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

China Tech

Creative

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

Infinity Nikki’s open world fuses fashion and exploration, offering a fresh take on the dress-up game genre.

Infinity Nikki’s beta teases AAA potential in female-focused gaming | KrASIA

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Infinity Nikki’s beta teases AAA potential in female-focused gaming

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

KrASIA

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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36Kr English

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

Japan

Singapore

Vietnam

TSE’s recent seminars in Singapore and Vietnam showcase Japan’s capital market as a promising IPO destination for Southeast Asian companies.

A new path to IPO: Tokyo Stock Exchange courts Southeast Asia’s startups | KrASIA

A new path to IPO: Tokyo Stock Exchange courts Southeast Asia’s startups

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KrASIA Writers

Angel Investing

Investment

Merger &amp; Acquisition

Private Equity

India

Indonesia

Philippines

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

Deals in brief: Kipin Edutech wins top prize at Temasek Foundation Education Challenge, Indonesia’s Cards raises seed funding, Jollibee acquires Tim Ho Wan, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Kipin Edutech wins top prize at Temasek Foundation Education Challenge, Indonesia’s Cards raises seed funding, Jollibee acquires Tim Ho Wan, and more

KrASIA | News Archives

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

Lending

Nationwide distance-learning measures have increased educational expenses.

Student loan startup Pintek nabs debt funding, plans sharia products | KrASIA

Student loan startup Pintek nabs debt funding, plans sharia products

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Ursula Florene

The fitness tech company reportedly reached a valuation of USD 2 billion.

Chinese fitness startup Keep secures USD 360 million in Series F led by SoftBank's Vision Fund | KrASIA

Chinese fitness startup Keep secures USD 360 million in Series F led by SoftBank&#8217;s Vision Fund

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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Wency Chen

Pinduoduo is an e-commerce platform allowing users to participate in group buying deals. It was founded by Colin Huang as Shanghai Dream Information Technology Co., Ltd. in September 2015.

Pinduoduo

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

E-Commerce

The social commerce firm is being criticized for its long working hours.

Pinduoduo's troubles deepen after second worker dies | KrASIA

Pinduoduo&#8217;s troubles deepen after second worker dies

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Song Jingli

Baidu

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

Mobility

Faraday's flagship vehicle FF 91 is still far away from mass production.

EV maker Faraday Future plans to go public via SPAC | KrASIA

EV maker Faraday Future plans to go public via SPAC

Feuds between game publishers and app store operators in China's massive gaming market has created an opportunity for new types of distribution channels.

Huawei's spat with Tencent over revenue sharing highlights tensions in game distribution | KrASIA

Huawei&#8217;s spat with Tencent over revenue sharing highlights tensions in game distribution

MENA

The move comes as a response to the decline of investments in Israel's seed-stage startups in recent years.

Israel launches USD 25 million program to help early-stage startups draw investors | KrASIA

Israel launches USD 25 million program to help early-stage startups draw investors

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Bukalapak

We are open to that option and we are now preparing for it, said Bukalapak CEO Rachmat Kaimuddin.

Bukalapak is considering 2021 IPO after significant growth last year | KrASIA

Bukalapak is considering 2021 IPO after significant growth last year

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Daily Social

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

India Tech

FirstCry has emerged as one of the biggest players in baby and mother care segment in the world’s second-most populous country.

SoftBank-backed baby care retailer FirstCry looks to give exit to early investors | KrASIA

SoftBank-backed baby care retailer FirstCry looks to give exit to early investors

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a transportation network company based in Singapore. In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery services via mobile app. It operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. 

Grab

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

On-Demand Services

The management announced on Instagram that an unnamed investor embezzled the clients' funds, then disappeared.

News

Student loan startup Pintek nabs debt funding, plans sharia products

Chinese fitness startup Keep secures USD 360 million in Series F led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund

Pinduoduo’s troubles deepen after second worker dies