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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.

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

Deals in brief: Habitto raises Series A funding, OpenAI tender offer to boost SoftBank’s stake, Deutsche Bank backs Partior, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: Habitto raises Series A funding, OpenAI tender offer to boost SoftBank’s stake, Deutsche Bank backs Partior, and more

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KrASIA Writers

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

China Tech

Serta aims to solve one of the final challenges of smart living by reimagining what a bed can do.

For Serta, the new era of smart living begins with sleep | KrASIA

For Serta, the new era of smart living begins with sleep

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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Google

Japan, Korea, and the West

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.

Deep Tech

Artificial intelligence

To keep users engaged, AI tools may need to be as simple and intuitive as they are powerful.

What NotebookLM’s success says about the future of AI tools | KrASIA

What NotebookLM’s success says about the future of AI tools

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Indonesia

Thailand

Total funding raised in the region dropped 60% amid political uncertainty and China worries.

IPO fundraising plunged in Thailand and Indonesia in second half of 2023 | KrASIA

IPO fundraising plunged in Thailand and Indonesia in second half of 2023

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

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India

Deals in brief: Marqo bags USD 12.5 million in funding, Mizuho Bank invests in Credit Saison India, CapitaLand Investment sets up new lodging private fund, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Marqo bags USD 12.5 million in funding, Mizuho Bank invests in Credit Saison India, CapitaLand Investment sets up new lodging private fund, and more

NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

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

Transportation

Electric vehicle

Tesla

It is anticipated to be among the pioneering electric vehicle models to feature Nio’s NT3 platform.

Nio’s Alps to begin trial production of first EV model in July 2024 | KrASIA

Nio’s Alps to begin trial production of first EV model in July 2024

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MENA

Deals in brief: Diraq secures Series A2 funding, UAE launches tech fund for developing nations, seven India deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Diraq secures Series A2 funding, UAE launches tech fund for developing nations, seven India deals, and more

The year-end total of 'dry powder' cash reserves has risen by seven times over the past decade.

VCs' funding capacity for Japan startups soars to record USD 9.7 billion | KrASIA

VCs&#8217; funding capacity for Japan startups soars to record USD 9.7 billion

Climate

Blazes burn twice as much as 20 years ago, and Canada lost an area half of Japan's size in 2023.

Global warming fuels extreme wildfires in a feedback loop | KrASIA

Global warming fuels extreme wildfires in a feedback loop

Europe

Deals in brief: Doxa secures funding from Cento Ventures, Temasek and Norinchukin Bank to anchor USD 173 million fund, five India deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Doxa secures funding from Cento Ventures, Temasek and Norinchukin Bank to anchor USD 173 million fund, five India deals, and more

Deals in brief: MediConCen and SingAuto secure Series A funding, Singapore-based Amperesand raises USD 12.5 million, 13 China and India deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: MediConCen and SingAuto secure Series A funding, Singapore-based Amperesand raises USD 12.5 million, 13 China and India deals, and more

Image of the V1, one of three new energy vehicle models unveiled by SingAuto in September 2023.

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

This Singapore-based company is delving into a niche vertical of new energy vehicles, with plans to venture into the Middle East and Southeast Asian markets.