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From left to right: Benjamin Droguet, founder and CEO of Sparxell, Tien Nguyen, founding partner of Earth Venture Capital, and Simon Kew, COO of Sparxell.

Angel Investing

Investment

Merger &amp; Acquisition

Private Equity

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.

Venture Capital

Europe

Singapore

Vietnam

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

Deals in brief: Earth VC backs UK-based Sparxell, Grab’s acquisition of Trans-cab falls through, five China deals, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: Earth VC backs UK-based Sparxell, Grab’s acquisition of Trans-cab falls through, five China deals, and more

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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KrASIA Writers

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

China Tech

Li Auto

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Tang Jing, manager of Li Auto’s flagship product line, asserts that the Chinese automaker stays competitive by prioritizing user value.

Is Li Auto’s commitment to maximizing user value its moat? | KrASIA

Is Li Auto’s commitment to maximizing user value its moat?

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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36Kr English

Young entrepreneurs are using arcade games to grab low-rent opportunities.

Hong Kong's rise of the claw machines reflects property fall | KrASIA

Hong Kong&#8217;s rise of the claw machines reflects property fall

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 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

KrASIA | Gaming Archives

Creative

Kingnet

After the latter went incommunicado for weeks.

Chinese gaming company Kingnet confirms its boss has been arrested for market manipulation | KrASIA

Chinese gaming company Kingnet confirms its boss has been arrested for market manipulation

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Luna Lin

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

Gojek

e-sport

Go-Jek

Go-Ventures

Mobile Premier League

Rebel Foods

Sequoia India

Times Internet

In its home market Indonesia, Go-Jek has its own e-sports ambitions.

Indian e-sports startup Mobile Premier League bags USD 35.5 million funding led by Go-Ventures | KrASIA

Indian e-sports startup Mobile Premier League bags USD 35.5 million funding led by Go-Ventures

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Khamila Mulia

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

parental controls

It's a development beyond the digital parental lock introduced last month.

Tencent pilots new anti-game addiction program that will lock out young gamers | KrASIA

Tencent pilots new anti-game addiction program that will lock out young gamers

Gaming rules

NetEase

Last December, the regulator began granting licenses again after a nine-month hiatus.

China's gaming market to get a boost as national regulator issues new rules for game approvals | KrASIA

China&#8217;s gaming market to get a boost as national regulator issues new rules for game approvals

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Lao Bei

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

Hardware

phone

Tencent is reportedly in the process of choosing a manufacturer for this phone

Tencent may launch a phone for its game lovers | KrASIA

Tencent may launch a phone for its game lovers

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Song Jingli

Huya

Tencent-backed game live streaming site Huya raises over USD 300 million to keep expanding | KrASIA

Tencent-backed game live streaming site Huya raises over USD 300 million to keep expanding

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

blockchain

female entrepreneur

HotNow

Hotoken

Nithinan Boonyawattanapisut

Thailand

woman entrepreneur

Q&amp;A

She helped shape the gaming industry as we know it today. Her new platform HotNow is discussing a collaboration with Go-Jek's offshoot in Thailand, GET.

Gaming industry pioneer Nithinan Boonyawattanapisut: Gaming and retail are already converging | KrASIA

Gaming industry pioneer Nithinan Boonyawattanapisut: Gaming and retail are already converging

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