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

China

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

East Asia

Luckin Coffee provides app-based ordering, convenient pickup, and a broad beverage menu, reshaping China’s coffee consumption patterns.

Luckin Coffee

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

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

Retail

Coffee

Five years after a financial scandal, China’s leading coffee chain is testing its footing in Starbucks’ home market.

Luckin Coffee tests the waters in the US with two New York stores

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36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

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

Deep Tech

Bonjour is building an agentic platform that turns tasks into instant transactions—fulfilled by humans today, and AI tomorrow.

Inside Bonjour, a Chinese startup creating the “Upwork of the agent era”

AI Now! is a global AI community of Chinese developers, professionals, and founders.

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AI Now!

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

Biotechnology

Studies are underway to validate the product’s benefits in children who miss elite growth marks but fall outside clinical deficiency.

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

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

Fintech | KrASIA

Gobi Partners invests in early-stage startups across Asia, supporting founders in e-commerce, media, and SaaS industries.

Gobi Partners

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

Southeast Asia

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

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Winners will receive up to USD 2.5 million in funding and a chance to attend an entrepreneurship program by Alibaba Business School.

Gobi Partners announces 8 finalists of SuperSeed II competition

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Yin Lin Tan

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

On-demand Services

Shakeup in crowded industry expected as COVID pushes cashless demand.

China's Ant eyes Southeast Asia e-payment dominance with IPO

China&#8217;s Ant eyes Southeast Asia e-payment dominance with IPO

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

The 22 affected employees represent 11% of GoBear’s total workforce.

Singaporean fintech firm GoBear lays off staff due to COVID-19 crisis

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Khamila Mulia

The news came shortly after NextPay Holdings announced plans to raise around USD 60 to 100 million in the first quarter next year and go public in 2022. 

Vietnam’s NextPay invests USD 475,000 in local customer service app CNV Loyalty

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Stephanie Li

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

E-commerce

What drives digital education adoption? Analyze e-learning apps, AI-driven assessments, and tools enhancing student engagement.

Edtech

The UAE-based online-grocery delivery platform InstaShop has been acquired for USD 360 million by Delivery Hero.

Focus on deals | The Middle East Weekly Roundup

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Qadisha Group

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

Pandemic drives digital pay in US and China as analog banking slows to a crawl.

Fintech companies outrun big banks in profit and valuation

Amazon leads e-commerce, streaming (Prime Video), and AWS cloud infrastructure, redefining retail, media, and data services.

Amazon

Bukalapak, an Indonesian marketplace, empowers small merchants and connects consumers with diverse products online.

Bukalapak

Flipkart, a prominent Indian e-commerce marketplace, hosts electronics, fashion, and home goods with fast shipping and easy returns.

Flipkart

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

Grab

PhonePe, a digital wallet in India, enables UPI payments, money transfers, and merchant transactions through a user-friendly app.

PhonePe

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

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

Lending

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

Payments

Small neighborhood stores are integral part of the economy of both developing nations, and tech firms are stepping in to provide additional services.

The race to digitize neighborhood stores in India and Indonesia (Part 1 of 2)

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Avanish Tiwary and Khamila Mulia

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

Tokopedia

How are digital assets protected? Analyze threat detection, encryption standards, and cybersecurity solutions safeguarding data.

Cybersecurity

Dhanapala, Tokopedia's standalone P2P lending app, was released with little acknowledgment from its parent company.

Tokopedia rolls out fintech lending service amid data breach investigation

Safepay's founders. Courtesy of Safepay via MENAbytes.

Y Combinator accelerates early-stage startups, mentoring founders and providing seed funding for transformative tech ideas.

Y Combinator

The company has plans to become the Stripe of Pakistan.

Pakistani fintech firm Safepay receives Y Combinator’s backing

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