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

Alibaba

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

China Tech

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

Japan

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

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

Deals in brief: Accacia, Swat Mobility, and Seedflex snag funding, ComfortDelGro secures SGD 100 million, Alibaba eyes investment in fashion platform Ably, and more | KrASIA

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Deals in brief: Accacia, Swat Mobility, and Seedflex snag funding, ComfortDelGro secures SGD 100 million, Alibaba eyes investment in fashion platform Ably, and more

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

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KrASIA Writers

Climate

Indonesia

climate change

sustainability

In Malaysia, a weak currency is squeezing financing for decarbonization efforts.

Greenflation causes Indonesia and Vietnam to backtrack on renewables | KrASIA

Greenflation causes Indonesia and Vietnam to backtrack on renewables

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

Semiconductors

Tighter export controls imposed by the US and China have pushed chip makers to other countries for production support, with Malaysia and India among the key winners.

How the US–China chip conflict is making way for new hubs like Malaysia and India | KrASIA

How the US–China chip conflict is making way for new hubs like Malaysia and India

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Marvin Goh

Thailand

Deals in brief: Smartpay and WYZauto secure funding, SGX-listed APS to acquire Mobii Network, seven China deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Smartpay and WYZauto secure funding, SGX-listed APS to acquire Mobii Network, seven China deals, and more

Korea

Deals in brief: Pro-Net secures MYR 200 million from CIMB Bank, Mitsui and Rohto jointly acquire Eu Yan Sang, Hyundai becomes top shareholder of KT, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Pro-Net secures MYR 200 million from CIMB Bank, Mitsui and Rohto jointly acquire Eu Yan Sang, Hyundai becomes top shareholder of KT, and more

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

Gojek

GoTo

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

A peek into the booming tech ecosystem of Southeast Asia.

SEA Tech

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

Food Delivery

Grocery Delivery

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

On-Demand Services

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

Ride-hailing

Vietnam

funding

startup

Startups

Tied to the fortunes of SoftBank's Vision Fund, the tech sector must now sink or swim.

From Grab to GoTo, Southeast Asia's startups weather funding winter | KrASIA

From Grab to GoTo, Southeast Asia&#8217;s startups weather funding winter

Ant Financial Services Group, formerly known as Alipay, is an affiliate company of the Chinese Alibaba Group. Ant Financial is the highest valued fintech company in the world, and the world's most valuable unicorn company, with a valuation of US$150 billion. 

Ant Group

Deals in brief: Alterno secures funding, Ant Group pumps SGD 200 million into Anext Bank, Carousell acquires LuxLexicon, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Alterno secures funding, Ant Group pumps SGD 200 million into Anext Bank, Carousell acquires LuxLexicon, and more

Deals in brief: Qoala, StealthMole, and Applecrumby secure funding, HSBC unveils USD 1 billion growth fund, seven China deals, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Qoala, StealthMole, and Applecrumby secure funding, HSBC unveils USD 1 billion growth fund, seven China deals, and more

Deals in brief: Kamereo secures USD 2.1 million boost, Ekuinas divests Icon Offshore, iKala completes Series B round, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Kamereo secures USD 2.1 million boost, Ekuinas divests Icon Offshore, iKala completes Series B round, and more

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Jeff Chay

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

Meituan-Dianping is a Chinese group buying website for locally found food delivery services, consumer products and retail services. The company is headquartered in Beijing and was founded in 2010 by Wang Xing. The Meituan.com site offers deals of the day by selling vouchers on local services and entertainment.

Meituan

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

E-Commerce

Retail

Commerce

E-commerce

quick commerce

Meituan Shangou, its quick commerce business, could play a significant role in its strategy to counter competition from main rival Douyin.

With Douyin looming, Meituan shifts focus back to its core business | KrASIA

With Douyin looming, Meituan shifts focus back to its core business

KrASIA Connection curates technology and innovation updates from China.

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MENA

Deals in brief: Toku to acquire AiChat, Strativity Group bought by UST, ADQ and OIA launch new fund to stimulate MENA tech innovation, and more | KrASIA

Deals in brief: Toku to acquire AiChat, Strativity Group bought by UST, ADQ and OIA launch new fund to stimulate MENA tech innovation, and more

New Zealand

The recent delegation visit underscores China's openness to collaborate more closely with "friend and partner" New Zealand.