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Shopee, a Southeast Asian online marketplace, features interactive shopping, flash deals, and localized payment options.

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Indonesia's government keeps nudging its state-owned enterprises to digitalize their operations by tapping the local tech startups. The two sides have started to cooperate on projects and new products, while the corporate venture capital arms of the SOEs—BRI Ventures, Mandiri Capital, and Telkom Group's MDI Ventures—are funneling money into the tech firms.

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Indian e-commerce and consumer internet companies raised over USD 8 billion in private equity and venture capital across 400 plus deals in 2020, said a report released on Thursday by Ernst & Young and Indian Venture Capital Association (IVCA). Although, given the funding blip in the second quarter of 2020, these companies attracted 20% lesser than the USD 10.3 billion they raised in 2019.

Indian e-commerce and consumer internet companies raised over USD 8 billion in 2020

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

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

Pinduoduo revolutionizes e-commerce with social group buying, connecting budget-conscious shoppers to discounts on a broad range of products.

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Taobao, Alibaba’s consumer-to-consumer marketplace, connects Chinese shoppers with diverse products, from fashion and electronics to everyday essentials.

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

E-commerce giant Alibaba is planning to launch a mini program on Tencent's WeChat platform as the company has been outpaced by Pinduoduo for the first time. The latter said on Wednesday that it recorded 788.4 million active buyers last year, surpassing Alibaba's 779 million

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China's largest agricultural platform enables more than 12 million farmers to sell products to its more than 788 million active buyers.

Pinduoduo has more buyers than Alibaba as company pushes ahead with agricultural focus

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Mumbai-headquartered direct-to-consumer (D2C) startup OZiva said Wednesday it has raised USD 12 million in a Series B round led by Eight Roads Ventures, with participation from F-Prime Capital and existing investor Matrix Partners India.The three-year-old startup provides plant-based nutrition products made of herbs, fruits, and berries and markets them for different groups, from male, female, to kids. It claims its products—powders that can be made into juices and shakes—have been made by mixing the learnings of modern science with the benefits of ayurvedic herbs.

Eight Roads Ventures leads a USD 12 million round in India's D2C brand

Eight Roads Ventures leads a USD 12 million round in India&#8217;s D2C brand

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On Thursday Coupang, the e-commerce company that over a decade has carved out a massive slice of South Korean retail, arrived on the New York Stock Exchange via a USD 4.6 billion initial public offering.

After Coupang soars in US IPO, can it deliver for the long term?

Homegrown direct-to-consumer or D2C beauty and personal care brands are fast becoming a darling of investors in India.D2C brands bypass the conventional method of multiple supply chain partners by marketing and selling products directly to the consumers. Some of the brands that have gained popularity among millions of Indians over the last couple of years include Nykaa, Sugar, Mamaearth, Wow Skin Science, MyGlamm, Skinkraft, and Plum. Currently, India has over 80 D2C brands across beauty, personal care, cosmetics, and men’s grooming segments.

Indian D2C beauty and personal care brands become a darling of VCs

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Meituan, China’s all-in-one local services platform, covers food delivery, travel bookings, and lifestyle deals, simplifying daily consumer choices.

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The community group-buying businesses of Meituan, Didi Chuxing, and Pinduoduo, as well as Alibaba-backed Nice Tuan have been fined by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) with RMB 1.5 million (USD 230,000) for selling groceries below cost and for misleading consumers with non-existing discounts. Tencent-backed firm Shixianghui was penalized with RMB 500,000, the regulator announced on its website on Thursday.

Chinese regulator fines firms in broad crackdown on grocery group-buying sector

80% of JD.com's user increase comes from lower-tier cities

JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce leader, ensures trusted transactions, efficient logistics, and a wide product selection for online shoppers.

JD.com

E-commerce giant JD.com (NASDAQ: JD, HKEX: 9618) said in its Q4 report on Thursday that it reached 472 million active buying users in 2020, 30% or 110 million more than in the previous year. More than 80% of the new customers came from China's numerous lower-tier cities.

KEY STAT | JD.com boosts users in China's smaller cities

KEY STAT | JD.com boosts users in China&#8217;s smaller cities

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