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

China Tech

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

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.

Creative

Deep 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

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

Game titles like Honor of Kings and Valorant remain key drivers of Tencent’s growth.

Tencent’s operating profit climbs 19%, fueled by gaming and fintech gains | KrASIA

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Tencent’s operating profit climbs 19%, fueled by gaming and fintech gains

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

Bilibili

Content

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

Entertainment

Live Streaming

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

Video

Bilibili has turned profitable, driven by rising user engagement and effective monetization strategies.

Bilibili posts first-ever profit as ad and gaming revenues surge | KrASIA

Bilibili posts first-ever profit as ad and gaming revenues surge

Japan

Singapore

Japanese startups made a strong impression at this year’s SWITCH, unveiling innovative tech solutions primed for global applications.

Japan’s startups find new pathways to global markets at SWITCH | KrASIA

Japan’s startups find new pathways to global markets at SWITCH

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KrASIA Writers

KrASIA | News Archives

Read stories of Travel service providers, platforms or the trending of the travel industry.

Travel

US short-stay rental platform faces battles with super apps in the region.

Airbnb sets sights on USD 1.5 trillion market in Asia ahead of IPO | KrASIA

Airbnb sets sights on USD 1.5 trillion market in Asia ahead of IPO

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

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

India Tech

Edtech

Cuemath's valuation reached USD 171 million, recording a rise of 80% compared to its previous valuation of USD 95 million.

Google-backed edtech startup Cuemath raises USD 40 million from Lightstone Aspada and Alpha Wave Incubation | KrASIA

Google-backed edtech startup Cuemath raises USD 40 million from Lightstone Aspada and Alpha Wave Incubation

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Health Tech

IHV’s Comprehensive Medical Information Exchange platform is used for diagnostic radiology and nuclear medicine.

Singapore-based healthtech firm Claritas acquires teleradiology startup IHV | KrASIA

Singapore-based healthtech firm Claritas acquires teleradiology startup IHV

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Tech in Asia

Flipkart

Walmart

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

E-Commerce

India

Flipkart competes with Amazon India and Reliance-owned JioMart to get a bigger pie of the e-commerce market that is expected to reach USD 94 billion by 2023.

Walmart eyes listing Indian e-tailer Flipkart at a valuation of USD 40 billion | KrASIA

Walmart eyes listing Indian e-tailer Flipkart at a valuation of USD 40 billion

Japan, Korea, and the West

MENA

Startup World Cup's Israeli chapter is currently vetting applicants.

Startup World Cup to make Israel debut with final prize worth USD 1 million | KrASIA

Startup World Cup to make Israel debut with final prize worth USD 1 million

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NoCamels

Retail

Sprii was the second most funded startup in the e-commerce category for products for babies and mothers within the region.

Dubai’s Sprii enters liquidation after running out of cash | KrASIA

Dubai’s Sprii enters liquidation after running out of cash

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MENAbytes

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

17 Education Technology continues to report widening losses.

Shunwei Capital-backed 17 Education Technology gets lukewarm reception on Nasdaq debut | KrASIA

Shunwei Capital-backed 17 Education Technology gets lukewarm reception on Nasdaq debut

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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Sea Group

Digital Banks

Shares in Singtel and Sea rise while banks drop after award of licenses.

Singapore digital bank winners surge on hopes for fintech growth | KrASIA

Singapore digital bank winners surge on hopes for fintech growth

ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

Music

Resso offers a freemium service, with a monthly ad-free subscription for IDR 49,000 or USD 3.27.

Google honors ByteDance’s Resso as one of Android's best apps in 2020 | KrASIA

Google honors ByteDance’s Resso as one of Android&#8217;s best apps in 2020

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