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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

Metaverse

KrASIA | Metaverse Archives

Creative

Content

Creator Economy

Web3

The strong turnout signifies the appeal of the metaverse for both brands and individuals.

Exploring the Potential of the Metaverse: Highlights from The Sandbox's Lion City Partner Day | KrASIA

Exploring the Potential of the Metaverse: Highlights from The Sandbox&#8217;s Lion City Partner Day

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Gideon Ng

Read the stories about Augmented reality (AR), Virtual reality (VR) and Mixed Reality (MR), know about the trendings and the future of VR/AR/MR industry. 

AR/VR

An extended reality enabled by technology can enhance retail, entertainment, education, and healthcare sectors but several hurdles have to be overcome first.

AR, VR, and MR – Creating and Immersing Ourselves in New Worlds | KrASIA

AR, VR, and MR – Creating and Immersing Ourselves in New Worlds

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Deloitte Southeast Asia Innovation Team

Japan

VR travel's future remains unclear as pandemic movement restrictions ease.

Osaka cafe blends real-world and virtual tourism for a hybrid experience | KrASIA

Osaka cafe blends real-world and virtual tourism for a hybrid experience

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

The summit, held for the first time after an extended lockdown, saw the launch of Metaverse-in-a-Box and a few other exciting announcements for the Web3 community.

Latest developments unveiled at the Tencent Cloud Web3 Build Day | KrASIA

Latest developments unveiled at the Tencent Cloud Web3 Build Day

The inaugural event will cover development trends in Web3 games, social networking, and blockchain.

Register now for the Tencent Cloud Web3 Build Day | KrASIA

Register now for the Tencent Cloud Web3 Build Day

Blockchain

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.

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.

Fintech

Q&amp;A

Into the metaverse: Q&A with Alan Kueh, co-founder of Memotics. The Web3 platform has built a metaverse that aims to engage its users with memories and emotions.

Into the metaverse: Q&A with Alan Kueh, co-founder of Memotics | KrASIA

Into the metaverse: Q&#038;A with Alan Kueh, co-founder of Memotics

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Edmund Wee

Co-founder says up to USD 2 billion vehicle focuses on mid- to late-stage startups.

Blockchain group Animoca to form metaverse fund | KrASIA

Blockchain group Animoca to form metaverse fund

Cryptocurrencies

Deep Tech

Digital Banks

Lending

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.

Payments

Security

OCBC: Building a future-proof bank. The Singaporean bank is leveraging Web3 technologies such as blockchain to drive future growth.

OCBC: Building a future-proof bank | KrASIA

OCBC: Building a future-proof bank

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The Uptake | The crypto wild west.. Regulation is coming.

The Uptake | The crypto wild west | KrASIA

The Uptake | The crypto wild west

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