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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.

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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

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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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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

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Transportation

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another.

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Tesla

Electric vehicle

New Energy Vehicle

Tesla and Elon Musk’s oversight of China’s EV market poses significant risks.

Is Tesla’s blind spot in the Chinese market leading to its decline? | KrASIA

Is Tesla’s blind spot in the Chinese market leading to its decline?

Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics.

Xiaomi

xiaomi

Xiaomi unveils ambitious automotive plans in its Q1 2024 financial report.

Xiaomi Auto begins double-shift production in June, targets 120,000 EV deliveries | KrASIA

Xiaomi Auto begins double-shift production in June, targets 120,000 EV deliveries

Autonomous Vehicles is about self-driving. A self-driving car is also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input.

Autonomous Vehicles

Xiaomi is heavily investing in intelligent driving talent to compete with Tesla, Huawei, and Xpeng.

Xiaomi adds former TuSimple CTO to its ranks, deepens intelligent driving initiative | KrASIA

Xiaomi adds former TuSimple CTO to its ranks, deepens intelligent driving initiative

li auto

Who knew the underperformance of a single model could spark such a profound change in the automaker's strategy?

Li Auto’s latest strategic shift leaves little margin for error | KrASIA

Li Auto’s latest strategic shift leaves little margin for error

NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

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self-driving

Self-driving cars

There's no standout leader in China's autonomous driving landscape yet, but Tesla's influence has ignited Level 3 ambitions.

The current state of self-driving across China in 2024 | KrASIA

The current state of self-driving across China in 2024

Indonesia

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The automakers are planning local productions to crack a market dominated by Japanese players.

China's BYD, Neta eye growth in Indonesia with new EV investments | KrASIA

China&#8217;s BYD, Neta eye growth in Indonesia with new EV investments

The Onvo sub-brand expands Nio's electric vehicle lineup beyond its focus on premium consumers.

Nio launches the Onvo L60 SUV, throwing down gauntlet to Tesla’s Model Y | KrASIA

Nio launches the Onvo L60 SUV, throwing down gauntlet to Tesla’s Model Y

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Exeed

new energy vehicles

Chery's chairman has promised a surge of electric vehicle models over the next 20 months, hinting at an ambitious expansion.

Chery unveils the Sterra ET, highlighting bold EV ambitions | KrASIA

Chery unveils the Sterra ET, highlighting bold EV ambitions

Despite the recent success of the iCar 03, Chery still has more ground to cover if it intends to catch up with its NEV competitors.