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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: Habitto raises Series A funding, OpenAI tender offer to boost SoftBank’s stake, Deutsche Bank backs Partior, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: Habitto raises Series A funding, OpenAI tender offer to boost SoftBank’s stake, Deutsche Bank backs Partior, and more

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

China Tech

Serta aims to solve one of the final challenges of smart living by reimagining what a bed can do.

For Serta, the new era of smart living begins with sleep | KrASIA

For Serta, the new era of smart living begins with sleep

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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Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

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Japan, Korea, and the West

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

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Artificial intelligence

To keep users engaged, AI tools may need to be as simple and intuitive as they are powerful.

What NotebookLM’s success says about the future of AI tools | KrASIA

What NotebookLM’s success says about the future of AI tools

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.

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KrASIA | Fintech Archives

Tpay Mobile was previously acquired by African investment firm Helios Investment Partner.

Dubai fintech firm Tpay Mobile acquires Turkish payments company Payguru | KrASIA

Dubai fintech firm Tpay Mobile acquires Turkish payments company Payguru

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The funding for the FX platform was led by Ant Financial backed-BAce Capital, SMDV, and Skystar Capital.

Singapore fintech firm Wallex raises Series A funding | KrASIA

Singapore fintech firm Wallex raises Series A funding

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Khamila Mulia

The funding is directed at cultivating the financial services sector in the MENASA region.

Dubai International Financial Center’s Fintech Fund invests in four startups: FlexxPay, Rise, Now Money, and Sarwa | KrASIA

Dubai International Financial Center’s Fintech Fund invests in four startups: FlexxPay, Rise, Now Money, and Sarwa

Together, they have operations in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines. After the merger, Ayannah Global looks to extend its reach to Vietnam.

Indian payments firm ECAPS and Philippines-based Ayannah merge to expand their reach | KrASIA

Indian payments firm ECAPS and Philippines-based Ayannah merge to expand their reach

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

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

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

Xiaomi

The Chinese mutual aid market is expected to reach 450 million users, or nearly 32% of the country’s population, by 2025.

Xiaomi to challenge Ant Financial with launch of new mutual aid plan | KrASIA

Xiaomi to challenge Ant Financial with launch of new mutual aid plan

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Song Jingli

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This investment will give Qudian a 28.9% stake in Secoo.

CHINA BRIEF | Consumer finance platform Qudian invests USD 100 million in luxury e-commerce firm Secoo | KrASIA

CHINA BRIEF | Consumer finance platform Qudian invests USD 100 million in luxury e-commerce firm Secoo

The OJK has vetted and licensed at least 162 fintech companies to date.

Indonesian P2P lending platform Taralite now licensed by Indonesian Financial Services Authority | KrASIA

Indonesian P2P lending platform Taralite now licensed by Indonesian Financial Services Authority

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Ursula Florene

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Khalti gains users by teaching financial skills and giving better market access.

Nepal's top mobile payment app empowers local women digitally | KrASIA

Nepal&#8217;s top mobile payment app empowers local women digitally

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Facebook, China Mobile, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, and Vodafone, announced the go-ahead to build a new subsea cable to serve Africa and the Middle East.

Uber discontinues services, a myriad of new launches in media, and some hope from VCs | The Middle East Monthly Roundup | KrASIA

Uber discontinues services, a myriad of new launches in media, and some hope from VCs | The Middle East Monthly Roundup

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