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

China

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

Mixue Bingcheng runs beverage shops, leveraging mobile ordering and social commerce to serve refreshing drinks and desserts.

Mixue Bingcheng

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

Consumer Economy

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

Retail

Closures in Indonesia and Vietnam mark growing pains, but domestic scale, coffee, and new supply hubs give the group fresh momentum.

Mixue trims abroad, doubles down at home, and brews up Lucky Cup’s rise

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36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. 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

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

Deep Tech

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

Used in everything from humanoid robots to pool cleaners, RobStride’s modules are becoming the unseen foundation of China’s embodied intelligence wave.

RobStride builds the joints that keep China’s robots moving, and a thriving industry around them

Coffee

A buyer is expected to be chosen by October.

Brewing takeover: Four firms in final race to buy Starbucks China

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

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Singapore

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Startup hub: Q&A with Joseph Khong of Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE). ACE is a trade association in Singapore that promotes entrepreneurship and catalyzes new growth opportunities.

Startup hub: Q&A with Joseph Khong of Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE)

Startup hub: Q&#038;A with Joseph Khong of Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE)

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Edmund Wee

How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

Regulators approve funding proposal, paving way for parent to resuscitate IPO plan.

Ant Group readies USD 1.5 billion capital boost for consumer lending unit

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Why 2023 could be the best—and worst—year for VCs in Asia. Venture capitalists see pickup deal activity, but expect difficulties in fundraising.

Why 2023 could be the best—and worst—year for VCs in Asia

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

Blockchain

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

What defines fully immersive realms? Uncover virtual environments, user-generated content, and monetization models shaping the metaverse.

Metaverse

How do digital assets gain value? Investigate NFT marketplaces, creator economies, and verification methods strengthening digital ownership.

NFTs

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

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

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

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Thai megabank SCBX to steer fintech holdings through crypto crisis.

Thai megabank SCBX to steer fintech holdings through crypto crisis

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FUSE Vol. 3 opens on December 14 in partnership with 36Kr Global. The third edition of the international startup conference will showcase some of the most innovative homegrown firms as well as investment opportunities in Japan.

FUSE Vol. 3 opens on December 14 in partnership with 36Kr Global

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The Uptake | Sustainable investing. The role of venture capital in ESG.

The Uptake | Sustainable investing

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The Uptake

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

Digital Banks

What happens after acquisitions close? Examine deal structures, operational improvements, and exit strategies molding corporate outcomes.

Private Equity

ESG meets fintech: Q&A with Benjamin Soh, managing director of STACS. The Singapore-headquartered startup aims to promote sustainable finance in the ESG fintech space.

ESG meets fintech: Q&A with Benjamin Soh, managing director of STACS

ESG meets fintech: Q&#038;A with Benjamin Soh, managing director of STACS

What unlocks decentralized innovation? Explore blockchain-based platforms, data ownership models, and tools shaping the next internet era.

Web3

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