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What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

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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

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The personal care brand plans to open 300 stores to build a retail network around its expanding product lineup.

Laifen turns to offline retail to anchor its next phase of growth

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

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

East Asia

Pony.ai develops self-driving technologies for cars and trucks, collaborating with automakers to bring safer, fully autonomous mobility to public roads and fleet services worldwide.

Pony.ai

How are driverless systems redefining mobility? Uncover sensor technologies, regulatory frameworks, and AI driving cars without human intervention.

Autonomous Vehicles

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

Hong Kong

Lou’s relentless pursuit of excellence has been central to Pony.ai’s resilience through years of highs and lows.

Inside Pony.ai’s staying power and the mindset of its CTO, Lou Tiancheng

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

Venture Capital

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

India

With a record number of Indian startups becoming unicorns this year and around a dozen preparing to go public, the availability of venture capital in the market has shot through the roof.

Chiratae Ventures closes its fourth fund at USD 337 million

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Hefei's investment playbook upped its GDP by 2,600% in 20 years | China Venture Roundup Volume 47

Hefei&#8217;s investment playbook upped its GDP by 2,600% in 20 years | China Venture Roundup Volume 47

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

Southeast Asia

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

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Vertex Holdings CEO Kee Lock Chua projects confident outlook for Singapore's maturing tech ecosystem. The firm is now the anchor for six funds.

Vertex Holdings CEO Kee Lock Chua projects confident outlook for Singapore's maturing tech ecosystem

Vertex Holdings CEO Kee Lock Chua projects confident outlook for Singapore&#8217;s maturing tech ecosystem

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The Middle East’s growing tech ecosystem harnesses the enterprising spirit of innovators from its diverse cultural markets.

Middle East

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

Private Equity

Kuwait’s Zain launches VC arm with investments in Swvl and Pipe. Pipe raised USD 150 million in a round earlier this year at a valuation of USD 2 billion.

Kuwait’s Zain launches VC arm with investments in Swvl and Pipe

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SoftBank zeroes in on Southeast Asia in search of next Grab and turn the next unicorn into a multi-billion dollar company.

SoftBank zeroes in on Southeast Asia in search of next Grab

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As China's EV race speeds up, can BYD's battery business catch up with CATL? This is covered in China Venture Roundup Volume 46.

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Didi, a Chinese mobility platform, connects riders to taxis, private cars, and ride-sharing options, integrating AI-driven route optimization.

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SoftBank confronts renewed China risk as Didi backfires. Beijing's crackdown on US-listed tech stocks spells trouble in vital market.

SoftBank confronts renewed China risk as Didi backfires

Indian startups raised a whopping USD 12.1 billion across 382 deals—exactly half the number of deals VCs participated in last year to invest USD 11.1 billion.

Checks get fatter for India's early-stage startups

Checks get fatter for India&#8217;s early-stage startups

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Chiratae Ventures closes its fourth fund at USD 337 million

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Vertex Holdings CEO Kee Lock Chua projects confident outlook for Singapore’s maturing tech ecosystem

Kuwait’s Zain launches VC arm with investments in Swvl and Pipe

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