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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.

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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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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

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Baidu

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Sales of new energy vehicles are expected to rise to 20% of the overall new car sales by 2025.

Baidu to produce electric cars at Geely plant | KrASIA

Baidu to produce electric cars at Geely plant

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

The healthcare sector was drawing most of the investor interest.

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KEY STAT | It&#8217;s harvest season for Sequoia China and Hillhouse Capital

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Julianna Wu

MENA

The competition began in 2020 with over 50 contests on six continents.

10 Israeli startups to compete in local event for Startup World Cup | KrASIA

10 Israeli startups to compete in local event for Startup World Cup

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NoCamels

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

India Tech

Grocery Delivery

Four-year-old Udaan, which connects small and medium-sized retailers with manufacturers became one of the fastest startups to achieve unicorn status in September 2018.

India's B2B marketplace Udaan received USD 280 million from new and existing investors | KrASIA

India&#8217;s B2B marketplace Udaan received USD 280 million from new and existing investors

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Amazon.com, Inc., is an American multinational technology company based in Seattle, Washington that focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. Amazon is the largest e-commerce marketplace and cloud computing platform in the world as measured by revenue and market capitalization. 

Amazon

Investors

Japan, Korea, and the West

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

Tesla

Deep Tech

Smartphones

Space industry refers to economic activities related to manufacturing components that go into Earth's orbit or beyond, delivering them to those regions, and related services. 

Space Tech

Amazon and Tesla join the fray for future mobile communication infrastructure.

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SoftBank sets eye on airborne telecom base stations

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

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AI chipmaker Horizon Robotics bags USD 400 million

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Autonomous Vehicles is about self-driving. A self-driving car is also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input.

Autonomous Vehicles

Semiconductors

The company plans to raise over USD 700 million in its Series C round.

KEY STAT | China's 'Nvidia rival' Horizon Robotics raises fresh money | KrASIA

KEY STAT | China&#8217;s &#8216;Nvidia rival&#8217; Horizon Robotics raises fresh money

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

Alibaba

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

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

President Trump signed another executive order banning eight Chinese apps, including Tencent QQ, WeChat Pay, and Alipay

NYSE to delist three Chinese telecom stocks, as US considers move on Alibaba and Tencent | KrASIA

NYSE to delist three Chinese telecom stocks, as US considers move on Alibaba and Tencent

Xpeng

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

Transportation

Companies speed up exports with support of governments despite COVID.

Chinese EV maker Xpeng and rivals bet on European market | KrASIA

Chinese EV maker Xpeng and rivals bet on European market

Aleph Farms’ lab-grown steak. Courtesy of Aleph Farms via NoCamels.

The food industry is booming! Both traditional companies and startups are using technology to transform the dynamics of the food sector.

Food Tech

Demand for meat substitutes is rising around the world.

News

Baidu to produce electric cars at Geely plant

KEY STAT | It’s harvest season for Sequoia China and Hillhouse Capital

10 Israeli startups to compete in local event for Startup World Cup

India’s B2B marketplace Udaan received USD 280 million from new and existing investors

SoftBank sets eye on airborne telecom base stations

KEY STAT | China’s ‘Nvidia rival’ Horizon Robotics raises fresh money

NYSE to delist three Chinese telecom stocks, as US considers move on Alibaba and Tencent

Chinese EV maker Xpeng and rivals bet on European market

Aleph Farms to bring lab-grown meat to Japan with Mitsubishi’s Food Industry Group

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