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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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China is a market that will not be ignored despite geopolitical frictions, an exchange official said.

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Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Hubble secures debt facility from AlteriQ Global, SoftBank invests in Perplexity AI, Etched raises funds to further develop specialized AI chip, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Hubble secures debt facility from AlteriQ Global, SoftBank invests in Perplexity AI, Etched raises funds to further develop specialized AI chip, and more

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Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

Li Auto

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

Xiaomi

Battery

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

The battery manufacturer appears to be on a similar trajectory as CATL and CALB when they first rose to prominence. Can it catch up?

Sunwoda clinches battery deals with Li Auto and Xiaomi | KrASIA

Sunwoda clinches battery deals with Li Auto and Xiaomi

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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Bessemer Venture Partners

Goldman Sachs

Helion Ventures

Jungle Ventures

Livspace

TPG Growth

Livspace is leveraging the buzz around India's booming interior design market, amidst a widening middle class.

Online home designer Livspace raises $70m Series C led by Goldman Sachs and TPG Growth | KrASIA

Online home designer Livspace raises $70m Series C led by Goldman Sachs and TPG Growth

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Elaine Huang

female VC

GGV Capital

Jenny Lee

VC series

Venture Capital in Southeast Asia

Q&amp;A

GGV Capital and its portfolio of tech giants in both the US &amp; China.

Through the lens of VC | GGV Capital's Jenny Lee on unicorn traits and more | KrASIA

Through the lens of VC | GGV Capital&#8217;s Jenny Lee on unicorn traits and more

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Robin Moh

Ola Cabs, is an Indian origin online transportation network company developed by ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd. As of December 2018, Ola was valued at about $5.7 billion. A variety of venture capitalists including Softbank have large stakes in the company.

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

Transportation

CECCF

Sailing Capital

Increasingly, more India's biggest tech firms are raising capital from Chinese investment firms.

Ola secures $50m investment from 2 Chinese investors at $4.3b valuation | KrASIA

Ola secures $50m investment from 2 Chinese investors at $4.3b valuation

Golden Gate Ventures

Jeffrey paine

Vinnie Lauria

Golden Gate Ventures' third fund sees LPs like existing backers: Hanwha, Naver, and EE Capital, as well as new ones like Taizo Son’s Mistletoe, Mitsui Fudosan, IDO Investments, CTBC Group, Korea Venture Investment Corporation (KVIC), and Ion Pacific.

Golden Gate Ventures closes $100m early-stage fund for Southeast Asia | KrASIA

Golden Gate Ventures closes $100m early-stage fund for Southeast Asia

Capital

early stage

funding

And the reason GREE Ventures and Innovation Factory launched SKALA, an accelerator programme in Indonesia.

Indonesia is suffering from early stage fatigue | KrASIA

Indonesia is suffering from early stage fatigue

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Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

She also commented on MeiTuan’s CEO Wang Xing.

Voices | China’s "Queen of VC" Xu Xin: Fixating on one thing doesn’t work in the Internet business | KrASIA

Voices | China’s &#8220;Queen of VC&#8221; Xu Xin: Fixating on one thing doesn’t work in the Internet business

I'm Jason with KrASIA [kri’eɪʃə], a newborn digital media with a dedication to help Asia uncover its innovations and to create.

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Jason Zheng

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a transportation network company based in Singapore. In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery services via mobile app. It operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. 

Grab

ride-hailing

Grab wants its current fundraising round go up to US$3 billion.

Grab likely to get an additional $1b this year says company president Ming Maa | KrASIA

Grab likely to get an additional $1b this year says company president Ming Maa

Block71 Jakarta

GREE Ventures

Salim Group

Skala

The three-month programme helps startups grow and scale, make data-driven decisions, raise money, and more.

Innovation Factory and GREE Ventures set up startup accelerator in Jakarta | KrASIA

Innovation Factory and GREE Ventures set up startup accelerator in Jakarta

Appier

Heang Chhor

Jason Edwards

OpenAgent

Peter Huynh

Qualgro

Shopback

Qualgro's second fund will focus on Series B investments in Southeast Asia and Australia.