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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.

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

Deals in brief: Pi-xcels raises USD 2.7 million, Vynn Capital backs MediSun Energy, Gobi Partners teams up with Cross Capital, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: Pi-xcels raises USD 2.7 million, Vynn Capital backs MediSun Energy, Gobi Partners teams up with Cross Capital, and more

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Creative

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

Nintendo’s new Pokemon mobile game blends nostalgia with a tried-and-true format, but its long-term success is far from guaranteed.

Pokemon TCG Pocket starts strong, but can Nintendo keep the cards in play? | KrASIA

Pokemon TCG Pocket starts strong, but can Nintendo keep the cards in play?

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

China Tech

Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. is a Chinese multinational telecommunications equipment and consumer electronics manufacturer, headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The company was founded in 1987 by Ren Zhengfei, a former People's Liberation Army engineer.

Huawei

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Huawei is gearing up to launch at least ten new vehicle models next year, targeting the high-end automotive market.

Aito M8 to headline Huawei’s 2025 automotive lineup | KrASIA

Aito M8 to headline Huawei’s 2025 automotive lineup

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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Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

KrASIA | Fintech Archives

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Indonesia

Bank Syariah Indonesia is a consortium of three state-owned banks that will redefine the region's Islamic economy.

Can Indonesia's mega sharia bank empower the country's Islamic fintech ecosystem? | KrASIA

Can Indonesia&#8217;s mega sharia bank empower the country&#8217;s Islamic fintech ecosystem?

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MENA

Turning profits in BNPL relies heavily on economies of scale, but the future looks bright for companies that manage to strike the delicate balance.

The rise of buy now pay later in the Middle East: Overview and predictions | KrASIA

The rise of buy now pay later in the Middle East: Overview and predictions

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MENAbytes

Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

India Tech

Q&amp;A

Mishra is the founder and CEO of Afthonia, an incubator for fintech startups.

[Tuning In] Tanul Mishra gives her lens on the startup ecosystem in India | KrASIA

[Tuning In] Tanul Mishra gives her lens on the startup ecosystem in India

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Taro Ishida

Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics.

Xiaomi

Lending

With this round, KreditBee's parent company Finnov has cut down the shareholding of its existing Chinese backers from 40% to 10%.

Indian lending startup KreditBee bags USD 75 million from PremjiInvest, Mirae Asset Venture | KrASIA

Indian lending startup KreditBee bags USD 75 million from PremjiInvest, Mirae Asset Venture

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

BharatPe is eyeing another USD 100 million-check after March to beef up its credit offerings.

BharatPe raises USD 108 million Series D round at USD 900 million valuation | KrASIA

BharatPe raises USD 108 million Series D round at USD 900 million valuation

According to the latest data released by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the total UPI-led transactions on WhatsApp Pay in January this year fell by 31%.

WhatsApp Pay sees a dip in takers for its digital payment offering in India | KrASIA

WhatsApp Pay sees a dip in takers for its digital payment offering in India

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Avanish Tiwary

Wave Money will focus on an app started in 2018 for paying bills and making online purchases, tapping the expertise of Alipay. Photo by Yuichi Nitta for Nikkei Asian Review.

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Wave Money's monthly active users grew to over 3.9 million in December.

Wave Money posts growth in Q4, resumes operations in Myanmar | KrASIA

Wave Money posts growth in Q4, resumes operations in Myanmar

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Stephanie Li

The third trial will help establish the digital yuan's credibility ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

50,000 people in Beijing will test-run the digital yuan | KrASIA

50,000 people in Beijing will test-run the digital yuan

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Song Jingli

Online businesses including BookMyShow, MakeMyTrip, and Swiggy, among others use PayPal’s payment gateway service for faster checkout.