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

China Tech

Deep Tech

Backed by strong investor support and solid revenue growth, 51World looks to debut on the Hong Kong stock market under tech-focused rules.

51World, China’s digital twin leader, sets sights on Hong Kong IPO | KrASIA

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51World, China’s digital twin leader, sets sights on Hong Kong IPO

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

KrASIA

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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36Kr English

Health Tech

Medical technology, or "medtech", encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and is used to treat diseases and medical conditions affecting humans. 

MedTech

Originally designed for diabetics, continuous glucose monitors are now drawing interest from young consumers looking to optimize their health and lifestyle.

CGMs find a new audience in young, health-conscious people | KrASIA

CGMs find a new audience in young, health-conscious people

HKSTP’s new Shenzhen base aims to streamline the flow of talent and capital across the Greater Bay Area, reinforcing the region’s tech and innovation ecosystem.

With a Shenzhen hub, HKSTP strengthens Hong Kong’s role as an innovation gateway | KrASIA

With a Shenzhen hub, HKSTP strengthens Hong Kong’s role as an innovation gateway

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.

Venture Capital

KrASIA | Venture Capital Archives

ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

Didi Chuxing Technology Co., formerly Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese transportation network company, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate.

Didi

OYO Rooms, commonly known as OYO, is India's largest hospitality company, consisting mainly of budget hotels. It was founded in 2013 by Ritesh Agarwal and has since grown to over 12,000 hotels in 337 cities in India, Malaysia, UAE, Nepal, China and Indonesia.

SoftBank Group Corp. is a holding company that engages in the management of its group companies which provides information technology and telecommunication services. It operates through the following segments: Mobile Communications, Sprint, Fixed-line Telecommunications, Internet, and Others. 

Softbank

Investment

SoftBank's investment vehicle steps away from winner-takes-all playbook.

Vision Fund's new strategy: smaller bets, bigger returns | KrASIA

Vision Fund&#8217;s new strategy: smaller bets, bigger returns

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

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Nikkei Asia

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

India Tech

India is on track to having 100 unicorn companies by 2025, up from the 33 at present.

Funding in Indian startups has almost reached pre-COVID-19 levels, report says | KrASIA

Funding in Indian startups has almost reached pre-COVID-19 levels, report says

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Singapore

The region's digital economy is expected to reach USD 100 billion by 2025.

Singapore’s Beamstart launches USD 10 million fund to invest in Southeast Asian early-stage startups | KrASIA

Singapore’s Beamstart launches USD 10 million fund to invest in Southeast Asian early-stage startups

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Stephanie Li

China Venture Roundup

China’s Venture Roundup Volume 7 covers China’s investment activity from October 11–18, 2020.

Investments pick up after a sleepy Golden Week | China's Venture Roundup Volume 7 | KrASIA

Investments pick up after a sleepy Golden Week | China&#8217;s Venture Roundup Volume 7

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KrASIA Venture Roundup

However, only USD 75 million has raised, short of its USD 80 million target.   

Genesia Ventures closes USD 75 million fund to invest in Japanese and Southeast Asian startups | KrASIA

Genesia Ventures closes USD 75 million fund to invest in Japanese and Southeast Asian startups

A patient is using a Fourier ArmMotus robot to help the arm recover. [Photo: KrASIA]

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. 

Hardware

Founded in 2015, Fourier sells physical rehabilitation equipment and robots to hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and research institutes.

Robot maker Fourier Intelligence closes USD 15 million Series C to meet increasing rehabilitation needs | KrASIA

Robot maker Fourier Intelligence closes USD 15 million Series C to meet increasing rehabilitation needs

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Song Jingli

China's national social security fund to earn USD 4.5 billion from Ant Group's IPO

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

China's National Social Security Fund is the biggest external institutional shareholder of Ant Group.

KEY STAT | 1.3 billion Chinese citizens to benefit from Ant Group IPO | KrASIA

KEY STAT | 1.3 billion Chinese citizens to benefit from Ant Group IPO

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Julianna Wu

Kuaishou (Chinese: 快手) is a platform for recording with millions of original fresh videos everyday.

Kuaishou

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.

Tencent

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

The company will use new funds to build e-sports facilities and roll out short video e-sports content, among other initiatives.

Tencent and Kuaishou invest in e-sports startup VSPN | KrASIA

Tencent and Kuaishou invest in e-sports startup VSPN

Foundation Ventures closes debut fund for Egyptian startups

MENA

Over a year old, Foundation Ventures is operated by three former investment bankers who are claiming their stake in a maturing investment ecosystem.

Foundation Ventures closes its debut fund to invest in early-stage Egyptian startups | KrASIA

Foundation Ventures closes its debut fund to invest in early-stage Egyptian startups

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