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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.

China Tech

Li Auto

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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36Kr English

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

Hong Kong's rise of the claw machines reflects property fall | KrASIA

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

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Deep Tech

KrASIA | Deep Tech Archives

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

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. 

Smartphones

Including Honor, Huawei remained the biggest Chinese smartphone maker in 2020. Amid global challenges in its 5G network and smartphone businesses, Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei still managed to generate revenues of USD 136.7 billion in 2020, with a net profit hitting USD 9.9 billion, 10.9% higher year-on-year, news outlet Yicai reported, citing internal sources.

KEY STAT | Huawei earns larger net profit in 2020 despite global headwinds | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Huawei earns larger net profit in 2020 despite global headwinds

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Julianna Wu

SMIC

TSMC

Operational continuity is not significantly adversely affected by the US restrictions, the company says.

Chinese chipmaker SMIC posts revenue growth, but stock plunges | KrASIA

Chinese chipmaker SMIC posts revenue growth, but stock plunges

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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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

Health Tech

Guangzhou-based Vision Medicals focuses on gene technology innovation and infection precision medicine.

Tencent leads USD 31 million Series C round into gene technology firm Vision Medicals | KrASIA

Tencent leads USD 31 million Series C round into gene technology firm Vision Medicals

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Song Jingli

Clubhouse exclusive voice only social app

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The PaaS company has been waiting in the wings and is poised to take center stage. Agora's story is much bigger than Clubhouse, with its tech-savviness pre-dating the COVID-19 era. The company has been biding its time since its founding in 2013 by Zhao Bin, JoYY Inc.'s ex-CTO and a founding engineer of Cisco Webex.

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Behind Clubhouse, Agora is playing in the big leagues

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Lin Lingyi

Semiconductors

US chipmaker leapfrogs rivals to 176-layer 3D-flash memory milestone. US chipmaker Micron Technology has put Asia at the center of its strategy for the NAND flash memory market, leveraging Singapore's generous government support as it looks to catch up with deep-pocketed rivals.

Micron taps Singapore as launch pad for NAND offensive | KrASIA

Micron taps Singapore as launch pad for NAND offensive

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Singapore-based healthtech firm Bot MD announced it has closed a USD 5 million Series A round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures, a VC firm with a focus on early-stage startups in Southeast Asia. Existing and new investors include SeaX Ventures, tech executives investment network XA Network, the Singapore government-owned SGInnovate, Biosensors International Group founder Yoh-Chie Lu, and Zilog founder Steve Blank. %

Healthcare startup Bot MD raises USD 5 million in funding round led by Monk's Hill Ventures | KrASIA

Healthcare startup Bot MD raises USD 5 million in funding round led by Monk&#8217;s Hill Ventures

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Tech in Asia

Drones

Q&amp;A

Malaysia-based Aerodyne is the world's second-largest drone company, with presence in over 35 countries.

'Urban air mobility will become commonplace in 2030': Q&A with Aerodyne Group CEO | KrASIA

&#8216;Urban air mobility will become commonplace in 2030&#8217;: Q&#038;A with Aerodyne Group CEO

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Khamila Mulia

SenseTime's latest valuation: USD 12 billion

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.

The firm is eying a dual listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

KEY STAT | Computer vision unicorn SenseTime closes pre-IPO round | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Computer vision unicorn SenseTime closes pre-IPO round

Baidu

Autonomous Vehicles is about self-driving. A self-driving car is also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input.

Autonomous Vehicles

Shares have more than doubled in the past 6 months.

Deep Tech

KEY STAT | Huawei earns larger net profit in 2020 despite global headwinds

Chinese chipmaker SMIC posts revenue growth, but stock plunges

Tencent leads USD 31 million Series C round into gene technology firm Vision Medicals

Behind Clubhouse, Agora is playing in the big leagues

Micron taps Singapore as launch pad for NAND offensive

Healthcare startup Bot MD raises USD 5 million in funding round led by Monk’s Hill Ventures

‘Urban air mobility will become commonplace in 2030’: Q&A with Aerodyne Group CEO

KEY STAT | Computer vision unicorn SenseTime closes pre-IPO round

Baidu to split shares ahead of rumored Hong Kong listing

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