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

Southeast Asia

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

Indonesia

Social commerce sees boom in Indonesia thanks to rural users. Super and Evermos are growing quickly in Indonesia's tier-2 and tier-3 cities.

Social commerce sees boom in Indonesia thanks to rural users

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Khamila Mulia

How is healthcare going digital? Investigate telemedicine, wearable sensors, and data-driven platforms improving patient experiences.

Health Tech

Malaysia

Q&amp;A

4 thoughts on growing a telehealth startup during the pandemic. ClicknCare provides healthcare services to Bangladeshi migrant workers in Malaysia.

4 thoughts on growing a telehealth startup during the pandemic from ClicknCare's founder

4 thoughts on growing a telehealth startup during the pandemic from ClicknCare&#8217;s founder

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Stephanie Li

GoTo, formed by Gojek and Tokopedia, merges ride-hailing, logistics, and retail into a single super-app ecosystem.

GoTo

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

Indonesia's GoTo bags USD 400 million from Abu Dhabi ahead of IPO. Fundraising round said to be targeting total of USD 1.5 billion.

Indonesia's GoTo bags USD 400 million from Abu Dhabi ahead of IPO

Indonesia&#8217;s GoTo bags USD 400 million from Abu Dhabi ahead of IPO

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Nikkei Asia

How are digital assets protected? Analyze threat detection, encryption standards, and cybersecurity solutions safeguarding data.

Cybersecurity

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

Payments

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

Fraudsters are ready to hit the year-end shopping season, here's how to avoid them. More online shoppers means more opportunities for scammers.

Fraudsters are ready to hit the year-end shopping season, here's how to avoid them

Fraudsters are ready to hit the year-end shopping season, here&#8217;s how to avoid them

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

Cryptocurrencies

Vietnam

Cryptocurrencies are not recognized as legal tender in Vietnam, but 21% of people in the country have owned or used blockchain-based assets.

Can a crypto COVID-19 relief fund reshape philanthropy in Vietnam?

Sea Group operates digital entertainment (Garena), e-commerce (Shopee), and fintech (SeaMoney) platforms across Southeast Asia.

Sea Group

Shopee, a Southeast Asian online marketplace, features interactive shopping, flash deals, and localized payment options.

Shopee

Europe

Shopee enters France, Spain, and Poland in aggressive European expansion. Shopee is already the top shopping app in Poland and Spain among Android users.

Shopee enters France, Spain, and Poland in aggressive European expansion

How does technology feed the planet? Explore precision farming, digital supply chains, and sustainability efforts shaping modern agriculture.

Agriculture

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

Deep Tech

Myanmar

Despite the country’s February coup, Tun Yat persists with its venture into food tech to create new income sources. In 2016, Australian MBA graduate Hujjat Nadarajah became a senior analyst for Anthem Asia, a private equity firm. The job gave him exposure to what was happening in Myanmar and the opportunity to build a network.

Tun Yat’s co-founder unpacks his experience of growing the agritech startup amid Myanmar’s political turmoil

Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

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

Companies offering fintech services such as Grab, Sea, and GoTo are fighting against traditional banks to capture the unbanked population in Southeast Asia.

Fintechs and traditional lenders do battle across Southeast Asia

Bukalapak, an Indonesian marketplace, empowers small merchants and connects consumers with diverse products online.

Bukalapak

Gojek, an Indonesian superapp, covers on-demand rides, food delivery, and financial services, enriching daily urban life.

Gojek

Tokopedia, an Indonesian online marketplace, empowers entrepreneurs, brands, and SMEs to reach digital-savvy consumers.

Tokopedia

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

On-demand Services

Super apps race to digitize Indonesia’s MSMEs with new initiatives. Tech giants are supporting MSMEs and bringing more customers into their ecosystems.

Super apps race to digitize Indonesia’s MSMEs with new initiatives

China

Some cities have suspended programs earlier than expected.

China races to calm worries over end to USD 42 billion consumer subsidies

Baidu leads Chinese search engines, voice assistants, autonomous driving research, and AI platforms connecting users with information and services.

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

Artificial Intelligence

Its new search interface is part chatbot, part creative tool, and part concierge, but whether users will embrace it at scale remains an open question.

Baidu reimagines search as the race to build the first AI superapp continues

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

Biotechnology

Hong Kong

The Hong Kong-listed firm is advancing its pipeline using an mRNA system it says can compete with the industry’s best.

Everest Medicines targets global expansion with proprietary, AI-driven mRNA platform

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T. K. Lin

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