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

China Tech

Geely

Lynk &amp; Co

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

Combining advanced tech with a sleek fastback design, the Z20 represents Lynk & Co’s bid to redefine the premium EV experience. Will it succeed?

With the Z20, Lynk & Co delivers an EV that balances form and function | KrASIA

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With the Z20, Lynk &#038; Co delivers an EV that balances form and function

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

Dingdong Maicai

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

E-Commerce

Food Delivery

Grocery Delivery

An on-demand service platform connects waiting-time-sensitive customers with independent service providers.

On-Demand Services

MENA

Dingdong Maicai is said to have ventured into Saudi Arabia, marking its first step toward tapping into the Middle Eastern market.

Grocery giant Dingdong Maicai tests Saudi waters with tailored delivery model | KrASIA

Grocery giant Dingdong Maicai tests Saudi waters with tailored delivery model

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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Angel Investing

Investment

Merger &amp; Acquisition

Private Equity

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

India

Japan

Singapore

Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Portcast raises USD 6.5 million, Secai Marche nets additional Series A funding, Boman Group charts new fund for Australian startups, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Portcast raises USD 6.5 million, Secai Marche nets additional Series A funding, Boman Group charts new fund for Australian startups, and more

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KrASIA Writers

KrASIA | News Archives

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

Entertainment

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

Live Streaming

Tencent will have 67.5% of the voting power in the combined livestreaming giant.

China’s two largest esports streaming platforms announce merger | KrASIA

China’s two largest esports streaming platforms announce merger

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

Egypt’s NowPay raises USD 2.1 million seed investment

NowPay's team. Courtesy of NowPay via MENAbytes.

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 employees of companies that use NowPay can request salary advances through its mobile app.

Egypt’s NowPay raises USD 2.1 million seed for financial wellness platform | KrASIA

Egypt’s NowPay raises USD 2.1 million seed for financial wellness platform

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MENAbytes

Razorpay became the sixth unicorn company this year

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

India Tech

Sequoia Capital

Tiger Global

Y Combinator is an American seed accelerator, started in March 2005. Y Combinator is consistently ranked at the top of U.S. accelerators.

Y Combinator

An e-commerce payment system facilitates the acceptance of electronic payment for online transactions. Read stories of Payment service providers, platforms or the trending of the Payment industry.

Payments

Razorpay aims to power payments and banking for 50 million businesses by 2025 from the current five million.

Indian fintech startup Razorpay enters unicorn club with USD 100 million funding from GIC, Sequoia | KrASIA

Indian fintech startup Razorpay enters unicorn club with USD 100 million funding from GIC, Sequoia

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

miHoYo's Genshin Impact on track to gross RMB 1 billion

Genshin Impact adopts the gacha mechanic, allowing players to spend in-game virtual currency that they buy with real-world cash.

miHoYo's hit title Genshin Impact on track to gross RMB 1 billion despite mixed reviews | KrASIA

miHoYo&#8217;s hit title Genshin Impact on track to gross RMB 1 billion despite mixed reviews

Didi Chuxing Technology Co., formerly Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese transportation network company, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate.

Didi

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

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

Ride-hailing

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

Transportation

Starting October 10, Beijing residents could hail a self-driving ride for free with a few taps on an app.

Baidu rolls out Apollo Go robotaxi service for free in Beijing | KrASIA

Baidu rolls out Apollo Go robotaxi service for free in Beijing

China gives out free digital currency worth USD 1.49 million

The southern tech hub is launching China's first public test of the official digital currency.

KEY STAT | China gives away free digital yuan in Shenzhen | KrASIA

KEY STAT | China gives away free digital yuan in Shenzhen

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Julianna Wu

Edtech firm Huohua Siwei scores USD 100 million in Series E2

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

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

Huohua Siwei already attracted 85,000 daily learners on its various learning apps.

Edtech firm Huohua Siwei scores USD 100 million in Series E2 led by Tencent | KrASIA

Edtech firm Huohua Siwei scores USD 100 million in Series E2 led by Tencent

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Song Jingli

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

Alibaba

Best Logistics

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

Logistics

In about two years, Flash Express has grown to be the second-largest private express delivery provider in the Southeast Asian country.

Thai logistics firm Flash Express raises USD 200 million in Series D round | KrASIA

Thai logistics firm Flash Express raises USD 200 million in Series D round

The VC so far has raised USD 56 million, which it plans to invest in 30 Indonesian tech companies over the next three years.

Indonesia's AC Ventures announces first close of USD 80 million fund | KrASIA

Indonesia&#8217;s AC Ventures announces first close of USD 80 million fund

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