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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: Habitto raises Series A funding, OpenAI tender offer to boost SoftBank’s stake, Deutsche Bank backs Partior, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: Habitto raises Series A funding, OpenAI tender offer to boost SoftBank’s stake, Deutsche Bank backs Partior, and more

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

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Serta aims to solve one of the final challenges of smart living by reimagining what a bed can do.

For Serta, the new era of smart living begins with sleep | KrASIA

For Serta, the new era of smart living begins with sleep

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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Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

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Japan, Korea, and the West

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

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To keep users engaged, AI tools may need to be as simple and intuitive as they are powerful.

What NotebookLM’s success says about the future of AI tools | KrASIA

What NotebookLM’s success says about the future of AI tools

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Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

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India

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After spending more than four years at Singapore-based family office RB Investments, Harshavardhan Bothra launched his own VC fund, FounderBank Capital, in January 2020.

Some investors see startups and venture capital as a 'lottery system' | Q&A with Harsh Bothra of FounderBank Capital | KrASIA

Some investors see startups and venture capital as a &#8216;lottery system&#8217; | Q&#038;A with Harsh Bothra of FounderBank Capital

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China Venture Roundup

China Venture Roundup Volume 26 covers China’s investment activity from March 1 - 7, 2021.

The end of the VR financing lull | China Venture Roundup Volume 26 | KrASIA

The end of the VR financing lull | China Venture Roundup Volume 26

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KrASIA Venture Roundup

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

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Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

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The Internet of things (IoT) is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and other forms of hardware, these devices can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled.

A HKD 10 billion (USD 1.3 billion) share repurchase plan pushed up Xiaomi's Hong Kong-listed stock by almost 10% on Friday morning, to later close the session 4.12% higher at HKD 22.75. The smartphone vendor, together with its affiliate Shunwei Capital, also announced that both invested in the Series C round of Shanghai-based company I-Fitness, contributing more than RMB 100 million (USD 15 million).

Xiaomi invests in bodybuilding community to lift IoT products | KrASIA

Xiaomi invests in bodybuilding community to lift IoT products

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Song Jingli

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

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Beijing-based startup Julive.com, known as Juli Zhaofangwang in China, has raised RMB 400 million (USD 61.5 million) in its Series C+ round led by Tencent and Oceanpine Capital, the company announced on its official WeChat account on Thursday.

Real estate portal Julive raises USD 61.5 million from Tencent, Oceanpine | KrASIA

Real estate portal Julive raises USD 61.5 million from Tencent, Oceanpine

E-commerce is the activity of buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. 

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Nanjing-headquartered Zhongneng United, which offers rental of heavy machinery, announced on Tuesday on its website that it closed its Series C round consisting of equity and debt financing, raising a total of RMB 3 billion (USD 461 million).

Machinery rental platform Zhongneng raises USD 461 million amid infrastructure building boom | KrASIA

Machinery rental platform Zhongneng raises USD 461 million amid infrastructure building boom

Tencent's gains from investments in 2020: USD 120b

In 2020, Chinese internet titan Tencent gained some USD 120 billion through its shareholdings in companies it invested in, said a report by The Information on Tuesday. That's six times more than the firm's own expected net income for the year.

KEY STAT | Tencent makes USD 120 billion from investments in stock rally | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Tencent makes USD 120 billion from investments in stock rally

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Julianna Wu

Beijing-based question-and-answer platform Zhihu on Friday filed for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, less than two years after the company closed a USD 434 million Series F round led by Baidu and Kuaishou in August 2019. Details on the IPO have not been disclosed.

Chinese Q&A app Zhihu files for US IPO | KrASIA

Chinese Q&#038;A app Zhihu files for US IPO

This is a snippet of China Venture Roundup Volume 24, covering China’s investment activity from February 22 – 26 2021.

A Tencent-backed Canadian coffee chain? | China Venture Roundup Volume 25 | KrASIA

A Tencent-backed Canadian coffee chain? | China Venture Roundup Volume 25

Venture debt firm Trifecta Capital said Friday it has closed its second fund launched in 2019, at USD 140 million, recording a slight oversubscription from its initial target of USD 137 million. Trifecta Capital had raised USD 103 million in March last year for the Fund-II.