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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

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India

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

Deals in brief: Osome extends Series B round, Kasagi Labo lands pre-Series A funding, Husk bags USD 5 million from Mekong Capital, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: Osome extends Series B round, Kasagi Labo lands pre-Series A funding, Husk bags USD 5 million from Mekong Capital, and more

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

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Jeff Chay

Deals in brief: Stupa scores INR 280 million in funding, Chainstack secures strategic investment, six China deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Stupa scores INR 280 million in funding, Chainstack secures strategic investment, six China deals, and more

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Marvin Goh

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

China Tech

NIO (Chinese: 蔚来; pinyin: Wèilái) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shanghai, specializing in designing and developing electric autonomous vehicles. The company is also involved in the FIA Formula E Championship, the first single-seater, all-electric racing series.

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

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

Transportation

Electric vehicle

The Onvo sub-brand expands Nio's electric vehicle lineup beyond its focus on premium consumers.

Nio launches the Onvo L60 SUV, throwing down gauntlet to Tesla’s Model Y | KrASIA

Nio launches the Onvo L60 SUV, throwing down gauntlet to Tesla’s Model Y

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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

India Tech

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Zomato

Food Delivery

Zomato’s IPO—India’s biggest so far this year—was sold in a price band of INR 74–76 a share from July 14–16.

Zomato makes stellar debut on bourses, market cap hits over USD 13 billion | KrASIA

Zomato makes stellar debut on bourses, market cap hits over USD 13 billion

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

Drones

There has been a lot of noise around employing drones for commercial deliveries. But nothing concrete has materialized yet as companies are still in the trial stage.

From vaccines to food: Indian startups charge up their drones for trials as government relaxes rules | KrASIA

From vaccines to food: Indian startups charge up their drones for trials as government relaxes rules

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Orchie Bandyopadhyay

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

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The Uptake Daily Digest | When the levee breaks. Tech companies across China are coming to Zhengzhou's aid after a devastating flood.

Daily Digest | When the levee breaks | KrASIA

Daily Digest | When the levee breaks

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The Uptake

Bjyu's

Edtech

Having raised over USD 850 million this year so far, on top of the USD 1 billion-plus funding it received from investors in 2020, the company is likely to continue its acquisition spree.

Byju's buys US-based edtech startup Epic for USD 500 million | KrASIA

Byju&#8217;s buys US-based edtech startup Epic for USD 500 million

The company has raised USD 297 million via equity and debt funding from Accel, Apoletto Asia, B Capital, Goldman Sachs, and e-commerce retailer Flipkart.

India's Uber for trucks, BlackBuck, reaches unicorn status with latest USD 67 million funding | KrASIA

India&#8217;s Uber for trucks, BlackBuck, reaches unicorn status with latest USD 67 million funding

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Avanish Tiwary

Amazon India

Flipkart

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

E-Commerce

Offline traders chart their own e-commerce journeys as CCI investigates Flipkart and Amazon.

India’s offline traders are challenging Flipkart and Amazon head-on | KrASIA

India’s offline traders are challenging Flipkart and Amazon head-on

The Uptake Daily Digest | Skipping through metaverses. Does it make more sense to merge NFTs with video games rather than art?

Daily Digest | Skipping through metaverses | KrASIA

Daily Digest | Skipping through metaverses

The Uptake Daily Digest | Computers on the road. Robotaxis are zipping around some of China's open roads.

Daily Digest | Computers on the road | KrASIA

Daily Digest | Computers on the road

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With the spread of Internet global accessing (fastest Internet broadband connection TCP with accumulator cables and semi-fast connection), Short Video services have become very popular online. 

Short Video

Two-year-old simsim has raised a total of USD 16 million to date from investors like Accel Partners and Shunwei Capital.