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

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

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China

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Growth for all: Agebox’s IGF‑1 sensitizer is designed for kids above clinical thresholds

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How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

Chinese companies are moving fast to claim ground in the US lawn care market, where robotic mower adoption remains low.

US lawns are the next big play for China’s robotic mower brands

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

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

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

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

With massive demand and long lead times, Xiaomi is turning up the pressure on rivals in pricing, production, and positioning.

Xiaomi’s YU7 preorder frenzy signals a new phase in China’s EV race

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

Fintech | KrASIA

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

Embedded finance: Banking enablers and banking-as-a-service. There is a wide range of banking enablers, each providing a different scope of BaaS.

Banking enablers and banking-as-a-service

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Headline Asia

Raunak Mehta is the chief commercial officer of Igloo. Photo courtesy of Igloo.

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

Southeast Asia

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

Insurance

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Raunak Mehta says education and accessibility are the keys to Igloo’s success.

Insurtech firm Igloo’s chief commercial officer on making insurance affordable through digitalization

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Sara Mandagie

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

Under presidential order, Indonesia is at war with online loan sharks. Police have carried out raids and arrested dozens of employees of unlicensed lenders.

Under presidential order, Indonesia is at war with online loan sharks

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Khamila Mulia

GoTo, formed by Gojek and Tokopedia, merges ride-hailing, logistics, and retail into a single super-app ecosystem.

GoTo

Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

Sea Group operates digital entertainment (Garena), e-commerce (Shopee), and fintech (SeaMoney) platforms across Southeast Asia.

Sea Group

Companies offering fintech services such as Grab, Sea, and GoTo are fighting against traditional banks to capture the unbanked population in Southeast Asia.

Fintechs and traditional lenders do battle across Southeast Asia

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

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India

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

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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

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

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.

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

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

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Jiaxing Li

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

Payments

Malaysia

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

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

Digital Banks

Philippines

Singapore

Vietnam

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.