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Japanese consumers—known for their high standards—are lining up for hours to get their hands on Vivaia’s eco-friendly shoes. Why?

The secret behind Vivaia’s success in Japan’s footwear market | KrASIA

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The secret behind Vivaia’s success in Japan’s footwear market

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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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With lithium prices dropping and competition growing, automakers are adjusting to slower growth in the electric vehicle market worldwide.

EV market faces slower growth as global competition intensifies | KrASIA

EV market faces slower growth as global competition intensifies

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

China Tech

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

Kuaishou

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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

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

Deals in brief: DCM Ventures to sell Kuaishou shares, Momos raises Series A funding, five China deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: DCM Ventures to sell Kuaishou shares, Momos raises Series A funding, five China deals, and more

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KrASIA | Electric Vehicles Archives

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

Transportation

The startup, valued at USD 400 million last year, submitted the documents to the SEC in secret, according to sources.

Exclusive | Chinese Tesla challenger Xpeng to file for US IPO seeking USD 500 million [Update] | KrASIA

Exclusive | Chinese Tesla challenger Xpeng to file for US IPO seeking USD 500 million [Update]

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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Semiconductor investment has been growing steadily in 2020 as China aims for technological self-sufficiency.

KEY STAT | BYD Semiconductor raised USD 270 million, setting stage for IPO | KrASIA

KEY STAT | BYD Semiconductor raised USD 270 million, setting stage for IPO

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Julianna Wu

Promotional image of a Nio Power station.

NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

new energy vehicles

The firm expects to break its quarterly record for vehicles delivered in the second quarter.

Chinese Tesla competitor Nio's revenues down nearly 16% in Q1, but firm predicts swift recovery | KrASIA

Chinese Tesla competitor Nio&#8217;s revenues down nearly 16% in Q1, but firm predicts swift recovery

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AJ Cortese

Ola Cabs, is an Indian origin online transportation network company developed by ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd. As of December 2018, Ola was valued at about $5.7 billion. A variety of venture capitalists including Softbank have large stakes in the company.

SoftBank Group Corp. is a holding company that engages in the management of its group companies which provides information technology and telecommunication services. It operates through the following segments: Mobile Communications, Sprint, Fixed-line Telecommunications, Internet, and Others. 

Softbank

Ola Electric competes with companies such as Bounce, Vogo, and Yulu, among others.

Ola Electric acquires Dutch startup Etergo BV in global e-bikes push | KrASIA

Ola Electric acquires Dutch startup Etergo BV in global e-bikes push

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Avanish Tiwary

China's leading e-scooter company was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic but retains a positive outlook as demand recovers.

Niu reports 34.4% decrease in revenue in Q1 as e-scooter sales plummet during COVID-19 outbreak | KrASIA

Niu reports 34.4% decrease in revenue in Q1 as e-scooter sales plummet during COVID-19 outbreak

JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

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.

Meituan

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.

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

Neolix develops autonomous transportation solutions for a variety of uses, from parcel delivery to mobile vending machines, and expects to break even in 2020.

Meet the company behind China's self-driving vending machines: Inside China's Startups | KrASIA

Meet the company behind China&#8217;s self-driving vending machines: Inside China&#8217;s Startups

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Song Jingli

US EV maker ends first quarter with surprise profit and record delivery in China.

Tesla cuts Model 3 price again to qualify for Chinese subsidies | KrASIA

Tesla cuts Model 3 price again to qualify for Chinese subsidies

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EV maker's crucial deal in Anhui follows attempts with Beijing and Shanghai.

China startup Nio gains USD 1 billion state funding to chase Tesla | KrASIA

China startup Nio gains USD 1 billion state funding to chase Tesla

The Alibaba-backed EV maker's newest P7 has more range than any other vehicle available in China.

CHINA BRIEF | Xpeng launches new P7 with 706 kilometer range, challenging Tesla's Model 3 | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Xpeng launches new P7 with 706 kilometer range, challenging Tesla&#8217;s Model 3

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