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From left to right: Benjamin Droguet, founder and CEO of Sparxell, Tien Nguyen, founding partner of Earth Venture Capital, and Simon Kew, COO of Sparxell.

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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.

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

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Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Tang Jing, manager of Li Auto’s flagship product line, asserts that the Chinese automaker stays competitive by prioritizing user value.

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Is Li Auto’s commitment to maximizing user value its moat?

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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Young entrepreneurs are using arcade games to grab low-rent opportunities.

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Hong Kong&#8217;s rise of the claw machines reflects property fall

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Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

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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.

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

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

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.

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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India

Q&amp;A

The fund is exploring startups with deep tech capabilities in agritech, fintech, health tech, edtech, and cybersecurity.

'We are looking for deep tech companies with global market potential' | Q&A with Jatin Desai of Inflexor Ventures | KrASIA

&#8216;We are looking for deep tech companies with global market potential&#8217; | Q&#038;A with Jatin Desai of Inflexor Ventures

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Japan, Korea, and the West

The food industry is booming! Both traditional companies and startups are using technology to transform the dynamics of the food sector.

Food Tech

Eat Just received the green light from the Singapore Food Agency to sell cultured meat to the masses.

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Eat Just re-envisioning the future of plant-based chicken and eggs

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With new lightfield applications, Leia is turning science fiction into scientific fact.

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Leia brings 3D holograms to life | Inside China&#8217;s Startups

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Yaling Jiang

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

The Singapore Deep-Tech Alliance, a program powered by Xnode, A*STAR, and NHIC, is looking to develop and grow Singaporean deep tech startups.

Fostering deep tech ventures to achieve environmental sustainability | Q&A with XNode Singapore | KrASIA

Fostering deep tech ventures to achieve environmental sustainability | Q&#038;A with XNode Singapore

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Khamila Mulia

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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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

As per industry body Nasscom, which tracks tech startup ecosystem in India, there were over 2,100 deep tech startups till mid last year.

Indian deep tech startups are finally taking off | KrASIA

Indian deep tech startups are finally taking off

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Agriculture

Malaysia

Those who have dined in farm-to-table restaurants like The Farm Foodcraft in Bangsar South might have already encountered agritech in the form of hydroponics. While the dining concept is unique, there’s more to agritech than just that.

Malaysian startups provide impetus for country's agritech sector | KrASIA

Malaysian startups provide impetus for country&#8217;s agritech sector

MENA

Space industry refers to economic activities related to manufacturing components that go into Earth's orbit or beyond, delivering them to those regions, and related services. 

Space Tech

Israeli weather intelligence platform ClimaCell announced this week that it has completed a USD 77 million Series C funding round led by private equity firm Stonecourt Capital, with participation from Highline Capital.This brings the company’s total funding to over USD 185 million to date.The company also announced that they are changing the name of the their firm to Tomorrow.io.

Weather platform ClimaCell raises USD 77 million, relaunches as Tomorrow.io | KrASIA

Weather platform ClimaCell raises USD 77 million, relaunches as Tomorrow.io

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Semiconductors

US semiconductor giant Nvidia announced this week that it will set off on an expansion of its Israel operations, including the recruitment of 600 new software and hardware engineers for a variety of positions

Deep Tech

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Eat Just re-envisioning the future of plant-based chicken and eggs

Leia brings 3D holograms to life | Inside China’s Startups

Fostering deep tech ventures to achieve environmental sustainability | Q&A with XNode Singapore

Tencent Cloud opens first data center in Indonesia

Indian deep tech startups are finally taking off

Malaysian startups provide impetus for country’s agritech sector

Weather platform ClimaCell raises USD 77 million, relaunches as Tomorrow.io

Nvidia announces plans to expand in Israel, recruit 600 engineers

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