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In just months, Labubu’s Thai fan base has made Pop Mart’s biggest overseas success story.

Pop Mart’s Labubu breaks records in Thailand—can the trend go global? | KrASIA

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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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Indonesia

Kupang students gain essential English language and hydroponic skills through the new initiative, opening doors to stronger career paths and brighter futures.

Backed by UNDP’s Catalytic Fund, Cakap launches skill-building program for Kupang students | KrASIA

Backed by UNDP’s Catalytic Fund, Cakap launches skill-building program for Kupang students

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Angel Investing

Investment

Merger &amp; Acquisition

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

Vietnam

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

Deals in brief: Coolmate and PangoCDP secure funding, Chickin confirms Series A+ round, eight China deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Coolmate and PangoCDP secure funding, Chickin confirms Series A+ round, eight China deals, and more

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

Alibaba

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

China Tech

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

E-Commerce

Retail

Masan-controlled VinCommerce will gain the right to sell its groceries on Lazada Vietnam.

Alibaba, partners invest USD 400 million in Vietnam’s Masan Group to expand online groceries business | KrASIA

Alibaba, partners invest USD 400 million in Vietnam’s Masan Group to expand online groceries business

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Tech in Asia

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

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

The startup has already signed up 6.3 million small merchants and retailers in Indonesia.

Digital ledger BukuKas raises USD 50 million, aims for 20 million business customers next year | KrASIA

Digital ledger BukuKas raises USD 50 million, aims for 20 million business customers next year

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Ursula Florene

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

The internet giant steps up its e-commerce game with a standalone group-buying app and new marketing feature.

Tencent makes another effort to capitalize on WeChat—to finally become an e-commerce power? | KrASIA

Tencent makes another effort to capitalize on WeChat—to finally become an e-commerce power?

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Song Jingli

Japan, Korea, and the West

MENA

Walmart

Zeekit maps a person’s image into thousands of segments, then matches each piece with a portion of an item of apparel.

Walmart acquires Israeli virtual fitting room startup Zeekit | KrASIA

Walmart acquires Israeli virtual fitting room startup Zeekit

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NoCamels

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

India Tech

The automotive aftermarket is the secondary market of the automotive industry, concerned with the manufacturing, remanufacturing, distribution, retailing, and installation of all vehicle parts, chemicals, equipment, and accessories, after the sale of the automobile by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to the consumer. 

Automotive Aftermarket

India

CarTrade operates online as well as offline marketplace for users to buy and sell vehicles.

Automobile marketplace CarTrade files IPO papers with Indian regulator | KrASIA

Automobile marketplace CarTrade files IPO papers with Indian regulator

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

China's Largest News Aggregator Toutiao Leads $200 Million Investment in Education Startup 17zuoye

Edtech

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. The education industry is fast-reforming nowadays. 

Education

China's online education sector has been slowing down after students returned to school in the second half of 2020.

VIPKid reshuffles business units ahead of IPO | KrASIA

VIPKid reshuffles business units ahead of IPO

Moglix has become the fifth B2B company this year, after Infra.Market, Innovaccer, Gupshup, and Chargebee, to command the valuation of over USD 1 billion.

India's B2B marketplace Moglix becomes latest unicorn after USD 120 million round | KrASIA

India&#8217;s B2B marketplace Moglix becomes latest unicorn after USD 120 million round

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Avanish Tiwary

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

Gojek

Food Delivery

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

On-Demand Services

Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

Ride-hailing

Indonesian startup eyes super app status; local player Be expects profit in 2021.

Gojek starts car-hailing service in Vietnam in challenge to Grab | KrASIA

Gojek starts car-hailing service in Vietnam in challenge to Grab

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Nikkei Asia

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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

Mobility

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

Transportation

The union that forms GoTo takes place after a merger between Gojek and Grab fell through in December 2020.