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

Consumer Economy

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

Creative

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

Entertainment

China

Bird Buddy and Birdfy are defining a new product category where bird feeders do more than just feed.

As smart feeders reshape birdwatching, can early leaders keep their perch?

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How do trustless ledgers transform industries? Investigate decentralized databases, smart contracts, and infrastructure powering secure transactions.

Blockchain

Where do digital assets find value? Consider market volatility, decentralized exchanges, and blockchain protocols shaping crypto economies.

Cryptocurrencies

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

Tokenization promises broader financial access, but without clear standards, it risks delivering abstraction over inclusion.

Tokenized assets are quietly reshaping market access, but structure will determine impact

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Alec Goh

BYD, a Chinese EV maker, produces electric cars, buses, and batteries, accelerating adoption of sustainable transportation worldwide.

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

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

East Asia

What powers tomorrow’s roads? Explore EV adoption, charging infrastructure, and battery advances sparking the shift toward sustainable transport.

Electric Vehicles

How is the way we move evolving? Explore developments in autonomous transportation, electric vehicles, and more efficient urban transit.

Mobility

How do goods and people flow worldwide? Examine transport networks, logistics innovations, and policies shaping global connectivity.

Transportation

India

The EV maker led 2024 sales but its pricing and lack of local manufacturing raise concerns.

BYD sets India sales record on back of dealership expansion

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Nikkei Asia

What fuels startup ecosystems? Review funding rounds, investor strategies, and market insights guiding entrepreneurial growth.

Venture Capital

Venture Capital | KrASIA

China Venture Roundup

China Venture Roundup Volume 30 covers China’s investment activity from April 26 - May 2, 2021.

Digital counseling platform Yidianling serves urban China's mental health needs | China Venture Roundup Volume 34

Digital counseling platform Yidianling serves urban China&#8217;s mental health needs | China Venture Roundup Volume 34

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KrASIA Venture Roundup

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

How do markets shape wealth creation? Study portfolio diversification, asset classes, and strategies balancing growth and risk.

Investment

Tiger Global's appetite for growth-to-late stage deals—the flavor of the season—is the biggest driver bumping the valuation of late-stage startups.

Indian startups bask in high valuation as investors remain upbeat on massive digital adoption

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

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Moulishree Srivastava

China Venture Roundup Volume 30 covers China’s investment activity from April 19 -25, 2021.

Zuoyebang—China's largest Edtech unicorn—considers US IPO | China Venture Roundup Volume 33

Zuoyebang—China&#8217;s largest Edtech unicorn—considers US IPO | China Venture Roundup Volume 33

HKEX's net profit in Q1, 2021: USD 490 million

Kuaishou, best known for its short video platform, drives user-generated content, influencer marketing, and community engagement through shareable clips.

Kuaishou

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

The stock connect programs with Shanghai and Shenzhen recorded historical highs in terms of revenue. Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing (HKEX: 388) reported its best-ever results for the first quarter of this year. Revenue reached USD 760 million, up 49% year-on-year, generating a net profit of USD 490 million for the quarter, up 70%.

KEY STAT | HKEX posts best-ever Q1 results on the back of strong tech IPO pipeline

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Julianna Wu

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

Deep Tech

What hovers over new frontiers? Explore drone logistics, aerial data collection, and surveillance tools shaping multiple industries.

Drones

The firm aims to benefit from China's USD 30.4 billion smart agriculture market.

Chinese agricultural drone maker EAVision bags funding from Temasek, CITIC

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Ursula Florene

China Venture Roundup Volume 30 covers China’s investment activity from April 12 -18, 2021.

Meet Youzan — the backbone of China's e-commerce industry | China Venture Roundup Volume 32

Meet Youzan — the backbone of China&#8217;s e-commerce industry | China Venture Roundup Volume 32

Dream11, India’s fantasy sports platform, engages cricket and football fans who create virtual teams to compete for prizes.

Dream11

Founded in 2008, Dream11 was the first Indian gaming startup to become a unicorn in 2019.

Fantasy sports platform Dream11 mulls to go public in US next year

Tencent's total investment deals, Q1 2021: 103

Tencent, a Chinese tech conglomerate, invests in gaming, social media, and cloud services, supporting entertainment and connectivity worldwide.

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

Gaming

Tencent's investment arm has been the most active VC in China in the first quarter. Tencent Investment was the most active Chinese venture capital firm in the first quarter with 103 deals internationally, spending more than RMB 60 billion (USD 9.2 billion), according to the Qichacha data aggregator. Around 30% of its targets were game developers, suggesting that Tencent invested into a game company every three days in Q1.

KEY STAT | Tencent is investing in a video game company every three days

Southeast Asia

Chinaccelerator revealed the 12 startups that will form its latest cohort.

Chinaccelerator's 8x8 Global Speaker Series provides clues for young entrepreneurs

Chinaccelerator&#8217;s 8&#215;8 Global Speaker Series provides clues for young entrepreneurs

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Venture Capital

Digital counseling platform Yidianling serves urban China’s mental health needs | China Venture Roundup Volume 34

Indian startups bask in high valuation as investors remain upbeat on massive digital adoption

Zuoyebang—China’s largest Edtech unicorn—considers US IPO | China Venture Roundup Volume 33