Alibaba

ByteDance

CATL

Huawei

Meituan

Tencent

Xiaomi

Most Followed

Market News

Listings (IPO)

Earnings Reports

Venture Roundup

Big Tech

Automotives

Retail and Commerce

Collections

News

Features

Insights

Press Releases

Anta

DeepSeek

Geely

Li Auto

Mixue Bingcheng

Pop Mart

Going Global

Latest

Collaborate

Earnings

Auto

Retail & Commerce

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

China

Dreame

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

East Asia

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

Dreame’s playbook carries echoes of Xiaomi’s rise.

Making sense of Dreame’s rocket-boosted car and automotive ambitions

Home

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

KrASIA

Cheng Zi is based in China, covering technology- and business-related events. She works with her colleagues at 36Kr Global to provide coverage in both English and Chinese.

https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a1c02e0609a846ab19ab44182633a8d5?s=96&d=blank&r=g

Cheng Zi

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

Hardware

Sonnoc is betting that triple-color laser technology, led by its Xiaolong series, can help it gain ground.

Triple-color laser opens a new window for Sonnoc’s projector ambitions

From left to right: Genping Liu, Dennis Sze, Lemuel Low, Edmund Tan, and Chan Yip Pang. Sze, Low, and Tan are co-founders of ReN3, while Liu and Chan serve as general partner and executive director of investments, respectively, at Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India.

How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

Why do firms join forces? Investigate synergy goals, valuation methods, and negotiations driving corporate consolidation.

Merger &amp; Acquisition

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

Private Equity

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

Venture Capital

Singapore

Southeast Asia

Thailand

Bringing you the latest updates on funding and investment activity across the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Vertex Ventures backs ReN3 and Formas.ai; Featherless and SiamDL raise Series A funding; latest China investments, and more

An alias used when humans and machines team up in our newsroom. Articles under this byline may be shaped with the help of AI, but are always vetted by a human before publication.

https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6ff53490f679f358bf543998d228fb32?s=96&d=blank&r=g

Sudo Lim

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

News | KrASIA

ByteDance, a Chinese internet company, uses machine learning to recommend engaging videos, news, and social content (via TikTok and Douyin).

How does learning transcend classrooms? Investigate online courses, adaptive learning tools, and global educational platforms.

Education

Online Education

The company has been paving the way for this service in the past year.

ByteDance will reportedly launch a K–12 online education platform this summer

https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b1f58c52050738746ae9a2be6555a9ab?s=96&d=blank&r=g

Song Jingli

Kargo

Myanmar

The loan will help with Kargo's cash flow management.

Myanmar's first logistics startup secures capital at home

Myanmar&#8217;s first logistics startup secures capital at home

https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7986e8a7ab11bd6a9ff01666ee85c188?s=96&d=blank&r=g

Zhixin Tan

Adgile Media

Adtech

Australia

The company is moving into East and Southeast Asia

Adtech firm Adgile secures funding from Singapore

https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4b63920832c0954dae7c9bf6a629fa69?s=96&d=blank&r=g

Robin Moh

Alibaba, China’s e-commerce giant, operates online retail marketplaces, cloud computing services, and digital payment networks across Asia and beyond.

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

Consumer Economy

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

E-commerce

Taobao

Retail entrepreneurs in their twenties are capitalizing on the mobile internet.

Alibaba-driven e-commerce created over 40 million jobs in China in 2018

https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/dbd8b27418953a4ed5baea23b0e7488b?s=96&d=blank&r=g

Lao Bei

Tmall

And they will make faster deliveries too.

Alibaba's Tmall online supermarket aims to cover almost all Chinese households

Alibaba&#8217;s Tmall online supermarket aims to cover almost all Chinese households

Edtech

VIPKid

Chinese edtech unicorn VIPKid now has 70,000 teachers from North America on its platform

customer loyalty

Perx

Saas

The startup has had the support of Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin since 2015.

Singapore SaaS startup Perx raises $5m for expansion plans

Gaming

ByteDance, currently considered the world's most valuable startup, has invested in another game publisher, a sign of its ambition in the gaming industry,

ByteDance invests in another game publisher

data privacy

Infinity Works

Qiadoa

The firm has scraped data from legitimate job hunting websites without users' consent.

Human resources startup Qiaoda is allegedly investigated by police

https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e16f8bb2fa5cdbd713abae1f0caa6e53?s=96&d=blank&r=g