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ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

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

China Tech

Content

Creative

Creator Economy

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

With Xiaohongshu-inspired design and TikTok’s global pull, Lemon8 is gaining traction abroad.

ByteDance’s Lemon8 borrows from Xiaohongshu, but can it keep users hooked? | KrASIA

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ByteDance’s Lemon8 borrows from Xiaohongshu, but can it keep users hooked?

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

KrASIA

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network. Since 2010, 36Kr has been providing high-quality content around China’s innovation and new economy trends. With the traffic and network it has built, 36Kr has developed a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities of the technology landscape in China.

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Electric Vehicles

Mobility

As competition intensifies, Porsche is betting on intelligent features to revive its lagging sales in China.

Porsche ramps up R&D in China to reclaim its edge amid slowing sales | KrASIA

Porsche ramps up R&#038;D in China to reclaim its edge amid slowing sales

MENA

Singapore

From Dubai to Singapore and beyond, GITEX is gaining attention for creating a platform that unites tech sectors and bridges digital divides worldwide.

What sets GITEX apart from CES, IFA, and other tech expos? | KrASIA

What sets GITEX apart from CES, IFA, and other tech expos?

KrASIA | Insights Archives

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.

Venture Capital

AIDE

Edukasyon.ph

Graventure

Kumu

Mober

Qwikwire

Sprout Solutions

Based on publicly available data, there were less than 20 VC deals reported in the Philippines from January to December.

Philippine startups lag behind Southeast Asian counterparts in 2018 funding, but 2019 looks rosy | KrASIA

Philippine startups lag behind Southeast Asian counterparts in 2018 funding, but 2019 looks rosy

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Mars Woo

The Philippine startup ecosystem is heating up, prompting the government to set up a five-year roadmap.

As Philippine startup scene heats up, agencies eye roadmap | KrASIA

As Philippine startup scene heats up, agencies eye roadmap

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

Alipay in INdonesia

Fintech Association

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WeChat in Indonesia

Q&amp;A

KrAsia sits down with Kuseransyah, the managing director of Indonesia’s Fintech Association, to review the year and look at what’s coming.

Year-end interview: What to watch out for in Indonesia’s fintech landscape 2019 | KrASIA

Year-end interview: What to watch out for in Indonesia’s fintech landscape 2019

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Nadine Freischlad

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a transportation network company based in Singapore. In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery services via mobile app. It operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. 

Grab

Grab leverages on global R&D team to pursue its dreams of becoming SEA's super app.

How Grab counts on tech engines to race in the fast lane | KrASIA

How Grab counts on tech engines to race in the fast lane

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Robin Moh

Space industry refers to economic activities related to manufacturing components that go into Earth's orbit or beyond, delivering them to those regions, and related services. 

Space Tech

How Chinese space companies are driving the space industry towards commercialization?

Apprentices of SpaceX in China | a KrASIA documentary | KrASIA

Apprentices of SpaceX in China | a KrASIA documentary

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DeFang Tang

As the highest valued tech unicorn on the planet, the only thing could dwarf ByteDance's valuation is its grand ambition.

ByteDance rumoured to launch a WeChat rival, ambition or delusion? | KrASIA

ByteDance rumoured to launch a WeChat rival, ambition or delusion?

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KrASIA Writers

Gojek is a transportation network company and logistics startup company based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Gojek

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

Go-Jek rides into Singapore on-demand market.

Go-Jek vs Incumbents: Overview of the on-demand landscape in Singapore | KrASIA

Go-Jek vs Incumbents: Overview of the on-demand landscape in Singapore

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Alan Seng

With religious-themed marketing and a sharia-compliant business model, Paytren tries to go mainstream in Indonesia.

How Paytren is selling mobile payments to Muslims | KrASIA

How Paytren is selling mobile payments to Muslims

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Khamila Mulia

Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

SoftBank Group Corp. is a holding company that engages in the management of its group companies which provides information technology and telecommunication services. It operates through the following segments: Mobile Communications, Sprint, Fixed-line Telecommunications, Internet, and Others. 

Softbank

Tokopedia is an Indonesian technology company, sometimes referred to as a unicorn. It was founded in 2009 by William Tanuwijaya and his Bestfriends from Harvard University, Michael Alexander.

Tokopedia

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

E-Commerce

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e-commerce in Indonesia

Leontinus Alpha Edison

Softbank Vision Fund

Taobao

William Tanuwijaya

SoftBank affiliated funds and Alibaba's Taobao are the biggest backers behind Tokopedia.