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What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Services

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

As shopper bases mature and grow savvier, platforms focus on retaining super users through premium membership perks.

In China’s e-commerce battle, memberships are the new loyalty currency | KrASIA

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Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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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Saudi Arabia

KEZAD is opening doors for Chinese businesses as Gulf nations push for economic diversification.

Why are Chinese companies flocking to the Middle East (again)? | KrASIA

Why are Chinese companies flocking to the Middle East (again)?

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

Once a trailblazer, Roidmi’s closure underscores how a single misstep can unravel an early advantage in a fiercely competitive industry.

Roidmi bows out: Xiaomi-backed brand succumbs to market pressures | KrASIA

Roidmi bows out: Xiaomi-backed brand succumbs to market pressures

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

Deep Tech | KrASIA Archives

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

Singapore

Based on estimations by the Singaporean government, 60,000 more workers will be needed in the IT and communications sector in the next three years.

As Southeast Asia faces a talent crunch, has poaching become inevitable? | KrASIA

As Southeast Asia faces a talent crunch, has poaching become inevitable?

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Shannen Tan

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

India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

How do virtual worlds expand reality? Discover AR/VR tools, content creation, and platforms layering digital information onto everyday life.

Augmented and Virtual Reality

What shapes modern healthcare and agriculture? Examine biotech startups, gene editing, and drug discovery unlocking biological potential.

Biotechnology

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

Enterprise Services

Q&amp;A

The Japanese fund is an LP in Blume Ventures, through which it invests in idea-stage deep tech startups.

Indian deep tech companies blend qualities from Silicon Valley and Israel | Q&A with Kiran Mysore of UTEC | KrASIA

Indian deep tech companies blend qualities from Silicon Valley and Israel | Q&#038;A with Kiran Mysore of UTEC

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Avanish Tiwary

Austrianova uses proprietary technology to encapsulate cells and bacteria for use in the medical space.

Singapore biotech firm secures USD 100 million via share subscription facility deal | KrASIA

Singapore biotech firm secures USD 100 million via share subscription facility deal

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Tech in Asia

Top-tier AI chip companies are sought after, while mediocre startups will find difficulty in financing

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

What powers digital devices? Delve into chip design, manufacturing bottlenecks, and semiconductor breakthroughs fueling global electronics.

Semiconductors

The institute aims to achieve breakthroughs in technologies that enable China to be self-reliant in microchips.

Tsinghua University sets up semiconductor school to bolster China's self-sufficiency | KrASIA

Tsinghua University sets up semiconductor school to bolster China&#8217;s self-sufficiency

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Song Jingli

How is healthcare going digital? Investigate telemedicine, wearable sensors, and data-driven platforms improving patient experiences.

Health Tech

Indonesia

Halodoc has been at the forefront of Indonesia's battle against COVID-19, forming part of the government-led taskforce.

Indonesian health tech startup Halodoc nets USD 80 million from Astra, Temasek | KrASIA

Indonesian health tech startup Halodoc nets USD 80 million from Astra, Temasek

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Ursula Florene

The Middle East’s growing tech ecosystem harnesses the enterprising spirit of innovators from its diverse cultural markets.

What revolutionizes mealtimes? Investigate alternative proteins, supply chain tracking, and delivery services fueling the future of food.

Food Tech

Many companies around the world have tackled the cultured meat market, but the field of cultured milk is a less developed industry.

Israeli firm BioMilk is the first cultured milk firm to go public | KrASIA

Israeli firm BioMilk is the first cultured milk firm to go public

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NoCamels

How do connected devices shape daily life? Examine IoT sensors, data platforms, and security protocols integrating smart tech into homes and cities.

Internet of Things

What medical tools shape care delivery? Assess medical devices, diagnostics, and digital services refining patient treatment.

Medtech

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

The US market serves as both the backbone and the driving force behind global technological advancements.

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

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

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

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Vulcan Post

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

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

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

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Deep Tech

As Southeast Asia faces a talent crunch, has poaching become inevitable?

Indian deep tech companies blend qualities from Silicon Valley and Israel | Q&A with Kiran Mysore of UTEC

Singapore biotech firm secures USD 100 million via share subscription facility deal

Tsinghua University sets up semiconductor school to bolster China’s self-sufficiency

Indonesian health tech startup Halodoc nets USD 80 million from Astra, Temasek

Israeli firm BioMilk is the first cultured milk firm to go public

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

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

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

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