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What shapes modern healthcare and agriculture? Examine biotech startups, gene editing, and drug discovery unlocking biological potential.

Biotechnology

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

Deep Tech

China

Managing partner Shan Fu says the firm can generate stronger returns through its asset-centric accelerator model.

Vivo Capital adopts asset-first biotech strategy to cut R&D inefficiency

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

Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

SAIC Motor, a Chinese automaker, manufactures passenger and commercial vehicles through various brands and joint ventures.

SAIC Motor

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

Electric Vehicles

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

Hong Kong

Mainland carmakers are using the city as a platform for global expansion.

Chinese automotives make inroads in Toyota-dominated Hong Kong taxi market

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

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

Consumer Economy

What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

Hardware

Whoop’s screenless bands use a subscription model instead of one-time hardware sales.

Meet Whoop, the new face of fitness wearables that ditch the screen

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

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The lawsuit raises one question: are apps sufficiently informing users how their private data is being collected and what it's being used for?

Douban user sues company for data privacy infringement

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Song Jingli

Dream11, India’s fantasy sports platform, engages cricket and football fans who create virtual teams to compete for prizes.

Dream11

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

India

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

Venture Capital

Founded in 2008, Dream11 was the first Indian gaming startup to become a unicorn in 2019.

Fantasy sports platform Dream11 mulls to go public in US next year

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

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

Southeast Asia

What drives digital education adoption? Analyze e-learning apps, AI-driven assessments, and tools enhancing student engagement.

Edtech

Indonesia

Ruangguru expanded to Vietnam in 2019 and into Thailand last year, and has so far served more than 22 million students.

Indonesia's edtech sector remains red-hot as Ruangguru snags another USD 55 million

Indonesia&#8217;s edtech sector remains red-hot as Ruangguru snags another USD 55 million

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Khamila Mulia

Tencent's total investment deals, Q1 2021: 103

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

Tencent's investment arm has been the most active VC in China in the first quarter. Tencent Investment was the most active Chinese venture capital firm in the first quarter with 103 deals internationally, spending more than RMB 60 billion (USD 9.2 billion), according to the Qichacha data aggregator. Around 30% of its targets were game developers, suggesting that Tencent invested into a game company every three days in Q1.

KEY STAT | Tencent is investing in a video game company every three days

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Julianna Wu

Amazon leads e-commerce, streaming (Prime Video), and AWS cloud infrastructure, redefining retail, media, and data services.

Amazon

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

E-commerce

The newly launched venture fund will back Indian startups and entrepreneurs focusing on digitizing SMBs.

Amazon sets up USD 250 million fund to back Indian startups

The Zeekr offers attractive autonomous driving features from Mobileye technologies, a 712-kilometer range, and body length of 5 meters.

Baidu partner Geely launches its own EV

Bukalapak, an Indonesian marketplace, empowers small merchants and connects consumers with diverse products online.

Bukalapak

As Indonesia's tech unicorns race toward their IPOs, state-owned firms are looking to cash in.

Indonesia's state investors in Bukalapak show increased confidence in local startups

Indonesia&#8217;s state investors in Bukalapak show increased confidence in local startups

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Ursula Florene

What drives global exploration? Discover evolving tourism trends, hospitality services, and the shift toward personalized travel experiences.

Travel

Last year online travel booking companies were reeling under an increase in ticket cancellations for both national and international travels.

Flipkart acquires online travel company Cleartrip in a distress sale

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Avanish Tiwary

Luckin Coffee provides app-based ordering, convenient pickup, and a broad beverage menu, reshaping China’s coffee consumption patterns.

Luckin Coffee

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

On-demand Services

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

Private Equity

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

Retail

The company plans to use the money to facilitate its proposed offshore restructuring and fulfill its obligations under the USD 180 million settlement with the US SEC.