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

Deep Tech

How does automation advance industry? Analyze robotic arms, drones, and AI-driven tools reshaping manufacturing and services.

China

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Agibot

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

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

East Asia

Embodied Intelligence

Agibot, Galbot, UBTech, and Dobot are leading the charge, with all-purpose models expected to lag behind.

China's humanoid robot makers ramp up production despite tech hurdles

China&#8217;s humanoid robot makers ramp up production despite tech hurdles

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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

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Singapore

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Vietnam

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

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Sudo Lim

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

Insights | KrASIA

What drives digital education adoption? Analyze e-learning apps, AI-driven assessments, and tools enhancing student engagement.

Edtech

From not being able to conduct tests, gauge students' attention, to struggling with having a spare smartphone, online classes have become a menace in India.

In booming edtech market Indian students and teachers struggle with online classes

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Avanish Tiwary

Foreign entertainment firms are targeting Indonesia

Indonesia is one country where Chinese entertainment giants are locking horns with globally recognized names like Netflix and Disney.

Chinese and American entertainment platforms vie for screen time in Indonesia

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AJ Cortese

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

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

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

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

Pinduoduo

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

Jack Ma's retirement marks a new era for the country's innovators.

China 'second-generation' internet entrepreneurs take helm

China &#8216;second-generation&#8217; internet entrepreneurs take helm

Dark patterns in Southeast Asian e-commerce

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.

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Design elements in e-commerce marketplaces create the urge to buy more and buy faster. What are the techniques that these platforms deploy?

Under the spotlight: Dark patterns in Southeast Asia's e-commerce marketplaces

Under the spotlight: Dark patterns in Southeast Asia&#8217;s e-commerce marketplaces

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Lin Lingyi

Uable cultivates life skills in Indian schoolchildren

India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

India

Uable engages children from age six to 12 in role-playing projects, where the kids imagine themselves as astronauts, detectives, or scientists to solve problems.

Uable cultivates life skills and imagination in India's schoolchildren | Startup Stories

Uable cultivates life skills and imagination in India&#8217;s schoolchildren | Startup Stories

Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

FortyTwo gains pricing advantage working exclusively with factories and by leveraging on their volume and scale.

How FortyTwo became Singapore's largest online furniture retailer

How FortyTwo became Singapore&#8217;s largest online furniture retailer

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Vulcan Post

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

How do goods cross borders seamlessly? Examine warehousing tech, route optimization, and data analytics building efficient supply chains.

Logistics

There are over 40,000 local eateries in Jakarta generating monthly incomes of USD 3,000 each. Tech firms are tapping the sector.

Indonesia's street-side eateries to become the next sector to digitize

Indonesia&#8217;s street-side eateries to become the next sector to digitize

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Khamila Mulia

Mother Finance crunches mobile data for digital lending

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

Lending

Fintech firm Mother Finance offers loans to the unbanked population based on their smartphone data.

Mother Finance crunches mobile data for credit scores and digital lending in Myanmar: Startup Stories

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Stephanie Li

US-Listed YY Spins off Game Streaming Unit Huya for IPO to Fuel Expansion

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

Gaming

Before the ban, the Indian gaming market has largely been dominated by China-based developers.

Indian game developers set to gain from PUBG-ban

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Insights

In booming edtech market Indian students and teachers struggle with online classes

Foreign entertainment firms are targeting Indonesia

China ‘second-generation’ internet entrepreneurs take helm

Dark patterns in Southeast Asian e-commerce

Uable cultivates life skills in Indian schoolchildren

How FortyTwo became Singapore’s largest online furniture retailer

Indonesia’s street-side eateries to become the next sector to digitize

Mother Finance crunches mobile data for digital lending

Indian game developers set to gain from PUBG-ban

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