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While China’s tea chains race to open stores, Molly Tea is opting for a more measured expansion. Will this strategy give it an edge, or leave it lagging behind?

Molly Tea isn’t rushing into China’s tea wars—could that be the smarter move? | KrASIA

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Molly Tea isn’t rushing into China’s tea wars—could that be the smarter move?

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

KrASIA

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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Angel Investing

Investment

Merger &amp; Acquisition

Private Equity

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

Indonesia

Singapore

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

Deals in brief: MindWorks Capital raises USD 220 million for new fund, Chickin and watchTowr reportedly bag Series A funding, four China deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: MindWorks Capital raises USD 220 million for new fund, Chickin and watchTowr reportedly bag Series A funding, four China deals, and more

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KrASIA Writers

Baidu

Bringing together the latest business insights and trends of China's tech ecosystem.

China Tech

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

Mobility

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

On-Demand Services

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

Ride-hailing

With plans to launch in Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Middle East, Baidu’s robotaxi service aims to break new ground as competition in self-driving intensifies.

Baidu’s Apollo Go eyes global expansion as robotaxi race heats up | KrASIA

Baidu’s Apollo Go eyes global expansion as robotaxi race heats up

Q&amp;A

KrASIA | Q&amp;A Archives

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

E-Commerce

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

Picking up where Groupon left off three years ago, Fave is evolving rapidly.

Fave is on its way to be Southeast Asia's first "merchant super-app": Q&A with Joel Neoh | KrASIA

Fave is on its way to be Southeast Asia&#8217;s first &#8220;merchant super-app&#8221;: Q&#038;A with Joel Neoh

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Khamila Mulia

Logistics is generally the detailed organization and implementation of a complex operation. In a general business sense, logistics is the management of the flow of things between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet requirements of customers or corporations. 

Logistics

Season Two Ventures is in the market to raise USD 50 million B2B-only fund.

Sajan Pillai-led Season Two Ventures promises to encourage India's B2B companies | KrASIA

Sajan Pillai-led Season Two Ventures promises to encourage India&#8217;s B2B companies

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Avanish Tiwary

Japanese investments in India have diversified from traditional sectors of auto, industrial, and consumer electronics, to financial services.

Japanese technology to be more impactful as manufacturing merges with IoT: KPMG Chairman | KrASIA

Japanese technology to be more impactful as manufacturing merges with IoT: KPMG Chairman

Lending

The limit for an individual to invest has been increased to USD 70,000.

As India increases lending limit, P2P companies hope for more riches to invest | KrASIA

As India increases lending limit, P2P companies hope for more riches to invest

The Malaysian government is pushing its digital economy, and wants local startups to grow on a global scale.

Malaysia might have a unicorn soon: Q&A with Norhizam Kadir, VP of MDEC’s growth ecosystem development | KrASIA

Malaysia might have a unicorn soon: Q&#038;A with Norhizam Kadir, VP of MDEC’s growth ecosystem development

The VC firm invests only when it has the confirmation that a Chinese investor will also invest in a follow-up round.

This Indian fund is eyeing local versions of Chinese businesses | KrASIA

This Indian fund is eyeing local versions of Chinese businesses

OVO will raise funding in 2020, and it will focus on expanding into lending, online investing, and digital insurance services.

Ovo CEO Jason Thompson talks company strategy, investments, and rumors | KrASIA

Ovo CEO Jason Thompson talks company strategy, investments, and rumors

A blockchain, originally block chain, is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp, and transaction data.

Blockchain

Using blockchain technology, InvestoAsia is taking Indian capital across borders.

Smriti Tomar of InvestoAsia on why she ran counter to Warren Buffett: Women in Tech | KrASIA

Smriti Tomar of InvestoAsia on why she ran counter to Warren Buffett: Women in Tech

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Priya Pradeep

While Indonesian fintech is close to experiencing an inflection point, Convergence Ventures still sees plenty of opportunities in this sector.

Staying focused on Indonesian investments: Convergence Ventures Q&amp;A (Part 2) | KrASIA

Staying focused on Indonesian investments: Convergence Ventures Q&amp;A (Part 2)

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Q&A

Fave is on its way to be Southeast Asia’s first “merchant super-app”: Q&A with Joel Neoh

Sajan Pillai-led Season Two Ventures promises to encourage India’s B2B companies