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Japan

14 overseas companies have been picked to receive advisory support for Japan IPOs.

Tokyo Stock Exchange seeks Asian unicorns to revive foreign listings | KrASIA

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Tokyo Stock Exchange seeks Asian unicorns to revive foreign listings

Spotlighting Asia&#039;s next wave of innovations.

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Nikkei Asia

Deep Tech

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

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

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

KrASIA | Insights Archives

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Autonomous Vehicles is about self-driving. A self-driving car is also known as a robot car, autonomous car, or driverless car, is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and moving with little or no human input.

Autonomous Vehicles

Ride-hailing encompasses a range of companies and services, including traditional taxis and car services. 

Ride-hailing

Transport or transportation is the movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another. 

Transportation

WeRide's COO, Zhang Li, says his company will be the first to offer completely autonomous taxis in China.

This startup vows to have fully driverless robotaxis available to the public by 2021: Inside China's Startups | KrASIA

This startup vows to have fully driverless robotaxis available to the public by 2021: Inside China&#8217;s Startups

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Song Jingli

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

E-Commerce

Half of Korea’s 10 unicorns are battling in online retail.

Korea’s e-commerce market is still dominated by local players | KrASIA

Korea’s e-commerce market is still dominated by local players

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Tech in Asia

Unacademy

Edtech

Education is the process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits. The education industry is fast-reforming nowadays. 

Education

B2C and B2B edtech startups are racing to tap the vast opportunity now that educational institutions are shut down and millions of students are stuck at home.

It's spring season for Indian edtech startups amid COVID-19 | KrASIA

It&#8217;s spring season for Indian edtech startups amid COVID-19

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

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

Alibaba

ByteDance or Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. is a Chinese Internet technology company operating several machine learning-enabled content platforms, headquartered in Beijing. It was founded by Zhang Yiming in 2012. ByteDance's core product, Toutiao, is a popular content platform in China.

Bytedance

Kuaishou (Chinese: 快手) is a platform for recording with millions of original fresh videos everyday.

Kuaishou

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate whose subsidiaries specialize in various Internet-related services and products, entertainment, artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally.

Tencent

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

Live Streaming

The Shenzhen-based internet giant has paid USD 262.6 million to take control of game livestreaming platform Huya.

Tencent bolsters lead in China’s video game livestreaming market, fending off rivals ByteDance, Alibaba | KrASIA

Tencent bolsters lead in China’s video game livestreaming market, fending off rivals ByteDance, Alibaba

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SCMP

Homebase targets potential millennial home buyers who want to avoid costly mortgages.

This Vietnam-based startup will co-invest in your dream home: Startup Stories | KrASIA

This Vietnam-based startup will co-invest in your dream home: Startup Stories

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Thu Huong Le

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

KrASIA collects the manifold efforts to ease the pain in the startup ecosystem.

Stepping Up: VCs in Southeast Asia roll out initiatives to support startups during COVID-19 | KrASIA

Stepping Up: VCs in Southeast Asia roll out initiatives to support startups during COVID-19

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KrASIA Writers

WeChat and AliPay Expanding their Businesses into Canadian Universities

Social Impact

WeChat, Alipay, and other popular apps find new purpose as lifeline in uncertain times.

Super apps help Chinese abroad weather coronavirus outbreak | KrASIA

Super apps help Chinese abroad weather coronavirus outbreak

Leaving the company you built is hard, but there are new opportunities to be discovered.

Gobi Partners' Shannon Kalayanamitr on reinventing herself after exiting Orami | KrASIA

Gobi Partners&#8217; Shannon Kalayanamitr on reinventing herself after exiting Orami

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Ursula Florene

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

Medical technology, or "medtech", encompasses a wide range of healthcare products and is used to treat diseases and medical conditions affecting humans. 

MedTech

Online education and health care startups in focus as VC fundraising hits 7-year low.

Insights

This startup vows to have fully driverless robotaxis available to the public by 2021: Inside China’s Startups

Korea’s e-commerce market is still dominated by local players

It’s spring season for Indian edtech startups amid COVID-19