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What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

Consumer Economy

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

How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

Retail

China

Wook’s revenue topped RMB 1 billion in 2024 as it expands beyond Indonesia across Southeast Asia.

Alibaba-backed Wook moves closer to IPO as Southeast Asia drives growth

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Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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IPO Zaozhidao is a Chinese media outlet that provides timely coverage of IPO developments and related market signals.

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IPO Zaozhidao

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Anta, a Chinese sportswear brand, specializes in performance-driven design, equipping athletes and consumers with innovative sports apparel and footwear.

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

Why do firms join forces? Investigate synergy goals, valuation methods, and negotiations driving corporate consolidation.

Merger &amp; Acquisition

Europe

The deal hands Anta control of Puma, while also tying it to the German sportswear brand’s ongoing turnaround.

Is Puma worth the 60% premium in Anta’s acquisition bid?

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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Cheng Zi

Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

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

Southeast Asia

The Nasdaq-listed company’s shares fell on concerns about commission revenue.

Grab faces regulatory headwinds in Indonesia, its key ride-hailing market

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

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Nikkei Asia

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

Insights | KrASIA

The Korean startup ecosystem has been on the rise ever since major global companies started to support startups in its ecosystem space.

Startup Country Guide: South Korea

Startup Universal is a content website covering emerging startup ecosystems across Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Europe. We work directly with top local investors &amp; founders in emerging ecosystems to develop global startup insights in the form of country guides, database of local resources, and curated news articles. You can think of Startup Universal as the Wikipedia of global startup ecosystems--a centralized and foundational information source.

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Startup Universal

The startup has a network or 30,000 blue-collar workers and 200 clients in Indonesia and Thailand.

Workmate helps blue-collar workers find jobs during a time of crisis: Startup Stories

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Khamila Mulia

What streamlines global commerce? Examine digital wallets, cross-border remittances, and instant settlement technologies.

Payments

We have a vision of building a super app in Myanmar, says Wave Money CEO Brad Jones.

Wave Money leads the way in Myanmar’s dash from cash: Startup Stories

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Stephanie Li

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

India

Reliance drives digital retail, telecommunication services, and entertainment offerings, shaping India’s consumer and connectivity environment.

Reliance

Unacademy, an online learning platform in India, provides test prep courses, video lessons, and live classes for students.

Unacademy

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

Edtech

In the first half of 2020, Indian edtech startups have raised USD 795 million, as compared to USD 108 million it attracted in the same period last year.

Indian edtech startups open up path for consolidation

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

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

What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

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ByteDance's newest launch raises questions on its enterprise strategy.

What is ByteDance's new enterprise product Volcano Engine all about?

What is ByteDance&#8217;s new enterprise product Volcano Engine all about?

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Lin Lingyi

The AI tech, which can identify people wearing a mask, is the first time in China that such a system has been used on subways in the country.

You can now board the subway in China’s Harbin with a face scan, even if you’re wearing a mask

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South China Morning Post

What medical tools shape care delivery? Assess medical devices, diagnostics, and digital services refining patient treatment.

Medtech

Shukun wants to increase the efficiency of doctors around China so more patients can receive care.

AI to boost doctors' efficiency with imaging diagnostics: Inside China's Startups

AI to boost doctors&#8217; efficiency with imaging diagnostics: Inside China&#8217;s Startups

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Song Jingli

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Abelytics tracks student performance to recommend areas that require extra attention.

This Malaysian startup pinpoints areas where students need a little extra help

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Vulcan Post

KrASIA spoke to experts in the region to understand how COVID-19 is changing attitudes towards digital healthcare services and apps and what it means for the industry.

COVID-19 and the rise of the healthcare apps

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