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Deals in brief: BillEase and Prep secure funding, Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional initiate MYR 3 billion fund with two partners, Thunes to acquire Tilia, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: BillEase and Prep secure funding, Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional initiate MYR 3 billion fund with two partners, Thunes to acquire Tilia, and more

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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.

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Semiconductors

The Chinese tech company is spending billions, snapping up talent in its battle against the US crackdown.

Huawei building vast chip equipment R&D center in Shanghai | KrASIA

Huawei building vast chip equipment R&#038;D center in Shanghai

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ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

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Douyin

Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

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

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An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

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Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

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Meituan Shangou, its quick commerce business, could play a significant role in its strategy to counter competition from main rival Douyin.

With Douyin looming, Meituan shifts focus back to its core business | KrASIA

With Douyin looming, Meituan shifts focus back to its core business

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The initial rollout will cover six cities outside of Tokyo and marks Foodpanda's 12th market in Asia.

Singapore-based delivery firm Foodpanda launches in Japan | KrASIA

Singapore-based delivery firm Foodpanda launches in Japan

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Yin Lin Tan

During the pandemic, the startup has seen multi-fold growth.

Pakistani grocery delivery startup GrocerApp raises USD 1 million seed led by Dubai’s Jabbar | KrASIA

Pakistani grocery delivery startup GrocerApp raises USD 1 million seed led by Dubai’s Jabbar

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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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This round of funding comes 10 months after it raised USD 45 million last year.

Google and Lightstone lead USD 28 million round in delivery startup Dunzo | KrASIA

Google and Lightstone lead USD 28 million round in delivery startup Dunzo

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

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

The startup, which currently operates in Eastern China only, wants a slice of the USD 733 billion fresh food retail market.

Grocery retailer Bunnymaicai raises USD 10 million in Series A round | KrASIA

Grocery retailer Bunnymaicai raises USD 10 million in Series A round

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Jabbar co-founder Samih Toukan and VentureFriends co-founder Apostolos Apostolakis. Courtesy of Jabbar and VentureFriends via MENAbytes.

Instashop's sale to Delivery Hero is a historic episode in the Middle East's startup scene.

Dubai-based Jabbar and Greece’s VentureFriends win big with InstaShop’s exit | KrASIA

Dubai-based Jabbar and Greece’s VentureFriends win big with InstaShop’s exit

Amazon.com, Inc., is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Amazon is the largest e-commerce marketplace and cloud computing platform in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization. 

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Flipkart

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a transportation network company based in Singapore. In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery services via mobile app. It operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. 

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PhonePe

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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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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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) | KrASIA

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

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Avanish Tiwary and Khamila Mulia

The next phase of growth for e-commerce companies is expected to come from smaller cities.

Online retail market in India to become more than USD 100 billion industry by 2024 | KrASIA

Online retail market in India to become more than USD 100 billion industry by 2024

Reliance

Jio Platforms has raised over USD 20 billion in funding from 13 global investors in the last few months.

Reliance gears toward its second round of acquisition spree | KrASIA

Reliance gears toward its second round of acquisition spree

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

Gojek

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

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With the integration, the same Gojek app can be used in Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, and Thailand.

Gojek officially unifies brand across four markets | KrASIA

Gojek officially unifies brand across four markets

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