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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

Huawei, a global telecom and smartphone vendor, delivers networking equipment, 5G solutions, and consumer devices integrating cutting-edge tech.

What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

How does information move at light speed? Review 5G rollouts, fiber networks, and connectivity standards advancing global communication.

Telecommunications

Telecom carriers could eventually earn from AI activity on their networks.

Huawei lays out six priorities for AI-era mobile networks

Home

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

KrASIA

Singapore-based reporter covering tech and business across China and APAC, with a focus on globally relevant stories. Writes under an alias.

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T. K. Lin

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

Deep Tech

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

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

Robotics

Hong Kong

A small float helped amplify the stock’s swing, turning its IPO into a test of investor sentiment.

Seer Robotics rides 24-hour market swing in Hong Kong debut

Cheng Zi is based in China, covering technology- and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

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Cheng Zi

What shapes modern healthcare and agriculture? Examine biotech startups, gene editing, and drug discovery unlocking biological potential.

Biotechnology

The drug developer has no approved products or revenue yet, but the IPO could extend its cash runway by nearly six years.

HJ Science stumbles in Hong Kong debut after gray market surge

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

Venture Capital

Venture Capital | KrASIA

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

India

Q&amp;A

IvyCap will begin investing in Southeast Asian startups this year, utilizing the IIT alumni network in the region.

Recent exits instill confidence in Indian funds | Q&A with Vikram Gupta of IvyCap Ventures

Recent exits instill confidence in Indian funds | Q&#038;A with Vikram Gupta of IvyCap Ventures

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Avanish Tiwary

Sequoia Capital finances transformative companies, guiding them through growth phases and global market entry.

Sequoia Capital

Southeast Asia

Sequoia Capital India, which has been focusing on early-stage investments through its two-year-old Surge program in the world’s third-largest startup ecosystem, has raised its second seed fund with a corpus of USD 195 million.

Sequoia Capital India closes second seed fund at USD 195 million

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

China Venture Roundup

China Venture Roundup Volume 28 covers China’s investment activity from March 15 - 21, 2021.

Ride-hailing giant DiDi's IPO in the making? | China Venture Roundup Volume 28

Ride-hailing giant DiDi&#8217;s IPO in the making? | China Venture Roundup Volume 28

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KrASIA Venture Roundup

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

Middle East

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

Fintech

Group 11, the venture capital fund headed by American-Israeli investor Dovi Frances, has announced it has secured over USD 120 million in the first closing for the firm’s fifth fintech fund in just 90 days.The firm announced just three months ago it had intended to raise USD 100 million for the fund.Group 11 says its fifth fund will invest primarily in Silicon Valley-based fintech companies, many of them with Israeli founding teams and R&D centers.

Dovi Frances' Group 11 secures more than USD 120 million for fifth fintech fund

Dovi Frances&#8217; Group 11 secures more than USD 120 million for fifth fintech fund

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NoCamels

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

Investment

Indonesia

VC firm Openspace Ventures earlier this month announced the closure of its third managed fund, raising USD 200 million, which brings the total capital under management to USD 425 million. Openspace director Ian Sikora told DailySocial that Indonesia is an important market, where they will continue to develop their presence.

Openspace Ventures targets Southeast Asia with its third fund

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DailySocial

Tiger Global, a US-based venture firm, backs internet and software businesses scaling across multiple regions.

Tiger Global

The New York-headquartered hedge fund, Tiger Global, which invested half a billion dollars in Indian startups last year, is stepping up its game in India, writing checks at a faster pace in 2021 than the previous year.

American hedge fund Tiger Global steps up investments in India

Mumbai-headquartered micro VC fund 100X.VC is on a mission to turn startups that are in their extreme early stages into enterprises that are ready for serious financing.100X.VC was founded in mid-2019 by veteran angel investor Sanjay Mehta, who has backed more than 100 startups since 2011, along with Yagnesh Sanghrajka, Ninad Karpe, Shashank Randev, and Vatsal Kanakiya. The firm writes seed-stage checks for rookie founders, and mentors them to raise the next round of funding.

100X.VC will back 100 seed-stage startups by the end of 2021 | Q&amp;A with Yagnesh Sanghrajka

China Venture Roundup Volume 27 covers China’s investment activity from March 8 - 14, 2021.

Tencent adds real estate services to its diverse portfolio | China Venture Roundup Volume 27

The number of micro VC funds in the world's third-largest startup ecosystem has increased to 88 in 2020 from 29 in 2014.

Venture Capital

Recent exits instill confidence in Indian funds | Q&A with Vikram Gupta of IvyCap Ventures

Sequoia Capital India closes second seed fund at USD 195 million

Ride-hailing giant DiDi’s IPO in the making? | China Venture Roundup Volume 28

Dovi Frances’ Group 11 secures more than USD 120 million for fifth fintech fund

Openspace Ventures targets Southeast Asia with its third fund

American hedge fund Tiger Global steps up investments in India

100X.VC will back 100 seed-stage startups by the end of 2021 | Q&A with Yagnesh Sanghrajka

Tencent adds real estate services to its diverse portfolio | China Venture Roundup Volume 27

The rise of micro venture capital funds in India

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