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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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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

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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

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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

China's new digital yuan trial to distribute at least USD 14 million

JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

Multiple cities have already conducted or are on the way to test digital yuan locally.

KEY STAT | China accelerates digital currency trials before national holiday | KrASIA

KEY STAT | China accelerates digital currency trials before national holiday

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Julianna Wu

The firm has now secured a total of USD 36.6 million, including the USD 16 million Series C funding in July last year.

Wealth management platform StashAway eyes regional expansion after reaching USD 1 billion in assets under management | KrASIA

Wealth management platform StashAway eyes regional expansion after reaching USD 1 billion in assets under management

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Stephanie Li

A blockchain, originally block chain, is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data.

Blockchain

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.

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Thailand

Token sales are set to begin later this year.

Thailand’s main digital asset exchange will go without cryptocurrency | KrASIA

Thailand’s main digital asset exchange will go without cryptocurrency

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Data from Indonesia’s financial services authority (OJK) states that the number of retail investors has grown 56% year-on-year in 2020.

Indonesia's millennial investors drive interest for new investment apps | KrASIA

Indonesia&#8217;s millennial investors drive interest for new investment apps

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Ursula Florene

Gojek is a transportation network company and logistics startup company based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Gojek

Sea Group

Digital Banks

A growing presence of digital banks in Indonesia will encourage innovation and digitalization of financial services, expert say.

Digital banking to gain a foothold in Indonesia in 2021 | KrASIA

Digital banking to gain a foothold in Indonesia in 2021

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Khamila Mulia

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

Major platforms, such as Alipay and JD Finance, removed deposit products last month.

China prohibits proxy sale of bank deposit products | KrASIA

China prohibits proxy sale of bank deposit products

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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Pinduoduo is an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals. It was founded by Colin Huang as Shanghai Dream Information Technology Co., Ltd. in September 2015.

Pinduoduo

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

E-Commerce

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

Pinduoduo planned to promote its new service Duoduo Pay and grocery group-buying platform Duoduo Maicai.

ByteDance's Douyin to replace Pinduoduo as red packet sponsor of CCTV gala | KrASIA

ByteDance&#8217;s Douyin to replace Pinduoduo as red packet sponsor of CCTV gala

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Aoikumo will soon be launching a dental and periodontal charting module.

A Malaysian startup is creating POS systems for the medical sector | KrASIA

A Malaysian startup is creating POS systems for the medical sector

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Chinese-owned B2C digital brokerage Webull's proactive government relations, combined with a low-key marketing strategy, has allowed the company to gain traction in the US.

The bull chasing the bandit: Webull takes on Robinhood | KrASIA

The bull chasing the bandit: Webull takes on Robinhood

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