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When do companies invite public investment? Understand listing criteria, underwriter roles, and regulatory steps defining initial offerings.

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Sudo Lim

What guides machine-led insights? Uncover AI applications, language models, and decision-making systems transforming sectors worldwide.

Artificial Intelligence

How do ideas shape industries? Learn how content, design, and digital artistry influence branding, marketing, and cultural impact.

Creative

What lies beyond familiar frontiers? Investigate emerging tech—like quantum computing and AI—transforming traditional sectors.

Deep Tech

How does interactive entertainment evolve? Assess gaming ecosystems, esports growth, and technology enhancing virtual play.

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South Korea's Krafton is working with Nvidia while DeepSeek powers Chinese companies.

Asian game developers use AI to breathe new life into characters

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What shapes modern healthcare and agriculture? Examine biotech startups, gene editing, and drug discovery unlocking biological potential.

Biotechnology

The Silicon Valley entrepreneur has turned his body into a living experiment in a bid to reframe longevity as a solvable problem.

Bryan Johnson: The man trying to engineer longevity into the human condition

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What sets the bar for convenience? Examine on-demand platforms, subscription models, and personalization transforming consumer expectations.

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Southeast Asia’s tech ecosystem is a melting pot of startups and businesses of all sizes, all vying for rapid growth.

How do clicks replace aisles? Explore global marketplaces, payment solutions, and technology accelerating online retail’s growth.

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How do stores adapt to digital shifts? Explore e-commerce integration, inventory analytics, and omnichannel strategies for modern shoppers.

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Indonesia's beauty and personal care market is expected to grow to USD 7.46 billion in 2021.

Beauty app Social Bella bags millions from private equity firm L Catterton, others

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India’s tech landscape blossoms with e-commerce startups, fintech innovations, and IT services shaping a growing digital consumer base.

Enterprise services is an over-arching term to describe an architecture combining engineering discipline and computer science to solve practical business problems. 

Enterprise Services

How does finance become frictionless? Examine digital banking, payment innovation, and lending platforms redefining financial access.

How is healthcare going digital? Investigate telemedicine, wearable sensors, and data-driven platforms improving patient experiences.

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How does credit flow online? Explore digital lending tools, alternative scoring, and services accelerating capital access.

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India added 12 unicorns from January to April. Four of these firms operate in the B2B sector, and more will follow.

Billions pour into Indian B2B companies, creating more and more unicorns | KrASIA Spotlight

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India has over 12 million mom-and-pop shops across the country, of which 10 million are in rural areas. 

Indian kirana commerce startup ElasticRun raises USD 75 million from existing backers

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Super uses an agent-based model for group buying and logistics, so customers can pool their purchases for better prices.

With fresh money from SoftBank, social commerce firm Super aspires to become the 'Walmart of Indonesia'

With fresh money from SoftBank, social commerce firm Super aspires to become the &#8216;Walmart of Indonesia&#8217;

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Khamila Mulia

Sea Group operates digital entertainment (Garena), e-commerce (Shopee), and fintech (SeaMoney) platforms across Southeast Asia.

Sea Group

Shopee, a Southeast Asian online marketplace, features interactive shopping, flash deals, and localized payment options.

Shopee

Indonesian K-pop and K-drama fans are earning money by selling online collectible merchandise of their idols.

How a passion for K-pop turned into a business for young Indonesians | Tech In Culture

Red (xiaohongshu) IPO to raise USD 1 billion

China’s tech ecosystem serves as a driving force behind the world’s second largest economy, influencing global digital markets.

The firm will be valued at over USD 10 billion after the public listing.

KEY STAT | Social commerce unicorn Red eyes US public listing

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Explore East Asia’s thriving tech hubs, global electronics producers, and fast-evolving digital platforms shaping cross-border innovation.

East Asia

Pop Mart, a Chinese company, designs and sells toys, figurines, and collectibles, primarily in a blind box format.

Pop Mart

Pop Mart was becoming a victim of its own success.

Is China's breakout toy sensation a bubble about to pop?

Is China&#8217;s breakout toy sensation a bubble about to pop?

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What changes the way we shop? Review fresh inventory management, dark stores, and logistics driving door-to-door grocery services.

Grocery Delivery

How do platforms deliver on immediacy? Analyze ride-hailing, instant deliveries, and gig models meeting consumer needs fast.

On-demand Services

Here’s how one startup is thriving in the cutthroat arena of online groceries.

Is Nice Tuan about to replace China’s supermarkets?

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What entertains a connected world? Track shifts in film, music, and media consumption, as platforms and audiences redefine cultural experiences.

Entertainment

Showman allowed users to buy tickets of newly released movies and watch them on their own device from home.