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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.

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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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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

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

An intro to fintech enablers: How every company can offer fintech. Fintech making the conventional financial institutions and finance sector defunct.

An intro to fintech enablers: How every company can offer fintech | KrASIA

An intro to fintech enablers: How every company can offer fintech

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Headline Asia

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

Grab

Ovo, an Indonesian e-wallet, enables digital payments, money transfers, and loyalty rewards for everyday transactions.

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

Grab will own 90% of Ovo after acquiring stakes from Tokopedia and Lippo Group, report says. Ovo was seen as the most complex part in the GoTo merger.

Grab will own 90% of Ovo after acquiring stakes from Tokopedia and Lippo Group, report says | KrASIA

Grab will own 90% of Ovo after acquiring stakes from Tokopedia and Lippo Group, report says

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Khamila Mulia

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

Cryptocurrencies

Singapore kicks off new crypto era by granting licenses to DBSV and Independent Reserve.

Singapore kicks off new crypto era by granting licenses to DBSV and Independent Reserve | KrASIA

Singapore kicks off new crypto era by granting licenses to DBSV and Independent Reserve

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Stephanie Li

FinTech Connect Asia will take place from October 5 to 7 in Singapore. FinTech Connect Asia is the region’s ultimate fintech and payments summit.

FinTech Connect Asia will take place October 5–7 in Singapore | KrASIA

FinTech Connect Asia will take place October 5–7 in Singapore

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KrASIA Writers

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

GoTo

Tokopedia, an Indonesian online marketplace, empowers entrepreneurs, brands, and SMEs to reach digital-savvy consumers.

Tokopedia

Traveloka, a Southeast Asian travel platform, helps users book flights, hotels, and local experiences seamlessly.

Traveloka

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

E-commerce

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

Lending

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

Retail

Kredivo, Akulaku, Home Credit, Traveloka PayLater, and Shopee PayLater are the main providers of "buy now, pay later" offerings in Indonesia.

'Buy now, pay later' is taking off in Indonesia, but risks are high | KrASIA

&#8216;Buy now, pay later&#8217; is taking off in Indonesia, but risks are high

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

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

Blockchain

Singapore gains in China's strictest crypto ban. Regulators have outlawed all crypto transactions and services in China, prompting shifts.

Singapore gains from China's strictest crypto ban | KrASIA

Singapore gains from China&#8217;s strictest crypto ban

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Jiaxing Li

Monsinee Nakapanant, Co-President of Ascend Money

Ascend Money becomes Thailand’s first fintech unicorn. In 2020, the fintech firm logged USD 14 billion payment volume.

Ascend Money becomes Thailand’s first fintech unicorn | KrASIA

Ascend Money becomes Thailand’s first fintech unicorn

Airwallex raises USD 200 million, taking valuation to USD 4 billion. The startup’s revenue surged 150% in the first half of 2021.

Airwallex raises USD 200 million, taking valuation to USD 4 billion | KrASIA

Airwallex raises USD 200 million, taking valuation to USD 4 billion

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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

Ant Group

Ant Group’s Huabei consumer lending business shares credit records with China’s central bank. Huabei is utilized by 190 million people.

Ant Group’s Huabei consumer lending business shares credit records with China’s central bank | KrASIA

Ant Group’s Huabei consumer lending business shares credit records with China’s central bank

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