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What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

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

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It could become the first public AI company to emerge from the Chinese Academy of Sciences ecosystem.

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

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

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The Dreame-backed brand joins a growing field aiming to turn beds into systems for sleep support.

With AI, can Stareep make smart beds stick in China this time?

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.

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The latest five-year plan seeks to expand the local capital market and encourage listings by large private firms.

Malaysia launches push to encourage local investors to buy stocks

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Baidu leads Chinese search engines, voice assistants, autonomous driving research, and AI platforms connecting users with information and services.

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With investor excitement cooling toward Chinese technology stocks, search engine operator Baidu edged just slightly higher on its market debut in Hong Kong on Tuesday, while streaming service Bilibili priced its stock sale well below the maximum it had set earlier.

Baidu fails to make splash with Hong Kong debut

Baidu's secondary listing to raise USD 3.1b

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

Internet giant and AI developer Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) will be raising about USD 3.1 billion from its secondary listing in Hong Kong, at a share price of HKD 252 (USD 32.5), which is 14.6% lower than the maximum target of HKD 295, according to its filing.

KEY STAT | Baidu kicks off 'homecoming' listing, remains short of its target

KEY STAT | Baidu kicks off &#8216;homecoming&#8217; listing, remains short of its target

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Traveloka, a Southeast Asian travel platform, helps users book flights, hotels, and local experiences seamlessly.

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Part 1 covers the origins of Traveloka and the company's build-out from flight listings to much, much more.There have been turbulent moments for Traveloka's top brass.

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Now worth around USD 3 billion, Traveloka is Southeast Asia's most popular online travel agency—and more.

In the top flight: Everything you need to know about Traveloka (Part 1 of 2)

70 A-share IPOs have been cancelled in 2021

Since the start of the year, 70 IPO applications on the A-share market have been aborted, compared with 43 in Q4 2020, according to local financial news outlet 21 Century Business Herald, which cited data from Wind. The majority of them has quit on a voluntary basis during the inspection.

KEY STAT | Inspection procedure is slowing China's IPO boom

KEY STAT | Inspection procedure is slowing China&#8217;s IPO boom

Nayuki brews up hip tea culture with IPO in sight

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Founded in 2015, Nayuki has won over millions of Chinese consumers with its "new-style tea drinks"—a blend of fresh tea, milk foam, and fruit chunks served in a to-go bottle that is designed to keep lipstick stains off its rim. While coffee chains like Starbucks, Tim Hortons, and Luckin struggle to find their way in a country where tea is favored over coffee, Nayuki is brewing up an IPO in Hong Kong at a time when it racked up net losses to the tune of RMB 27.5 million (USD 4.26 million) in the first nine months of 2020.

BIZ IN GRAPHICS | Nayuki brews up hip tea culture with IPO in sight

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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?

The Middle East’s growing tech ecosystem harnesses the enterprising spirit of innovators from its diverse cultural markets.

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Last week, Anghami became the first Arab technology company to announce that it’s going public through a listing on the Nasdaq in New York later this year after merging with a SPAC. As part of the deal, the company is expected to receive anywhere between USD 40 million and USD 210 million in cash from the SPAC and a separate PIPE investment.

Anghami’s journey to the public markets: Everything you need to know

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Beijing-based question-and-answer platform Zhihu on Friday filed for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, less than two years after the company closed a USD 434 million Series F round led by Baidu and Kuaishou in August 2019. Details on the IPO have not been disclosed.

Chinese Q&A app Zhihu files for US IPO

Chinese Q&#038;A app Zhihu files for US IPO

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