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When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

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Smaller companies could turn to local listings, lifting the region's performance.

Southeast Asia's IPOs poised for rebound in 2025, but clouds loom | KrASIA

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Southeast Asia&#8217;s IPOs poised for rebound in 2025, but clouds loom

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

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As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Nikkei Asia

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

As cold weather continues to reveal performance gaps in electric vehicles, are automakers finding effective solutions?

Winter woes: Why EVs face their toughest test in the cold | KrASIA

Winter woes: Why EVs face their toughest test in the cold

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

Biotechnology

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

Deep Tech

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

Health Tech

New treatments like dotinurad provide safer, more effective solutions for millions battling gout and hyperuricemia.

The decade-long wait ends: A breakthrough in gout treatment | KrASIA

The decade-long wait ends: A breakthrough in gout treatment

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

Fintech

Fintech | KrASIA Archives

Only 10% of the country's middle-income families invest in the markets, speaking to a huge gap to be tapped for India's stock trading apps.

India’s stock trading apps bloom amidst unprecedented IPO scene | KrASIA

India’s stock trading apps bloom amidst unprecedented IPO scene

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Rama Chandran

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

Indian fintech startups raised a whopping USD 4.6 billion in funding across 160 deals between January and August 2021.

SME-focused neobank Open raises USD 100 million round led by Temasek | KrASIA

SME-focused neobank Open raises USD 100 million round led by Temasek

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

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

Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

Didi

Meituan, China’s all-in-one local services platform, covers food delivery, travel bookings, and lifestyle deals, simplifying daily consumer choices.

Meituan

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

Tencent

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

Xiaomi

How do policies adjust to a data-rich world? Explore usage-based coverage, automated claims, and analytics guiding risk assessment.

Insurance

Didi halts mutual aid service as China tightens fintech regulations. Major mutual aid platforms have been suspended as regulators rein in tech firms.

Didi suspends mutual aid service as China tightens fintech regulations | KrASIA

Didi suspends mutual aid service as China tightens fintech regulations

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Jiaxing Li

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

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Curlec stabilizes recurring revenues for Malaysian businesses in the subscription economy. Curlec was one of ten finalists of the Alibaba x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator Malaysia Demo Day

Curlec stabilizes recurring revenues for Malaysian businesses in the subscription economy | KrASIA

Curlec stabilizes recurring revenues for Malaysian businesses in the subscription economy

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Khamila Mulia

What happens when banking goes virtual? Study no-branch platforms, biometric authentication, and seamless financial services.

Digital Banks

4 key stats from Finder's report on digital banking adoption. Indonesia currently has the highest adoption in Southeast Asia, but Vietnam will lead in 2026.

4 key stats from Finder's report on digital banking adoption | KrASIA

4 key stats from Finder&#8217;s report on digital banking adoption

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

How do trustless ledgers transform industries? Investigate decentralized databases, smart contracts, and infrastructure powering secure transactions.

Blockchain

Where do digital assets find value? Consider market volatility, decentralized exchanges, and blockchain protocols shaping crypto economies.

Cryptocurrencies

Dubai-based crypto exchange BitOasis raises USD 30 million Series B. BitOasis is the Middle East and North Africa's first homegrown crypto exchange.

Dubai-based crypto exchange BitOasis raises USD 30 million Series B | KrASIA

Dubai-based crypto exchange BitOasis raises USD 30 million Series B

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MENAbytes

Crypto exchange Huobi's COO Jiawei Zhu stepped down in April, five months after reported arrest. It has blocked new account registrations in mainland China.

Crypto exchange Huobi's COO Jiawei Zhu stepped down in April, five months after reported arrest | KrASIA

Crypto exchange Huobi&#8217;s COO Jiawei Zhu stepped down in April, five months after reported arrest

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Stephanie Li

Q&amp;A

4 thoughts on APAC’s digital currencies from Ripple VP James Wallis. Bbanks representing 20% of the global population are likely to issue CBDCs soon.

4 thoughts on APAC’s digital currencies from Ripple VP James Wallis | KrASIA

4 thoughts on APAC’s digital currencies from Ripple VP James Wallis

The startup plans to go public on the Indonesian Stock Exchange in two to three years.

Fintech

India’s stock trading apps bloom amidst unprecedented IPO scene

SME-focused neobank Open raises USD 100 million round led by Temasek

Didi suspends mutual aid service as China tightens fintech regulations

Curlec stabilizes recurring revenues for Malaysian businesses in the subscription economy

4 key stats from Finder’s report on digital banking adoption

Dubai-based crypto exchange BitOasis raises USD 30 million Series B

Crypto exchange Huobi’s COO Jiawei Zhu stepped down in April, five months after reported arrest

4 thoughts on APAC’s digital currencies from Ripple VP James Wallis

Binance-backed Tokocrypto wants to grow beyond a cryptocurrency exchange for Indonesian investors

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