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

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How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

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Despite early traction in hardware, the startup is focused on building a full-stack robotics system that unites the “brain” and “body” of machines.

More than a hardware play: Robot Era’s founder sets the record straight on the company’s true ambitions

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

Electric Vehicles

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

Logistics

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

Challenges remain, but the NEV maker sees significant upside in expanding its commercial vehicle business beyond China.

As China’s commercial vehicle market slows, Gecko Motors shifts gears abroad for growth

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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.

Merger &amp; Acquisition

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 deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Augmentus raises Series A+ funding, Coda to acquire Recharge, Origgin Capital debuts second fund, and more

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Sudo Lim

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

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Paytm, an Indian digital payments app, enables mobile transactions, bill payments, and financial products for millions of users.

Paytm

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

Paytm, India's most valued startup at USD 16 billion, has become the latest high-profile company looking to go public.

Digital payments firm Paytm eyes a USD 3 billion IPO this year

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Moulishree Srivastava

Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

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

The Chinese fintech sector is changing, and Ant Group needs to find new ways to grow its business.

Ant Group searches for direction in a new era of Chinese fintech

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AJ Cortese

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

The company targets the enormous potential in the global cross-border payment market.

Singapore's Thunes bags USD 60 million, aims to become a global payments leader, CEO says

Singapore&#8217;s Thunes bags USD 60 million, aims to become a global payments leader, CEO says

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Stephanie Li

India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

How do policies adjust to a data-rich world? Explore usage-based coverage, automated claims, and analytics guiding risk assessment.

Insurance

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

Q&amp;A

Apis Partners invests between USD 30 million and USD 50 million in capital-efficient businesses in India, Southeast Asia, and African countries.

India’s buy now pay later' companies will move up the e-commerce value chain | Q&A with Udayan Goyal of Apis Partners

India’s buy now pay later&#8217; companies will move up the e-commerce value chain | Q&#038;A with Udayan Goyal of Apis Partners

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Avanish Tiwary

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

Consumer Economy

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

E-commerce

They are turning Singapore into their latest battleground in a pursuit for primacy in the region of Southeast Asia.

China’s tech titans wage war in Singapore in scramble for Southeast Asian markets

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Low De Wei

Amazon Pay app opened on the backdrop of Indian currency

Amazon leads e-commerce, streaming (Prime Video), and AWS cloud infrastructure, redefining retail, media, and data services.

Amazon

Amazon Pay has signed up close to five million merchants, it said last month.

Amazon injects USD 30 million into its Indian payment arm for further expansion

PhonePe, a digital wallet in India, enables UPI payments, money transfers, and merchant transactions through a user-friendly app.

PhonePe

PhonePe plans to become profitable and file for an IPO over the next few years.

How Walmart-owned PhonePe beat Google Pay and became the first app to cross 1 billion UPI transactions

BharatPe was valued at USD 900 million earlier this year when it raised USD 108 million in Series D round.

Tiger Global to mint another unicorn in India with USD 250 million lead investment in BharatPe

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

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

Blockchain

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

Digital Banks

Ant Group and MYbank will continue to support the research, development, and trials of the PBOC’s e-CNY.

Ant Group affiliate MYbank joins China's digital yuan trials

Ant Group affiliate MYbank joins China&#8217;s digital yuan trials

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