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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

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

Venture Capital

More family offices are opting to invest in startups directly, rather than backing them through VC funds.

Indian family offices eye bigger stake in burgeoning local startup ecosystem, enticed by high returns

Home

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

KrASIA

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

What powers digital devices? Delve into chip design, manufacturing bottlenecks, and semiconductor breakthroughs fueling global electronics.

Semiconductors

India fights for bigger piece of tech supply chain with USD 10 billion in incentives. Government competes against China, Southeast Asia for manufacturing investment.

India fights for bigger piece of tech supply chain with USD 10 billion in incentives

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

What defines fully immersive realms? Uncover virtual environments, user-generated content, and monetization models shaping the metaverse.

Metaverse

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

Payments

WhatsApp will make "significant investments" in WhatsApp Pay over the next six months to fuel its adoption across India.

Meta bets big on WhatsApp Pay in India

Microsoft develops Windows, Office, and Azure cloud platforms, enabling productivity, collaboration, and scalable computing worldwide.

Microsoft

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

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

E-commerce

Tata's super app is likely to be rolled out early next year, after being delayed multiple times already.

Microsoft in talks with India's Tata Group for strategic investment

Microsoft in talks with India&#8217;s Tata Group for strategic investment

Blinkit (formerly Grofers) focuses on instant grocery delivery, bringing everyday essentials directly to Indian households.

Blinkit

Flipkart, a prominent Indian e-commerce marketplace, hosts electronics, fashion, and home goods with fast shipping and easy returns.

Flipkart

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

Ninjacart is Flipkart's key to grabbing a bigger portion of the soon-to-be USD 18 billion e-grocery market and soon-to-be USD 5 billion quick commerce segment.

Flipkart and Walmart lead India’s biggest agritech funding with USD 145 million check for Ninjacart

Newsletters

In this round of India Digest from December 3 to December 9, 2021, read our big story of the week, the weekly buzz, and more.

The rise of quick commerce in India | India Digest Volume 78

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KrASIA India Digest

What happens when banking goes virtual? Study no-branch platforms, biometric authentication, and seamless financial services.

Digital Banks

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

Q&amp;A

4 observations on India’s fintech space from Jupiter’s Jitendra Gupta. He wants to offer experience-driven banking to young Indian consumers.

4 observations on India’s fintech space from Jupiter’s Jitendra Gupta

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

Southeast Asia

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

Cryptocurrencies

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

Lending

Middle East

Polytrade taps crypto liquidity to provide invoice financing. Polytrade leverages blockchain technology to finance MSMEs.

Polytrade taps crypto liquidity to provide invoice financing

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Stephanie Li

PGA Labs estimates India’s e-commerce market will reach USD 60 billion in the financial year ending March 2022.

Walmart-owned Flipkart maintains lead in Indian festive sales despite heightened competition

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

China

Latin America

iMile CEO Rita Huang explains how the Dubai-based company rebuilt its systems after 2023’s warehouse chaos.

How iMile cracked Mexico’s logistics, and what it means for global e-commerce

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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

Investment

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

Why do firms join forces? Investigate synergy goals, valuation methods, and negotiations driving corporate consolidation.

Merger &amp; Acquisition

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

Private Equity

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Hong Kong

Malaysia

Oceania

Singapore

Vietnam

Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Accel invests in Vite+ maker VoidZero, Rolo Robotics and Videotto raise seed funding, Coolmate completes Series C round, and more

An alias used when humans and machines team up in our newsroom. Articles under this byline may be shaped with the help of AI, but are always vetted by a human before publication.

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Sudo Lim

Ant Group, a fintech powerhouse, offers digital payments, wealth management tools, and micro loans, enabling borderless, mobile-first financial services.

Ant Group

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

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

Blockchain

Ant Group is expanding its cross-border business from Hong Kong as the city rolls out initiatives to help Chinese enterprises expand overseas.

In Hong Kong, Ant Group finds an anchor for its global fintech ambitions

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

KrASIA tracks China’s tech and business stories, alongside key developments across the broader Asia Pacific region.