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Japan

14 overseas companies have been picked to receive advisory support for Japan IPOs.

Tokyo Stock Exchange seeks Asian unicorns to revive foreign listings | KrASIA

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Tokyo Stock Exchange seeks Asian unicorns to revive foreign listings

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

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Deep Tech

Robotics

Beatbot is charging a premium for its pool-cleaning robots, and the hefty price tag isn't deterring buyers.

Can a USD 2,199 pool cleaning robot succeed in the US market? Beatbot is betting on it | KrASIA

Can a USD 2,199 pool cleaning robot succeed in the US market? Beatbot is betting on it

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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Energy

In the wake of Typhoon Yagi’s impact on southern China’s power grid, attention is turning to the critical role of mobile energy storage solutions.

From disaster relief to household power: EcoFlow’s mobile energy storage gains momentum | KrASIA

From disaster relief to household power: EcoFlow’s mobile energy storage gains momentum

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

China Tech

China's stock market regulator pursues discussions with SEC over IPO ban, hoping to soothe the nerves of overseas investors as Beijing cracks down on tech.

China's stock market regulator pursues discussions with SEC over IPO ban | KrASIA

China&#8217;s stock market regulator pursues discussions with SEC over IPO ban

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Jiaxing Li

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Cryptocurrencies

Malaysia

Malaysia regulator orders Binance to wind down operations in August. The Securities Commission said Binance is operating a “fraudulent scheme.”

Malaysia regulator orders Binance to wind down operations in August | KrASIA

Malaysia regulator orders Binance to wind down operations in August

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Stephanie Li

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Unitree Robotics nabs Series A investment led by Shunwei Capital for consumer- and enterprise-focused robot dogs after successful CNY Gala appearance.

Unitree Robotics nabs Series A investment led by Shunwei Capital | KrASIA

Unitree Robotics nabs Series A investment led by Shunwei Capital

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

Electric Vehicles

Former WeWork executive joins Nio to lead new affordable EV brand, which will sell mid-tier EVs that retail for around half the price of Nio’s vehicles.

Former WeWork executive joins Nio to lead new affordable EV brand | KrASIA

Former WeWork executive joins Nio to lead new affordable EV brand

MENA

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

Fintech firm Behalf raises USD 100 million to expand B2B 'buy now, pay later' feature. Its solutions provide B2B merchants with consumer-focused offerings.

Fintech firm Behalf raises USD 100 million to expand B2B 'buy now, pay later' feature | KrASIA

Fintech firm Behalf raises USD 100 million to expand B2B &#8216;buy now, pay later&#8217; feature

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NoCamels

Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

India Tech

OYO Rooms, commonly known as OYO, is India's largest hospitality company, consisting mainly of budget hotels. It was founded in 2013 by Ritesh Agarwal and has since grown to over 12,000 hotels in 337 cities in India, Malaysia, UAE, Nepal, China and Indonesia.

Investment

India

Oyo's valuation had dropped to USD 8 billion in mid-2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, from USD 10 billion in November 2019.

Microsoft may invest in SoftBank-backed Oyo at USD 9 billion valuation: Report | KrASIA

Microsoft may invest in SoftBank-backed Oyo at USD 9 billion valuation: Report

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

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

E-Commerce

Food Delivery

CCI has been quite active in investigating internet companies that are allegedly exploiting their dominant position in the market.

Competition Commission of India to tighten its grip on digital companies | KrASIA

Competition Commission of India to tighten its grip on digital companies

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Avanish Tiwary

Didi Chuxing Technology Co., formerly Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese transportation network company, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate.

Didi

Investors

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

Private Equity

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

SoftBank confronts renewed China risk as Didi backfires. Beijing's crackdown on US-listed tech stocks spells trouble in vital market.

SoftBank confronts renewed China risk as Didi backfires | KrASIA

SoftBank confronts renewed China risk as Didi backfires

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

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Video

Video call startup Baijiayun’s valuation hits RMB 3 billion following Series C financing from VMCapital. The firm wants to be the Chinese answer to Zoom.