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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

Li Auto develops electric vehicles that combine smart cockpit systems, advanced safety features, and long-distance battery support.

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

The latest reorg removes an intermediate product definition layer that insiders say had slowed vehicle development decisions.

Li Auto cuts out middle layer in latest R&D restructuring

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Cheng Zi is based in China, covering technology- and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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Cheng Zi

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

Deep Tech

How is power evolving? Review renewable sources, grid innovations, and efficiency measures driving cleaner, more resilient energy systems.

Energy

Hong Kong

Energy storage now generates more than 60% of Growatt’s revenue, while the US has become a key growth market.

Growatt’s energy storage shift drives third bid for Hong Kong IPO

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How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

Why do firms join forces? Investigate synergy goals, valuation methods, and negotiations driving corporate consolidation.

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What happens after acquisitions close? Examine deal structures, operational improvements, and exit strategies molding corporate outcomes.

Private Equity

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

Venture Capital

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Bringing you the latest updates on funding and investment activity across the Asia Pacific.

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Sudo Lim

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

Vietnam

Vietnam's biggest tech firms face resistance as they seek ticker codes. Tight regulations at home make it easier to seek IPOs abroad, like in New York.

Vietnam's biggest tech firms face resistance as they seek ticker codes

Vietnam&#8217;s biggest tech firms face resistance as they seek ticker codes

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Stephanie Li

Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

Didi

Didi may kick off the largest US IPO in 2021. Its shares will be sold at USD 13 to 14 apiece in the initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.

Didi sets sights for the largest US IPO in 2021

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Brady Ng

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

US exchanges, which are home to the largest technology companies in the world, can offer tech Chinese companies higher valuations.

Chinese tech IPOs in US rebound after two-month lull

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Southeast Asian startups raised a total of USD 8.2 billion in 2020, down 7% from USD 8.79 billion in 2019, with 80% of the exits being mergers or acquisitions.

SPACs will set the benchmark for investor appetite in Southeast Asia, says Golden Gate Ventures' Michael Lints

SPACs will set the benchmark for investor appetite in Southeast Asia, says Golden Gate Ventures&#8217; Michael Lints

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What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

Didi has filed for an initial public offering in New York. Itlogged a USD 1.6 billion net loss in 2020, then eked out a profitable Q1 this year.

Didi steers into New York for mega initial public offering

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

Edtech

How does learning transcend classrooms? Investigate online courses, adaptive learning tools, and global educational platforms.

Education

China's edtech is slowly deflating as regulators are becoming more assertive.

Chinese edtech firms downsize amid regulatory uncertainty

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Song Jingli

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

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

On-demand Services

Truck-hailing platform Full Truck Logistics, which is known as Manbang in China, filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, without disclosing details about the size of the offering. CNBC reported earlier this month that the startup could raise around USD 1.5 billion, citing a person with knowledge of the matter. Manbang has backing from SoftBank and Tencent.

SoftBank and Tencent-backed freight platform Manbang files for US IPO

SoftBank is a global tech investor fueling startups, telecommunications ventures, and AI-driven innovations across international markets.

SoftBank

India

A slew of IPOs may vindicate Masayoshi Son's growth-at-all-costs view.

How SoftBank taught the market to love lossmaking startups

Visual Stories

An uncertain regulatory environment in the US is prompting mature Chinese tech companies to hedge a secondary listing in Hong Kong.

A secondary IPO in Hong Kong is now the industry standard for Chinese tech giants

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IPO

Vietnam’s biggest tech firms face resistance as they seek ticker codes