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Alibaba Group Holding Limited is a Chinese multinational conglomerate specializing in e-commerce, retail, Internet and technology. 

Alibaba

Alibaba Cloud

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

China Tech

Vietnam

The Chinese tech group is renting server space from state-owned partners in the meantime.

Alibaba to build Vietnam data center to follow local storage law | KrASIA

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Alibaba to build Vietnam data center to follow local storage law

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

KrASIA

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Nikkei Asia

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

Douyin

Tiktok

In computer science, artificial intelligence (AI), sometimes called machine intelligence, is intelligence demonstrated by machines, in contrast to the natural intelligence displayed by humans and animals.

Content

Creative

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

Video

The automatic labeling of AI-generated content on TikTok is a small step in an uphill battle against the misuse of AI.

Will TikTok’s new content labels really combat AI misinformation? | KrASIA

Will TikTok’s new content labels really combat AI misinformation?

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Jeff Chay

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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

Cambodia

India

Singapore

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

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

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

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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

Indonesia

A series of loans issued through Traveloka PayLater without the knowledge of users has led to questions about data misuse and security.

Illegal, unauthorized loans were issued through Traveloka PayLater, raising concerns over data misuse | KrASIA

Illegal, unauthorized loans were issued through Traveloka PayLater, raising concerns over data misuse

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Khamila Mulia

Deep Tech

Facial Recognition

AI camera startups in Vietnam are preparing for a soaring interest in video surveillance equipment. Electronics manufacturer Hanet, which was founded in 2005 and produces devices such as home karaoke systems, is targeting the market with new Series A funding from G-group, the firm behind social media network Gapo, lending platform Tima, and payment startup GPay.

Vietnam's fledgling AI camera startups gear up as demand for video surveillance grows | KrASIA

Vietnam&#8217;s fledgling AI camera startups gear up as demand for video surveillance grows

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Stephanie Li

Investors

Startups in Southeast Asia managed to raise USD 8.2 billion in 2020, per the Exit Landscape 2.0 Report on startup exits that VC Golden Gate Ventures released on Thursday in collaboration with business school INSEAD.

5 takeaways on startup exits from Golden Gate Ventures' latest report | KrASIA

5 takeaways on startup exits from Golden Gate Ventures&#8217; latest report

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Georg Ackermann

Hardware, in the context of technology, refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible. 

Hardware

Business equipment startup iMin Technology secured 7-figure pre-Series A financing from investors. It makes commercial IoT hardware, like POS terminals and QR code scanners. 

iMin Technology nabs 7-figure funds to develop IoT hardware | KrASIA

iMin Technology nabs 7-figure funds to develop IoT hardware

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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The game industry is the economic sector involved in the development, marketing, and monetization of games. It encompasses dozens of job disciplines and its component parts employ thousands of people worldwide.

Gaming

According to a report by The Business Times, global lifestyle and gaming firm Razer is “carefully evaluating” a potential entry into cryptocurrency. Min-Liang Tan, CEO of the Hong Kong-listed firm said in a presentation this week that there is a nascent opportunity for Razer in the digital money space, given the wide reach of its Razer Fintech unit.

Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan says firm is exploring entry into cryptocurrency space | KrASIA

Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan says firm is exploring entry into cryptocurrency space

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Regulators are making changes to Indonesia's finance systems to keep up with the times.

In a fast-changing financial landscape, Indonesia ponders creation of a digital rupiah | KrASIA

In a fast-changing financial landscape, Indonesia ponders creation of a digital rupiah

iGlobe Partners' investors, like Yoke Sin Chong, draw from technical expertise to identify the deep tech startups that hold the most promise.

Deep tech startups are gems for investors with an appetite for risk, says Yoke Sin Chong of iGlobe Partners | KrASIA

Deep tech startups are gems for investors with an appetite for risk, says Yoke Sin Chong of iGlobe Partners

The food industry is booming! Both traditional companies and startups are using technology to transform the dynamics of the food sector.

Food Tech

Good Startup, a Singapore-based venture capital firm that invests in companies that aim to eliminate animals agriculture from the food system, raised USD 25 million for its Good Protein Fund I.

Singaporean VC Good Startup raises USD 25 million to invest in alternative protein developers | KrASIA

Singaporean VC Good Startup raises USD 25 million to invest in alternative protein developers

iGlobe Partners has closed the iGlobe Platinum Fund III, raising USD 100 million for investments in game-changing innovations, targeted at the development of high-growth areas in smart cities, synthetic biology, and fintech.

iGlobe Partners closes USD 100 million in oversubscribed Platinum Fund III for transformational ventures in three cutting-edge sectors | KrASIA

iGlobe Partners closes USD 100 million in oversubscribed Platinum Fund III for transformational ventures in three cutting-edge sectors

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