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

Deep Tech

What powers digital devices? Delve into chip design, manufacturing bottlenecks, and semiconductor breakthroughs fueling global electronics.

Semiconductors

Beijing is fostering pilot production lines at research centers and boosting the nation's R&D spending.

China's state-backed labs provide a lifeline for US-blacklisted chip suppliers | KrASIA

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China&#8217;s state-backed labs provide a lifeline for US-blacklisted chip suppliers

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

KrASIA

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Nikkei Asia

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Services

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

With luxury beauty sales slowing, L’Oréal is doubling down on affordability to stay competitive.

L'Oreal refocuses on the mass market as China's beauty trends shift | KrASIA

L&#8217;Oreal refocuses on the mass market as China&#8217;s beauty trends shift

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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36Kr English

How do trustless ledgers transform industries? Investigate decentralized databases, smart contracts, and infrastructure powering secure transactions.

Blockchain

Where do digital assets find value? Consider market volatility, decentralized exchanges, and blockchain protocols shaping crypto economies.

Cryptocurrencies

What happens when banking goes virtual? Study no-branch platforms, biometric authentication, and seamless financial services.

Digital Banks

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

Fintech

Singapore

Digital asset players and private banks are racing to capitalize on growing interest in the sector.

Rich Asians fuel Singapore crypto craze on Trump, bitcoin hype | KrASIA

Rich Asians fuel Singapore crypto craze on Trump, bitcoin hype

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

On-demand Services

On-demand Services | KrASIA Archives

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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.

Syfe gives everyone access to the financial management used by ultra-high-net-worth individuals. Its seven investment products cover a wide range.

Syfe gives everyone access to financial management used by ultra-high-net-worth individuals | KrASIA

Syfe gives everyone access to financial management used by ultra-high-net-worth individuals

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Stephanie Li

Gojek, an Indonesian superapp, covers on-demand rides, food delivery, and financial services, enriching daily urban life.

Gojek

Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

Sea Group operates digital entertainment (Garena), e-commerce (Shopee), and fintech (SeaMoney) platforms across Southeast Asia.

Sea Group

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

Vietnam

Vietnam faces delivery rider shortage during deadly fourth wave. Riders take risks to deliver essential items and face fines set by the state.

Vietnam faces delivery rider shortage during deadly fourth wave | KrASIA

Vietnam faces delivery rider shortage during deadly fourth wave

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

Southeast Asia mints six unicorns in two months. Singapore-based crypto finance startup Matrixport is the region's newest billion-dollar company.

Southeast Asia mints six unicorns in two months | KrASIA

Southeast Asia mints six unicorns in two months

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Khamila Mulia

Q&amp;A

Jeffrey Liu shares lessons learned from selling his first startup to a competitor and then building a new business.

Back to the grind: Starting up after selling GuavaPass | KrASIA

Back to the grind: Starting up after selling GuavaPass

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Annabelle Lim

Grab's Q1 revenue hits USD 507 million to mark all-time high. Grab's SPAC merger with Altimeter Growth Corp is on track to take place by the end of 2021.

Grab's Q1 revenue hits USD 507 million, marking all-time high | KrASIA

Grab&#8217;s Q1 revenue hits USD 507 million, marking all-time high

The Middle East’s growing tech ecosystem harnesses the enterprising spirit of innovators from its diverse cultural markets.

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

Mobility

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

Ride-hailing

Ride-sharing startup Swvl is going public via SPAC at a valuation of USD 1.5 billion. The Cairo-born startup has raised over USD 100 million to date.

Ride-sharing startup Swvl is going public via SPAC at a valuation of USD 1.5 billion | KrASIA

Ride-sharing startup Swvl is going public via SPAC at a valuation of USD 1.5 billion

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MENAbytes

GoodsMart raises USD 3.6 million to grow contactless grocery delivery platform. Users can order groceries, medicines, and other products.

GoodsMart raises USD 3.6 million to grow contactless grocery delivery platform | KrASIA

GoodsMart raises USD 3.6 million to grow contactless grocery delivery platform

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

Logistics

Ea shares why he ‘disrupted’ himself to start a new company after growing up in his family’s haulage business.

Alvin Ea, CEO of container haulage platform Haulio, on the challenges for a second-generation founder in a traditional industry | KrASIA

Alvin Ea, CEO of container haulage platform Haulio, on the challenges for a second-generation founder in a traditional industry

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Ele.me, a Chinese online food delivery platform, partners with local restaurants to provide fast, convenient dining options to urban consumers.

Ele.me

Meituan, China’s all-in-one local services platform, covers food delivery, travel bookings, and lifestyle deals, simplifying daily consumer choices.

The Chinese government issues new policy to protect food delivery workers. Firms like Meituan and Ele.me must pay their food delivery workers higher wages.

Chinese government issues new policy to protect food delivery workers | KrASIA

Chinese government issues new policy to protect food delivery workers

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