looming, Meituan shifts focus back to its core business | KrASIA

With Douyin looming, Meituan shifts focus back to its core business

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Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics.

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The upcoming Xiaomi floating on HKEX could be the world’s largest IPO this year and since 2014.

China’s Xiaomi files for what could be the world’s largest IPO since 2014 | KrASIA

China’s Xiaomi files for what could be the world’s largest IPO since 2014

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Plus, Razer partners up with Telco Singtel. Big names in the auto industry mull to explore blockchain technologies. 

KrASIA Daily: Xiaomi reportedly filed for HK IPO on Wednesday, eyeing to raise $10 billion | KrASIA

KrASIA Daily: Xiaomi reportedly filed for HK IPO on Wednesday, eyeing to raise $10 billion

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Ant Financial, Didi Chuxing, Meituan-Dianping are also said to mull IPOs. 

Xiaomi reportedly to file for HK IPO next week, fetching a valuation of USD 110 billion | KrASIA

Xiaomi reportedly to file for HK IPO next week, fetching a valuation of USD 110 billion

Plus, India's Jugnoo looks to replace Uber in Singapore. Uber said it's no longer interested in Grab-style deals. 

KrASIA Daily: Xiaomi sets cap on profit margin ahead of IPO | KrASIA

KrASIA Daily: Xiaomi sets cap on profit margin ahead of IPO

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.

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Plus, Go-Jek seeks to expand into the Philippines. Bitcoin price increased as much as 4% on Friday.

KrASIA daily: Hong Kong expects Xiaomi to lead a blockbuster IPO year | KrASIA

KrASIA daily: Hong Kong expects Xiaomi to lead a blockbuster IPO year

A blockchain, originally block chain, is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data.

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Xiaomi, Baidu, and NetEase have all kicked off their respective crypto pets.

Xiaomi Just Made the Third Attempt at Blockchain | KrASIA

Xiaomi Just Made the Third Attempt at Blockchain

WeChat founder ZHANG Xiaolong once told media that WeChat mini-program is going to take over 80% of the existing market of traditional apps.

China’s Top Smartphone Vendors Forging Alliance to Contend Against WeChat Mini-programs | KrASIA

China’s Top Smartphone Vendors Forging Alliance to Contend Against WeChat Mini-programs

Xiaomi, Didi Chuxing, Ant Financial and iQiyi were widely-tipped to go public sometime somewhere this year.

KrASIA Weekly Roundup: 2018, Chinese Companies in IPO Rush | KrASIA

KrASIA Weekly Roundup: 2018, Chinese Companies in IPO Rush

Most of Xiaomi's smart devices’ revenue in 2017 was contributed by Internet-related services instead of selling hardware.