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36Kr (EN)

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

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Health Tech

Local hospitals have built their own online channels to tap into the digitalization trend.

KEY STAT | Number of online hospitals in China increased sixfold last year | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Number of online hospitals in China increased sixfold last year

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Julianna Wu

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

India Tech

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

Hardware

The startup clocked USD 68.4 million (INR 5 billion) in revenues in FY 2020 and is on track to double it by FY24.

India's direct-to-consumer brand boAt raises USD 100 million from Warburg Pincus | KrASIA

India&#8217;s direct-to-consumer brand boAt raises USD 100 million from Warburg Pincus

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

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

Alibaba

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

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

E-Commerce

Fashion

Farfetch claims to be the No. 1 global online luxury fashion platform with more than 1,200 sellers.

Farfetch shuts store on JD.com, turning to Alibaba's Tmall | KrASIA

Farfetch shuts store on JD.com, turning to Alibaba&#8217;s Tmall

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Song Jingli

Sea Group

Digital Banks

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 company has ties to Bank Kesejahteraan Ekonomi (BKE), which is located in Central Jakarta's Menteng district.

Sea Group is hiring in Indonesia for digital banking push after possible acquisition | KrASIA

Sea Group is hiring in Indonesia for digital banking push after possible acquisition

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Khamila Mulia

Lending

BharatPe plans to raise USD 500-700 million in venture debt over the next two years.

India's digital payment startup BharatPe raises venture debt from Innoven Capital | KrASIA

India&#8217;s digital payment startup BharatPe raises venture debt from Innoven Capital

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Avanish Tiwary

Bilibili

Sony

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

Entertainment is a form of activity that holds the attention and interest of an audience or gives pleasure and delight. 

Entertainment

Live Streaming

Video

Bilibili's New Year's Eve gala gathered 250 million viewers at its peak.

Bilibili to raise over USD 2 billion in Hong Kong listing | KrASIA

Bilibili to raise over USD 2 billion in Hong Kong listing

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

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A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Digital money has been gaining in popularity recently.

Singapore tightens regulation on cryptocurrencies | KrASIA

Singapore tightens regulation on cryptocurrencies

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Vulcan Post

Millennial investors make up 90% of the company's user base.

Indonesian investment platform Bibit bags USD 30 million in new money | KrASIA

Indonesian investment platform Bibit bags USD 30 million in new money

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Tech in Asia

The company had been struggling for a while and already laid off 11% of its workforce in September.

News

KEY STAT | Number of online hospitals in China increased sixfold last year

India’s direct-to-consumer brand boAt raises USD 100 million from Warburg Pincus

Farfetch shuts store on JD.com, turning to Alibaba’s Tmall