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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

How do policies adjust to a data-rich world? Explore usage-based coverage, automated claims, and analytics guiding risk assessment.

Insurance

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

Lending

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

On-demand Services

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

Venture Capital

India has rolled out a slew of measures to give a leg up to digital payments, fintech ecosystem, and home-grown startups in the Union Budget 2021-22 that was tabled on Monday by the country’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

India's FY22 budget gives a leg-up to digital payments, brings tax relief for startups

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

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

Middle East

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

Dubai-based Camelan gets Y Combinator's backing for its peer-to-peer video-based marketplace. Dubai-based peer-to-peer video-based marketplace Camelan has received Y Combinator's backing. It is part of Y Combinator's ongoing Winter 2021 (YC W21) batch, the startup told MENAbytes today.

Camelan gets Y Combinator’s backing for P2P video-based marketplace

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MENAbytes

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

China

Xiaomi crafts affordable smartphones, wearables, and IoT devices, appealing to users who seek innovation, quality, and budget-friendly tech.

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

Artificial Intelligence

What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

Hardware

How do connected devices shape daily life? Examine IoT sensors, data platforms, and security protocols integrating smart tech into homes and cities.

Internet of Things

The tech giant said it believes that the decision, which makes it impossible for US investors to buy into Xiaomi, was "factually incorrect and has deprived the company of legal due process." Xiaomi hopes that the US District Court for the District of Columbia would declare the decision illegal and reverse it.

Xiaomi files legal complaint against US ban

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

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Foreign investors get new entry to China's tech-heavy STAR Market. ... With the new changes, global institutional investors can for the first time invest in mainland-listed shares of new-economy companies out of Hong Kong through Stock Connect, which has been the most preferred route for money managers.

Foreign investors get new entry to China's tech-heavy Star Market

Foreign investors get new entry to China&#8217;s tech-heavy Star Market

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Nikkei Asia

How can businesses drive positive change? Study policies, ESG strategies, and community initiatives fostering global social advancement.

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Myanmar’s telecom connectivity was severely restricted on Monday morning, after the military arrested the country’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, together with other senior officials and activists.

Internet, cell networks disrupted in Myanmar turmoil

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KrASIA Writers

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

Grab

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

What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

Grab said it has closed on a $2 billion, five-year term loan facility amid rumors that it is preparing an initial public offering (IPO). Grab said the loan facility was increased from an original principal amount of $750 million because of investor interest.

Grab closes expanded USD 2 billion loan facility

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Ursula Florene

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Chinese biztech media 36Kr Chuhai launches its website, aiming to bridge the information gap between Chinese and overseas market and help global companies dock in China effectively.

36Kr Chuhai launches website to help global entrepreneurs integrate into China

Sampingan has more than 850,000 workers using its platform across 80 cities in Indonesia. Gig work is here to stay. Whether it's because full-time jobs are scarce, or that some people prefer flexibility, freelance projects are the prime source of income for many around the world. But for a company, it can be a headache to manage a fleet of temporary workers, particularly when all of them work remotely.

Smartening the gig economy in Indonesia: Startup Stories

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Singapore-based global venture capital firm Antler entered India last June. It recently appointed Nitin Sharma as partner and co-lead for India operations.Sharma is a seasoned investor who has invested in more than 50 startups over a decade across NEA in the US, Lightbox Ventures in India, and his own portfolio First Principles VC. At Antler, he will be co-leading the efforts with Urban Ladder co-founder Rajiv Srivatsa.

Antler is after early-stage Indian companies building global products: Q&A with Nitin Sharma

Antler is after early-stage Indian companies building global products: Q&#038;A with Nitin Sharma

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Avanish Tiwary

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

Sea Group

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

"I play games every day, for both work and for entertainment." The gaming industry is relatively new, so there’s still plenty of room for experimentation and breaking new frontiers.

How to become producer of the world's most downloaded game: Profiles in Tech

How to become producer of the world&#8217;s most downloaded game: Profiles in Tech

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