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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.

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

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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?

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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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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?

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Semiconductors

US semiconductor giant Nvidia announced this week that it will set off on an expansion of its Israel operations, including the recruitment of 600 new software and hardware engineers for a variety of positions

Nvidia announces plans to expand in Israel, recruit 600 engineers | KrASIA

Nvidia announces plans to expand in Israel, recruit 600 engineers

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An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

Islamabad-headquartered fintech SadaPay has raised USD 7.2 million in a seed round led by New York-based Recharge Capital. The financing is the largest-ever seed closed by a Pakistani startup. It includes participation of returning investor Kingsway Capital, Raptor Group, and notable fintech angels, including Ualá’s founder Pierpaolo Barbieri, Ribbit Capital’s Brian McGrath, former General Catalyst partner Ilan Stern, and Valon Technologies’ founder Andrew Wang

Pakistani fintech SadaPay raises USD 7.2 million in country’s largest seed round | KrASIA

Pakistani fintech SadaPay raises USD 7.2 million in country’s largest seed round

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JD.com, Inc., also known as Jingdong and formerly called 360buy, is a Chinese e-commerce company headquartered in Beijing.

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

hinese e-commerce giant JD.com said on Wednesday that it will spin off its cloud and AI business valued at RMB 15.7 billion (USD 2.4 billion) to JD Digits, according to a filing with the SEC. While JD won't get any cash from the deal, it will increase its equity interest in JD Digits to about 42%.

JD Digits absorbs JD.com's cloud and AI business, clips dependence on fintech | KrASIA

JD Digits absorbs JD.com&#8217;s cloud and AI business, clips dependence on fintech

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Bilbili's investment in XD Network: USD 124 million

Bilibili

The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

TapTap has become a popular game distribution channel in recent years. Video streaming platform Bilibili (NASDAQ: BILI; HKEX: 9626) has acquired a 4.4% stake in game developer XD Network (HKEX: 2400) for HKD 960 million (USD 124 million), according to a filing posted on Thursday.

KEY STAT | Bilibili invests in parent of Genshin Impact distributor for extra gaming credibility | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Bilibili invests in parent of Genshin Impact distributor for extra gaming credibility

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Julianna Wu

TSMC. is asking clients to accept higher prices as it ramps up investment to deal with a "structural and fundamental increase" in chip demand.C.C. Wei, TSMC's CEO, told clients in a letter seen by Nikkei Asia that the world's biggest contract chipmaker plans to invest USD 100 billion over the three years through 2023 in advanced semiconductor technologies, according to the letter. TSMC this year announced record high capital expenditure of up to USD 28 billion for this year alone.

TSMC cancels chip price cuts and promises USD 100 billion investment surge | KrASIA

TSMC cancels chip price cuts and promises USD 100 billion investment surge

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

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Investors

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

B Capital Group on Thursday said that it closed a USD 415 million fund for a new category called "Elevate" and that it will open a presence in China, where it appointed former Softbank Vision Fund partner Daisy Cai as country head.

B Capital launches new USD 415 million fund and expands to China | KrASIA

B Capital launches new USD 415 million fund and expands to China

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Khamila Mulia

Sea Group

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Shopee

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

E-Commerce

Indonesia

Sea Group's ShopeePay has quickly become a serious contender in Indonesia's e-payment scene. A recent survey by market research firm Snapcart found that it was the most used e-wallet in the country this March.

ShopeePay tops Indonesian e-wallet game in Q1: Survey | KrASIA

ShopeePay tops Indonesian e-wallet game in Q1: Survey

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Ursula Florene

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

India Tech

With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

India

Chinese internet giant ByteDance's two bank accounts in India have been blocked by local authorities over alleged tax evasion while the company is appealing to overturn the decision, according to a Reuters report citing two sources with knowledge of the matter.

ByteDance's two bank accounts blocked in India over alleged tax evasion | KrASIA

ByteDance&#8217;s two bank accounts blocked in India over alleged tax evasion

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

For Rahul Shinghal, CEO of digital escrow platform Tazapay, cross-border trade relies strongly on trust, especially for small businesses. There are complex issues—payments need to be arranged, specific terms and conditions met, and documentation produced.

News

Nvidia announces plans to expand in Israel, recruit 600 engineers

Pakistani fintech SadaPay raises USD 7.2 million in country’s largest seed round

JD Digits absorbs JD.com’s cloud and AI business, clips dependence on fintech

KEY STAT | Bilibili invests in parent of Genshin Impact distributor for extra gaming credibility

TSMC cancels chip price cuts and promises USD 100 billion investment surge

B Capital launches new USD 415 million fund and expands to China

ShopeePay tops Indonesian e-wallet game in Q1: Survey

ByteDance’s two bank accounts blocked in India over alleged tax evasion

Digital escrow service Tazapay expands in the region after new funding

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