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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

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From disaster relief to household power: EcoFlow’s mobile energy storage gains momentum

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

KrASIA

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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36Kr English

Space industry refers to economic activities related to manufacturing components that go into Earth's orbit or beyond, delivering them to those regions, and related services. 

Space Tech

Beijing eyes reusable rockets as concerns rise over a possible "Great Firewall" in orbit.

China races to outflank Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service | KrASIA

China races to outflank Elon Musk&#8217;s Starlink satellite internet service

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Nikkei Asia

MENA

The Supernova Challenge 2.0 showcased the innovation driving the global startup ecosystem, with Dubai playing a key role in supporting emerging tech.

Longenesis wins top prize at Supernova Challenge 2.0, Singapore's ProfilePrint takes second | KrASIA

Longenesis wins top prize at Supernova Challenge 2.0, Singapore&#8217;s ProfilePrint takes second

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KrASIA Writers

KrASIA | News Archives

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

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

China Tech

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

Didi

Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

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

Xiaomi Corporation is a Chinese electronics company headquartered in Beijing. Xiaomi makes and invests in smartphones, mobile apps, laptops, and related consumer electronics.

Xiaomi

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

Insurance

Didi halts mutual aid service as China tightens fintech regulations. Major mutual aid platforms have been suspended as regulators rein in tech firms.

Didi suspends mutual aid service as China tightens fintech regulations | KrASIA

Didi suspends mutual aid service as China tightens fintech regulations

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Jiaxing Li

Building a coherent narrative of India's rapidly changing tech ecosystem.

India Tech

Swiggy

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

E-Commerce

India

Swiggy Bazaar will face tough competition from incumbents like SoftBank-backed Meesho, InMobi-owned Shop101, Korea Investment Partners-backed GlowRoad, and Tiger Global-backed DealShare.

Indian food delivery giant Swiggy plans to venture into social commerce space: Report | KrASIA

Indian food delivery giant Swiggy plans to venture into social commerce space: Report

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Social Impact

Chinese big tech firms donate USD 54 million to help storm-hit Shanxi. Internet platforms playe a significant role in coordinating relief efforts.

Chinese big tech firms donate USD 54 million to help storm-hit Shanxi | KrASIA

Chinese big tech firms donate USD 54 million to help storm-hit Shanxi

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Mengyuan Ge

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

Investment

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

Venture debt firm InnoVen Capital launches Southeast Asia fund, completes first close at USD 50 million. It will cut checks worth USD 500,000 to 10 million.

Venture debt firm InnoVen Capital launches Southeast Asia fund, completes first close at USD 50 million | KrASIA

Venture debt firm InnoVen Capital launches Southeast Asia fund, completes first close at USD 50 million

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Khamila Mulia

TSMC

Semiconductors

Japan

Tokyo had an inside track with Taiwan semiconductor giant TSMC in joint R&D deal.

Japan's wooing of TSMC pays off with USD 7 billion chip plant | KrASIA

Japan&#8217;s wooing of TSMC pays off with USD 7 billion chip plant

The Internet of things (IoT) is the extension of Internet connectivity into physical devices and everyday objects. Embedded with electronics, Internet connectivity, and other forms of hardware, these devices can communicate and interact with others over the Internet, and they can be remotely monitored and controlled.

Europe

IoT developer UnaBiz bags USD 25 million Series B.

IoT developer UnaBiz bags USD 25 million Series B | KrASIA

IoT developer UnaBiz bags USD 25 million Series B

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Stephanie Li

Agriculture

Tazah raises USD 2 million pre-seed to solve inefficiencies in Pakistan's food and agricultural supply chain.

Tazah raises USD 2 million pre-seed to solve inefficiencies in Pakistan's food and agricultural supply chain | KrASIA

Tazah raises USD 2 million pre-seed to solve inefficiencies in Pakistan&#8217;s food and agricultural supply chain

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MENAbytes

Food Delivery

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

On-Demand Services

After USD 533 million antitrust fine, Meituan faces public criticism for alleged account security flaw leading to Meituan and Dianping account takeovers.

After USD 533 million antitrust fine, Meituan faces public criticism for alleged account security flaw | KrASIA

After USD 533 million antitrust fine, Meituan faces public criticism for alleged account security flaw

Taobao

WeChat is a Chinese multi-purpose messaging, social media and mobile payment app developed by Tencent. It was first released in 2011, and by 2018 it was one of the world's largest standalone mobile apps by monthly active users, with over 1 billion monthly active users.

Wechat

Major mobile apps in China, including WeChat, Taobao, and Meituan, extensively mine personal data, sparking social media outrage.

News

Didi suspends mutual aid service as China tightens fintech regulations

Indian food delivery giant Swiggy plans to venture into social commerce space: Report

Chinese big tech firms donate USD 54 million to help storm-hit Shanxi

Venture debt firm InnoVen Capital launches Southeast Asia fund, completes first close at USD 50 million

Japan’s wooing of TSMC pays off with USD 7 billion chip plant

IoT developer UnaBiz bags USD 25 million Series B

Tazah raises USD 2 million pre-seed to solve inefficiencies in Pakistan’s food and agricultural supply chain

After USD 533 million antitrust fine, Meituan faces public criticism for alleged account security flaw

Major mobile apps in China extensively mine personal data, sparking social media outrage

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