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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

Edtech

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. The education industry is fast-reforming nowadays. 

Education

Edtech and healthtech are the new frontiers of Southeast Asia's digital economy, says Google, Temasek report.

Indonesian edtech Zenius nabs funding amid growing attractiveness of sector | KrASIA

Indonesian edtech Zenius nabs funding amid growing attractiveness of sector

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Ursula Florene

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MENA

Deep Tech

The Human Capital Fund was launched to increase the employment of people from underrepresented groups in Israel’s high-tech industry.

Israel Innovation Authority approves USD 43 million for tech training programs | KrASIA

Israel Innovation Authority approves USD 43 million for tech training programs

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NoCamels

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

India Tech

Zomato

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

Food Tech

The increase of losses can be ascribed to the two-month-long lockdown in the country that followed by restaurant closure.

Indian food delivery giant Zomato doubles revenue on quadrupled loss | KrASIA

Indian food delivery giant Zomato doubles revenue on quadrupled loss

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Avanish Tiwary

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

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Byton reportedly extended its suspension of work and production until June 2021.

Cash-stripped EV maker Byton ties up with Foxconn amid ongoing concerns | KrASIA

Cash-stripped EV maker Byton ties up with Foxconn amid ongoing concerns

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

Google LLC is an American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet-related services and products, which include online advertising technologies, search engine, cloud computing, software, and hardware. It is considered one of the Big Four technology companies, alongside Amazon, Apple and Facebook. 

Google

ShareChat

Twitter

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

While ShareChat would be Snap’s first investment in the Indian startup ecosystem, for Google, the deal would mean backing third short video app from India after Josh and Roposo.

Snap and Google look to invest in India's social media firm ShareChat | KrASIA

Snap and Google look to invest in India&#8217;s social media firm ShareChat

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

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

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

Transportation

New-energy-vehicle market expected to reach 1.8m units in 2021.

China slashes eco-car subsidies 20% as sales rebound | KrASIA

China slashes eco-car subsidies 20% as sales rebound

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

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Nikkei Asia

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

Although widely criticized in the country, the "996 working culture" is still prevalent in the tech industry.

Pinduoduo is being investigated after death of 22-year-old employee | KrASIA

Pinduoduo is being investigated after death of 22-year-old employee

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Song Jingli

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

Alibaba

NetEase, Inc. is a Chinese Internet technology company providing online services centered on content, community, communications and commerce. The company was founded in 1997 by Lebunto. NetEase develops and operates online PC and mobile games, advertising services, email services and e-commerce platforms in China.

NetEase

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

Entertainment

Music

As of October, China's music streaming services reached 620 million MAUs, while paying users surpassed 70 million.

Alibaba's music streaming service Xiami to shut down after 12 years | KrASIA

Alibaba&#8217;s music streaming service Xiami to shut down after 12 years

Gojek-Tokopedia merger could value the company at USD 18 billion

Gojek is a transportation network company and logistics startup company based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Gojek

Tokopedia is an Indonesian technology company, sometimes referred to as a unicorn. It was founded in 2009 by William Tanuwijaya and his Bestfriends from Harvard University, Michael Alexander.

Tokopedia

Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

Ride-hailing

Merger discussions between Gojek and Singapore-based rival Grab have stalled.

KEY STAT | Indonesia's Gojek and Tokopedia could create national e-commerce champion | KrASIA

KEY STAT | Indonesia&#8217;s Gojek and Tokopedia could create national e-commerce champion

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