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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.

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Bringing you the latest updates on funding deals and activities in the Asia Pacific.

Deals in brief: Supermom confirms Series B round, Clime Capital backs Indonesia’s Hijau, Waymo raises USD 5.6 billion, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: Supermom confirms Series B round, Clime Capital backs Indonesia’s Hijau, Waymo raises USD 5.6 billion, and more

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

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

Tokyo Stock Exchange seeks Asian unicorns to revive foreign listings

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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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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

Tencent finds itself fending off major tech rivals including ByteDance, Alibaba, Sina, and NetEase.

How Tencent plans to escape its social media midlife crisis | KrASIA

How Tencent plans to escape its social media midlife crisis

Wency Chen is a reporter KrASIA based in Beijing, covering tech innovations in&amp;beyond the Greater China Area. Previously, she studied at Columbia Journalism School and reported on art exhibits, New York public school systems, LGBTQ+ rights, and Asian immigrants. She is also an enthusiastic reader, a diehard fan of indie rock and spicy hot pot, as well as a to-be filmmaker (Let’s see). Follow her on Twitter: @ChenWQ45 Tips go to: wency@kr-asia.com

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Village Link has built an app to provide free, personalized agriculture advice for crop-growers.

This tech startup is improving yields for farmers in rural Myanmar: Startup Stories | KrASIA

This tech startup is improving yields for farmers in rural Myanmar: Startup Stories

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Thu Huong Le

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

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

Entertainment

Video

The virus outbreak has caused a spate of high-profile movies being released online.

Movie theaters face threat as short-video platforms enter coronavirus-disrupted market | KrASIA

Movie theaters face threat as short-video platforms enter coronavirus-disrupted market

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

A B2B payment gateway company, Cashfree provides services like money collection, wage disbursement, and instant refunds.

Cashfree is making life easier for online companies in India: Startup Stories | KrASIA

Cashfree is making life easier for online companies in India: Startup Stories

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Avanish Tiwary

A crisis holds risk—but also opportunity.

Which tech companies are benefiting from the coronavirus? | KrASIA

Which tech companies are benefiting from the coronavirus?

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5G is a commonly used term for certain advanced wireless systems. Industry association 3GPP defines any system using "5G NR" software as "5G", a definition that came into general use by late 2018. 

The coronavirus outbreak compounds difficulties for local smartphone makers, who were hoping for a post-New Year rebound.

Chinese smartphone vendors brace for 30 to 50% decline as a result of coronavirus | KrASIA

Chinese smartphone vendors brace for 30 to 50% decline as a result of coronavirus

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Luna Lin

E-commerce platforms are monitoring surging mask prices while the country's IT ministry is dealing with fake news.

This is how Indonesia is reacting to the coronavirus outbreak | KrASIA

This is how Indonesia is reacting to the coronavirus outbreak

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Khamila Mulia

Didi Chuxing Technology Co., formerly Didi Kuaidi, is a Chinese transportation network company, artificial intelligence and autonomous technology conglomerate.

Didi

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

A handful of Chinese major automakers are eyeing online ride-hailing services to boost their business.

Chinese automakers bet on ride-hailing future amid slowdown in car sales | KrASIA

Chinese automakers bet on ride-hailing future amid slowdown in car sales

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