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What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

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How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

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Despite early traction in hardware, the startup is focused on building a full-stack robotics system that unites the “brain” and “body” of machines.

More than a hardware play: Robot Era’s founder sets the record straight on the company’s true ambitions

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36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

Challenges remain, but the NEV maker sees significant upside in expanding its commercial vehicle business beyond China.

As China’s commercial vehicle market slows, Gecko Motors shifts gears abroad for growth

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How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

Why do firms join forces? Investigate synergy goals, valuation methods, and negotiations driving corporate consolidation.

Merger &amp; Acquisition

What happens after acquisitions close? Examine deal structures, operational improvements, and exit strategies molding corporate outcomes.

Private Equity

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

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Southeast Asia

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

Deals in brief: Augmentus raises Series A+ funding, Coda to acquire Recharge, Origgin Capital debuts second fund, and more

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KrASIA tracks China’s tech and business stories—alongside key developments across the broader Asia Pacific region.

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Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

Vietnam

Vietnam's biggest tech firms face resistance as they seek ticker codes. Tight regulations at home make it easier to seek IPOs abroad, like in New York.

Vietnam's biggest tech firms face resistance as they seek ticker codes

Vietnam&#8217;s biggest tech firms face resistance as they seek ticker codes

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Stephanie Li

Gojek, an Indonesian superapp, covers on-demand rides, food delivery, and financial services, enriching daily urban life.

Gojek

Tokopedia, an Indonesian online marketplace, empowers entrepreneurs, brands, and SMEs to reach digital-savvy consumers.

Tokopedia

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

Indonesia

The integration has allowed GoTo to deal with a rise in demand, Cao, president of GoTo said, as Indonesia battles a second wave of infections.

GoTo 'well integrated' as Indonesia enters lockdown: president

GoTo &#8216;well integrated&#8217; as Indonesia enters lockdown: president

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Nikkei Asia

What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

Vietnamese e-wallet MoMo picks up local AI startup Pique in its first acquisition deal sealed through MoMo Innovation Ventures, which launched this year.

Vietnamese e-wallet MoMo picks up local AI startup in first acquisition deal

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Tech in Asia

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

Industrial computer vision startup Sigma Squares Tech raises millions to scale in Asia. Its tech replaces manual verification and inspection processes.

Industrial computer vision startup Sigma Squares Tech raises millions in Series A to scale in Asia

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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How are driverless systems redefining mobility? Uncover sensor technologies, regulatory frameworks, and AI driving cars without human intervention.

Autonomous Vehicles

What powers digital devices? Delve into chip design, manufacturing bottlenecks, and semiconductor breakthroughs fueling global electronics.

Semiconductors

SiEngine CEO discusses the future of semiconductors in intelligent vehicles, which will merge cutting edge mechanical and computer engineering technologies.

SiEngine CEO discusses the future of semiconductors in intelligent vehicles

The Middle East’s growing tech ecosystem harnesses the enterprising spirit of innovators from its diverse cultural markets.

Middle East

What revolutionizes mealtimes? Investigate alternative proteins, supply chain tracking, and delivery services fueling the future of food.

Food Tech

Israel's Future Meat opens world's first cultured meat production facility to grow the equivalent to 5,000 hamburgers, or one cow, per day.

Israel's Future Meat opens world's first cultured meat production facility

Israel&#8217;s Future Meat opens world&#8217;s first cultured meat production facility

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NoCamels

What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

E-commerce

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's Tamer Group is acquiring Dubai-based Mumzworld, which sells over 250,000 products. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

Saudi Arabia's Tamer Group acquires Dubai-based Mumzworld

Saudi Arabia&#8217;s Tamer Group acquires Dubai-based Mumzworld

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MENAbytes

India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

What happens when banking goes virtual? Study no-branch platforms, biometric authentication, and seamless financial services.

Digital Banks

Founded in 2019, Jupiter has raised a total of USD 26 million from investors including Sequoia Capital, Matrix Partners, Beenext, 3One4 Capital, and Hummingbird Ventures.

Sequoia-backed Indian neobank Jupiter acquires personal finance platform EasyPlan

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Carousell may command USD 1.5 billion valuation with SPAC merger in the United States, , according to Herston Powers, managing partner at 1982 Ventures.

Carousell may command USD 1.5 billion valuation with SPAC merger in the United States

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News

Vietnam’s biggest tech firms face resistance as they seek ticker codes

GoTo ‘well integrated’ as Indonesia enters lockdown: president