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Securing China’s commitment to reduce plastic production will be crucial for an effective treaty to combat plastic pollution.

Global plastic treaty talks could hinge on China pledging to curb plastic production | KrASIA

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Global plastic treaty talks could hinge on China pledging to curb plastic production

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Investment

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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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India

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

Deals in brief: Sfermion and Amber Group lead USD 1.8 million investment in Anichess, 11 China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Sfermion and Amber Group lead USD 1.8 million investment in Anichess, 11 China and India deals, and more

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Deals in brief: BillEase and Prep secure funding, Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional initiate MYR 3 billion fund with two partners, Thunes to acquire Tilia, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: BillEase and Prep secure funding, Malaysia’s Khazanah Nasional initiate MYR 3 billion fund with two partners, Thunes to acquire Tilia, and more

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Read stories of Travel service providers, platforms or the trending of the travel industry.

Travel

Early Gojek-backers Northstar and Openspace invested in this Myanmarese online travel and ride-hailing platform.

Ride-hailing to be a big revenue contributor in Myanmar in five years: Oway CEO Alok Kumar | KrASIA

Ride-hailing to be a big revenue contributor in Myanmar in five years: Oway CEO Alok Kumar

Ola Cabs, is an Indian origin online transportation network company developed by ANI Technologies Pvt. Ltd. As of December 2018, Ola was valued at about $5.7 billion. A variety of venture capitalists including Softbank have large stakes in the company.

A handful of Indian tech startups are looking at going public in the next couple of years.

Indian unicorns to pile up for IPO in five years: Blume Ventures CFO Ashish Fafadia | KrASIA

Indian unicorns to pile up for IPO in five years: Blume Ventures CFO Ashish Fafadia

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Avanish Tiwary

Robotics

China has set a goal of producing 100,000 locally made industrial robots annually by 2020.

China’s robotics makers need to innovate to catch up with foreign peers | KrASIA

China’s robotics makers need to innovate to catch up with foreign peers

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Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

Logistics

In a market also eyed by strong contenders such as Meituan and JD.com, will FlashEx’s new strategies work?

A speed race: Chinese express courier FlashEx charges toward intense competition | KrASIA

A speed race: Chinese express courier FlashEx charges toward intense competition

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aCommerce Thailand CEO Phensiri Sathianvongnusar.

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

E-Commerce

Phensiri speaks about the company’s rapid rise in Thailand.

"E-commerce in Southeast Asia is a marathon, not a sprint”: aCommerce Thailand CEO Phensiri Sathianvongnusar | KrASIA

&#8220;E-commerce in Southeast Asia is a marathon, not a sprint”: aCommerce Thailand CEO Phensiri Sathianvongnusar

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Giovanni Puglisi

Operated both as C2C and B2C models, Sendo currently serves more than 300,000 sellers and 10 millions of buyers across Vietnam.

How Vietnamese e-commerce platform Sendo captures consumers outside big cities | KrASIA

How Vietnamese e-commerce platform Sendo captures consumers outside big cities

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Thu Huong Le

Electric Vehicles

Indonesia’s largest taxi operator launched a fleet of 30 electric vehicles in May.

Chief of taxi giant Blue Bird shares lessons learned from operating Indonesia's first EV fleet | KrASIA

Chief of taxi giant Blue Bird shares lessons learned from operating Indonesia&#8217;s first EV fleet

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Cindy Silviana

LazMall is on track or ahead of target, says Jing Yin.

A clear demand for quality branded products in Southeast Asia: Jing Yin, president of commercial at Lazada | KrASIA

A clear demand for quality branded products in Southeast Asia: Jing Yin, president of commercial at Lazada

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Zhixin Tan

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

Entertainment

After a botched IPO, M17 is carving out its niche as a B2B live streaming platform.

M17's Joseph Phua on Asia's diversifying live streaming landscape | KrASIA

M17&#8217;s Joseph Phua on Asia&#8217;s diversifying live streaming landscape

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Q&A

Ride-hailing to be a big revenue contributor in Myanmar in five years: Oway CEO Alok Kumar

Indian unicorns to pile up for IPO in five years: Blume Ventures CFO Ashish Fafadia

China’s robotics makers need to innovate to catch up with foreign peers

A speed race: Chinese express courier FlashEx charges toward intense competition

“E-commerce in Southeast Asia is a marathon, not a sprint”: aCommerce Thailand CEO Phensiri Sathianvongnusar

How Vietnamese e-commerce platform Sendo captures consumers outside big cities

Chief of taxi giant Blue Bird shares lessons learned from operating Indonesia’s first EV fleet

A clear demand for quality branded products in Southeast Asia: Jing Yin, president of commercial at Lazada

M17’s Joseph Phua on Asia’s diversifying live streaming landscape

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Deals in brief: Sfermion and Amber Group lead USD 1.8 million investment in Anichess, 11 China and India deals, and more

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