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Temasek Holdings Private Limited is a Singaporean holding company owned by the Government of Singapore.

Temasek

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

India

Philippines

Singapore

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

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Deals in brief: Xefco, Thrixen, and Salmon secure funding, Temasek invests in US-based Blaize, ten China and India deals, and more

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

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Marvin Goh

Electric Vehicles

Mobility

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

Transportation

Electric vehicle

Weaker earnings spotlight the state players' overreliance on the likes of Nissan and Honda

China's foreign automotive joint ventures lose luster under EV onslaught | KrASIA

China&#8217;s foreign automotive joint ventures lose luster under EV onslaught

As part of 36Kr’s ongoing partnership with Nikkei, you can read selected content from Nikkei Asia on KrASIA.

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Nikkei Asia

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

Alibaba

Taobao

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

Tmall

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

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

Tencent’s latest update to WeChat Pay targets an improved mobile payment experience for foreign visitors to China. How does it compare to Alipay?

Tencent updates WeChat Pay to facilitate easier payments for foreign visitors | KrASIA

Tencent updates WeChat Pay to facilitate easier payments for foreign visitors

Shopee

KrASIA | Shopee Archives

SEA Tech

Sea Group

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

China Tech

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

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

E-Commerce

Retail

Southeast Asia’s homegrown e-commerce platform, Shopee, is a pioneer in more ways than one. Formed in 2015, it is an offshoot of gaming company Garena, helmed by founders who studied abroad and worked overseas for multinational companies. Its fourth quarter and full year 2020 financial reports indicate that Shopee’s turnover for the year was USD 35.4 billion, double that of 2019 and accounting for 57% of the entire Southeast Asian e-commerce market’s transaction volume.

Here’s how Lazada lost its lead to Shopee in Southeast Asia (Part 1 of 2) | KrASIA

Here’s how Lazada lost its lead to Shopee in Southeast Asia (Part 1 of 2)

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Indonesia

Indonesia's government keeps nudging its state-owned enterprises to digitalize their operations by tapping the local tech startups. The two sides have started to cooperate on projects and new products, while the corporate venture capital arms of the SOEs—BRI Ventures, Mandiri Capital, and Telkom Group's MDI Ventures—are funneling money into the tech firms.

In Indonesia, more tech startups and SOEs are teaming up, but does everybody win? | KrASIA

In Indonesia, more tech startups and SOEs are teaming up, but does everybody win?

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Ursula Florene

SEA to offer $400m convertible notes after losses tripled in Q1

Gojek is a transportation network company and logistics startup company based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Gojek

GrabTaxi Holdings Pte. Ltd. is a transportation network company based in Singapore. In addition to transportation, the company offers food delivery services via mobile app. It operates in the Southeast Asian countries of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia. 

Grab

Traveloka

E-commerce powered one of the pandemic's biggest winners.

Cash splash: How Sea became Southeast Asia's biggest public company | KrASIA

Cash splash: How Sea became Southeast Asia&#8217;s biggest public company

Digital Banks

Shopee is preparing the infrastructure to transform Bank BKE into a digital bank.

Indonesia's regulator confirms acquisition of Bank BKE by Sea Group, report says | KrASIA

Indonesia&#8217;s regulator confirms acquisition of Bank BKE by Sea Group, report says

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Khamila Mulia

Food Delivery

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

On-Demand Services

ShopeeFood is recruiting driver-partners and has already on-boarded more than 500 merchants.

Shopee is set to enter the Indonesian food delivery battle, but can it win? | KrASIA

Shopee is set to enter the Indonesian food delivery battle, but can it win?

Tokopedia is an Indonesian technology company, sometimes referred to as a unicorn. It was founded in 2009 by William Tanuwijaya and his Bestfriends from Harvard University, Michael Alexander.

Tokopedia

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

Ride-hailing

A combined entity formed by Gojek and Tokopedia would be valued at more than USD 18 billion, eclipsing Grab's USD 16 billion valuation.

Too big to fail: Are Gojek and Tokopedia about to merge?  | KrASIA

Too big to fail: Are Gojek and Tokopedia about to merge? 

Over 20 million hours of livestreams were watched on Shopee Live in Southeast Asia and Taiwan since it launched 11.11 Big Sale three weeks ago.

Shopee sets new record with 200 million items sold on Singles' Day | KrASIA

Shopee sets new record with 200 million items sold on Singles&#8217; Day

Live Streaming

Livestreaming has become the new battleground for e-commerce platforms in Vietnam.

China’s Singles' Day catches on in Vietnam’s booming e-commerce sector | KrASIA

China’s Singles&#8217; Day catches on in Vietnam’s booming e-commerce sector

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Stephanie Li

Shopee and Lazada are both hosting livestreaming shows that will air on Indonesian TV.

Shopee

Here’s how Lazada lost its lead to Shopee in Southeast Asia (Part 1 of 2)

In Indonesia, more tech startups and SOEs are teaming up, but does everybody win?

Cash splash: How Sea became Southeast Asia’s biggest public company

Indonesia’s regulator confirms acquisition of Bank BKE by Sea Group, report says

Shopee is set to enter the Indonesian food delivery battle, but can it win?

Too big to fail: Are Gojek and Tokopedia about to merge?

Shopee sets new record with 200 million items sold on Singles’ Day

China’s Singles’ Day catches on in Vietnam’s booming e-commerce sector

How e-commerce platforms use livestreaming shows to boost 11/11 sales

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