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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 ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

Entertainment

China

Bird Buddy and Birdfy are defining a new product category where bird feeders do more than just feed.

As smart feeders reshape birdwatching, can early leaders keep their perch?

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

Blockchain

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

Cryptocurrencies

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

Tokenization promises broader financial access, but without clear standards, it risks delivering abstraction over inclusion.

Tokenized assets are quietly reshaping market access, but structure will determine impact

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Alec Goh

BYD, a Chinese EV maker, produces electric cars, buses, and batteries, accelerating adoption of sustainable transportation worldwide.

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

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric 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

India

The EV maker led 2024 sales but its pricing and lack of local manufacturing raise concerns.

BYD sets India sales record on back of dealership expansion

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Nikkei Asia

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

Venture Capital

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Picture: From left, Eriko Suzuki, Kathy Matsui, Miwa Seki, and Yumiko Murakami will lead the new fund. Photo by Kenjiro Suzuki, Nikkei staff writer.

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

Investment

Former Goldman Japan vice chair aims to promote diversity from startup stage. Kathy Matsui, an early Japanese proponent of empowering women in the workplace, has established a USD 150 million venture capital fund focusing on environmental, social, and governance investing.

'Womenomics' advocate Kathy Matsui debuts venture capital fund

&#8216;Womenomics&#8217; advocate Kathy Matsui debuts venture capital fund

China Venture Roundup

KrASIA rounds up what you need to know about the local venture scene every Thursday morning at 8:00 a.m. (GMT +8), covering major investment stories, MNC partnerships, noteworthy startups, industries with the most investments for the week, and more. This week's news highlight: A secondary IPO in Hong Kong is now the industry standard for Chinese tech giants.

Secondary listings in Hong Kong a safe harbor for Chinese tech companies | China Venture Roundup Volume 37

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When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

Southeast Asia

A slew of IPOs may vindicate Masayoshi Son's growth-at-all-costs view.

How SoftBank taught the market to love lossmaking startups

Visual Stories

An uncertain regulatory environment in the US is prompting mature Chinese tech companies to hedge a secondary listing in Hong Kong.

A secondary IPO in Hong Kong is now the industry standard for Chinese tech giants

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Julianna Wu

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

Fat checks from marquee investors have already catapulted 13 startups into unicorns so far this year.

VCs pump USD 7.8 billion into Indian startups in the first four months of 2021

I cover Indian tech, startup, venture capital ecosystems for KrASIA.

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Moulishree Srivastava

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

How do policies adjust to a data-rich world? Explore usage-based coverage, automated claims, and analytics guiding risk assessment.

Insurance

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

Malaysia

Fintech startup Finology won the Seedstars World Competition, earning USD 500,000 in funding.

Malaysian startup wins Seedstars World Competition, a first for the country

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Vulcan Post

China Venture Roundup Volume 36 covers China’s investment activity from May 10 – May 16, 2021.

ByteDance co-founder Zhang Yiming steps down as CEO | China Venture Roundup Volume 36

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Singapore

They are turning Singapore into their latest battleground in a pursuit for primacy in the region of Southeast Asia.

China’s tech titans wage war in Singapore in scramble for Southeast Asian markets

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Q&amp;A

WEH invests USD 100,000 to 400,000 in seed-stage startups and has backed a dozen companies so far.

India's second wave of COVID-19 has impaired investment discussions | Q&A with Rohit Krishna of WEH Ventures

India&#8217;s second wave of COVID-19 has impaired investment discussions | Q&#038;A with Rohit Krishna of WEH Ventures

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