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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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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

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

Regulators are making changes to Indonesia's finance systems to keep up with the times.

In a fast-changing financial landscape, Indonesia ponders creation of a digital rupiah | KrASIA

In a fast-changing financial landscape, Indonesia ponders creation of a digital rupiah

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Khamila Mulia

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

Several trial runs for the e-CNY have taken place over the past few months, each providing data about how consumers use the world’s first digital currency.

China runs USD 6 million e-currency experiment in Beijing | KrASIA

China runs USD 6 million e-currency experiment in Beijing

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Brady Ng

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

Digital Banks

Line Bank is entering Indonesia to offer digital banking services. Line Bank by Hana Bank is built upon a 2018 acquisition—a 20% stake in Bank KEB Hana Indonesia that was acquired by Line subsidiary Line Financial Asia.

Line is next in line for digital banking in Indonesia | KrASIA

Line is next in line for digital banking in Indonesia

Paytm, an Indian digital payments app, enables mobile transactions, bill payments, and financial products for millions of users.

Paytm

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

Payments

Paytm, India's most valued startup at USD 16 billion, has become the latest high-profile company looking to go public.

Digital payments firm Paytm eyes a USD 3 billion IPO this year | KrASIA

Digital payments firm Paytm eyes a USD 3 billion IPO this year

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Pintu founder Jeth Soetoyo previously launched the stablecoin Rupiah Token.

Indonesian crypto exchange Pintu bags funding from Pantera Capital and Coinbase | KrASIA

Indonesian crypto exchange Pintu bags funding from Pantera Capital and Coinbase

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Daily Social

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

Insurance

How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

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

Lending

Fintech startup Finology won the Seedstars World Competition, earning USD 500,000 in funding.

Malaysian startup wins Seedstars World Competition, a first for the country | KrASIA

Malaysian startup wins Seedstars World Competition, a first for the country

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Vulcan Post

Tiger Brokers and Futu are battling for Gen Z traders in Singapore amid intensifying interest in investments.

Chinese brokerage apps ride on Singapore’s retail trading frenzy | KrASIA

Chinese brokerage apps ride on Singapore’s retail trading frenzy

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Stephanie Li

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

Indus OS claims to have over 400,000 local apps, catering to 100 million users in 23 regional languages.

PhonePe to acquire Samsung-backed Indus OS to power its super app dream, report says | KrASIA

PhonePe to acquire Samsung-backed Indus OS to power its super app dream, report says

Gojek, an Indonesian superapp, covers on-demand rides, food delivery, and financial services, enriching daily urban life.

Gojek

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

Tokopedia

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

E-commerce

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

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

On-demand Services

What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

A ticker code for GoTo would be a score for IDX.