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Robotics

Beatbot is charging a premium for its pool-cleaning robots, and the hefty price tag isn't deterring buyers.

Can a USD 2,199 pool cleaning robot succeed in the US market? Beatbot is betting on it | KrASIA

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Can a USD 2,199 pool cleaning robot succeed in the US market? Beatbot is betting on it

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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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Energy

In the wake of Typhoon Yagi’s impact on southern China’s power grid, attention is turning to the critical role of mobile energy storage solutions.

From disaster relief to household power: EcoFlow’s mobile energy storage gains momentum | KrASIA

From disaster relief to household power: EcoFlow’s mobile energy storage gains momentum

Space industry refers to economic activities related to manufacturing components that go into Earth's orbit or beyond, delivering them to those regions, and related services. 

Space Tech

Beijing eyes reusable rockets as concerns rise over a possible "Great Firewall" in orbit.

China races to outflank Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service | KrASIA

China races to outflank Elon Musk&#8217;s Starlink satellite internet service

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

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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

Warner Bros, HBO, and Blizzard have teamed up with Secretlab to release chairs based on Batman, Game of Thrones, and Overwatch respectively.

These Singaporeans started Secretlab in their 20s, now it's a USD 300 million global gaming chair company | KrASIA

These Singaporeans started Secretlab in their 20s, now it&#8217;s a USD 300 million global gaming chair company

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Vulcan Post

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

Entertainment

We are now 23 days into the Indian government's ban on TikTok.

Jobless Influencers, Silenced Users: Is India Really Better off without TikTok? | KrASIA

Jobless Influencers, Silenced Users: Is India Really Better off without TikTok?

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Max Ma

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

E-commerce and fintech lead 2Q deals as pandemic fosters online service growth.

Startup investments in Southeast Asia nearly double despite COVID-19 | KrASIA

Startup investments in Southeast Asia nearly double despite COVID-19

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

Alibaba

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

E-Commerce

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

On-Demand Services

Security

Social Impact

E-commerce

informal

on-demand service

Taobao

Lurking beneath Taobao lies a hidden informal economy for services.

Chinese online informal services find home within Alibaba's Taobao marketplace | KrASIA

Chinese online informal services find home within Alibaba&#8217;s Taobao marketplace

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Lin Lingyi

Bukalapak

The third in a three-part series explores where the company is heading.

Perpetual persistence: Bukalapak’s new identity after all co-founders moved on (Part 3 of 3) | KrASIA

Perpetual persistence: Bukalapak’s new identity after all co-founders moved on (Part 3 of 3)

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Cindy Silviana

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

India Tech

Edtech

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

The food industry is booming! Both traditional companies and startups are using technology to transform the dynamics of the food sector.

Food Tech

M&amp;A deals in India fell by 28% in the first half of 2020 compared to the same period last year.

Distress sales to accelerate mergers and acquisition deals in the second half of 2020 | KrASIA

Distress sales to accelerate mergers and acquisition deals in the second half of 2020

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

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

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

Company controlled by Alibaba founder Jack Ma plans dual listing this year.

Ant's IPO plan: What to know about China's USD 200 billion fintech king | KrASIA

Ant&#8217;s IPO plan: What to know about China&#8217;s USD 200 billion fintech king

The second in a three-part series examines the company’s role in reshaping commerce in its home country.

Perpetual persistence: Bukalapak draws new users into the digital economy (Part 2 of 3) | KrASIA

Perpetual persistence: Bukalapak draws new users into the digital economy (Part 2 of 3)

He’s a first-time startup founder that made it through the Antler program with a goal of creating a tech startup.

Putting the 'venture' in adventure: A Silicon Valley native pursuing his startup dream in Singapore | KrASIA

Putting the &#8216;venture&#8217; in adventure: A Silicon Valley native pursuing his startup dream in Singapore

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Insights

These Singaporeans started Secretlab in their 20s, now it’s a USD 300 million global gaming chair company

Jobless Influencers, Silenced Users: Is India Really Better off without TikTok?

Startup investments in Southeast Asia nearly double despite COVID-19

Chinese online informal services find home within Alibaba’s Taobao marketplace

Perpetual persistence: Bukalapak’s new identity after all co-founders moved on (Part 3 of 3)

Distress sales to accelerate mergers and acquisition deals in the second half of 2020

Ant’s IPO plan: What to know about China’s USD 200 billion fintech king

Perpetual persistence: Bukalapak draws new users into the digital economy (Part 2 of 3)

Putting the ‘venture’ in adventure: A Silicon Valley native pursuing his startup dream in Singapore

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