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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: Osome extends Series B round, Kasagi Labo lands pre-Series A funding, Husk bags USD 5 million from Mekong Capital, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: Osome extends Series B round, Kasagi Labo lands pre-Series A funding, Husk bags USD 5 million from Mekong Capital, and more

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

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Jeff Chay

Deals in brief: Stupa scores INR 280 million in funding, Chainstack secures strategic investment, six China deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Stupa scores INR 280 million in funding, Chainstack secures strategic investment, six China deals, and more

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Marvin Goh

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

China Tech

NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

Transportation

Electric vehicle

The Onvo sub-brand expands Nio's electric vehicle lineup beyond its focus on premium consumers.

Nio launches the Onvo L60 SUV, throwing down gauntlet to Tesla’s Model Y | KrASIA

Nio launches the Onvo L60 SUV, throwing down gauntlet to Tesla’s Model Y

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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Q&amp;A

US-based venture firm SOSV has invested in 22 Indian startups to date.

We invest in cockroach-entrepreneurs: SOSV's William Bao Bean | KrASIA

We invest in cockroach-entrepreneurs: SOSV&#8217;s William Bao Bean

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Moulishree Srivastava and Avanish Tiwary

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Google India former interim head Vikas Agnihotri will join SoftBank as operating partner.

SoftBank onboards former Google executive as it banks on India amid tough times | KrASIA

SoftBank onboards former Google executive as it banks on India amid tough times

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Avanish Tiwary

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

E-Commerce

Marking its entry in India, GGV has made two investments in 2019.

Our India investment strategy is similar to Southeast Asia: GGV's Hans Tung | KrASIA

Our India investment strategy is similar to Southeast Asia: GGV&#8217;s Hans Tung

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

The industry-agnostic fund focuses on providing growth capital to startups in Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia.

EV Growth closes USD 250 million fund with Temasek’s backing | KrASIA

EV Growth closes USD 250 million fund with Temasek’s backing

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Tech in Asia

Early-stage (Angel/Pre-Series A) investors committed USD 97.1 million in 2019, more than twice of USD 46.8 million in 2018.

Early-stage investments doubled in India in 2019: Innoven Capital report | KrASIA

Early-stage investments doubled in India in 2019: Innoven Capital report

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Snapdeal

India also saw a few new funds coming out in the market led by former CEOs, IT czars, and entrepreneurs.

India-focused VC funds that closed new fundraisings in 2019 | KrASIA Year in Review | KrASIA

India-focused VC funds that closed new fundraisings in 2019 | KrASIA Year in Review

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 Chinese tech giant has six major investments in Southeast Asia.

A key to decode Tencent's Southeast Asian investment landscape | KrASIA

A key to decode Tencent&#8217;s Southeast Asian investment landscape

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Zhixin Tan

Fintech is the new applications, processes, products, or business models in the financial services industry, composed of one or more complementary financial services and provided as an end-to-end process via the internet.

Fintech

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

Social commerce, gaming, local language-based businesses are a few spaces that investors can't miss in 2020.

Five new sectors that shined in India in 2019 | KrASIA Year in Review | KrASIA

Five new sectors that shined in India in 2019 | KrASIA Year in Review

Japanese investors have landed in India with a long term view, bringing expertise, discipline, and patience along with the capital.

Venture Capital

We invest in cockroach-entrepreneurs: SOSV’s William Bao Bean

SoftBank onboards former Google executive as it banks on India amid tough times

Our India investment strategy is similar to Southeast Asia: GGV’s Hans Tung