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Grab, a Southeast Asian superapp, provides ride-hailing, food delivery, and mobile payments, connecting millions to on-demand services.

Grab

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

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

Consumer Services

How does dinner arrive at your door? Study platform partnerships, last-mile delivery, and culinary trends powering the takeaway economy.

Food Delivery

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

What redefines personal transport? Investigate pricing models, user experience, and new entrants reshaping door-to-door mobility.

Ride-hailing

Indonesia

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

Strong performances across mobility, deliveries, and financial services drove Grab’s better-than-expected first-quarter results.

Grab raises EBITDA outlook as Q1 revenue and user growth beat expectations | KrASIA

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Grab raises EBITDA outlook as Q1 revenue and user growth beat expectations

Decoding China&#039;s tech and business pulse

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Sudo Lim

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

Deep Tech

What powers digital devices? Delve into chip design, manufacturing bottlenecks, and semiconductor breakthroughs fueling global electronics.

Semiconductors

The two companies unveiled processors designed to boost real-time performance, enhance safety, and power more centralized automotive systems.

Axera and Black Sesame roll out chips built for smarter, safer vehicles | KrASIA

Axera and Black Sesame roll out chips built for smarter, safer vehicles

36Kr is China's most influential business and technology network, delivering high-quality content focused on China’s innovation and new economy trends since 2010. With its extensive traffic and network, 36Kr has built a comprehensive database and strong data analytics capabilities to provide insights into China’s technology landscape.

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What grounds digital progress in physical form? Analyze chipsets, sensors, and advanced components driving device performance.

Hardware

Once reliant on the US, Chinese brands are pivoting to new markets to blunt the impact of trade tensions.

US tariffs push Chinese hardware startups to redraw global roadmaps | KrASIA

US tariffs push Chinese hardware startups to redraw global roadmaps

Q&amp;A

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What drives digital storytelling? Examine content creation, distribution channels, and media platforms connecting audiences worldwide.

Content

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

Creative

How do visuals captivate global viewers? Dive into streaming services, production models, and evolving formats defining video engagement.

Video

Educational platform Naro captures the nuances and insights of each revered Japanese craft and shares it with the world via immersive features that are part documentary, part film.

Bringing Japanese craft to the world: Q&A with Naro co-founders Mariko Nishimura and Todd Silverstein | KrASIA

Bringing Japanese craft to the world: Q&#038;A with Naro co-founders Mariko Nishimura and Todd Silverstein

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Melody Bay

What revolutionizes mealtimes? Investigate alternative proteins, supply chain tracking, and delivery services fueling the future of food.

Food Tech

Q&A with Daan Luining, co-founder and CTO of Meatable. The cell-cultured meat startup aims to make cultivated meat more accessible to the wider public.

Foodtech: Q&A with Daan Luining, co-founder and CTO of Meatable | KrASIA

Foodtech: Q&#038;A with Daan Luining, co-founder and CTO of Meatable

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Edmund Wee

What happens when banking goes virtual? Study no-branch platforms, biometric authentication, and seamless financial services.

Digital Banks

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

Fintech

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

Investment

What happens after acquisitions close? Examine deal structures, operational improvements, and exit strategies molding corporate outcomes.

Private Equity

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

Venture Capital

ESG meets fintech: Q&A with Benjamin Soh, managing director of STACS. The Singapore-headquartered startup aims to promote sustainable finance in the ESG fintech space.

ESG meets fintech: Q&A with Benjamin Soh, managing director of STACS | KrASIA

ESG meets fintech: Q&#038;A with Benjamin Soh, managing director of STACS

The leading tech recruitment platform in Southeast Asia shares an optimistic outlook for job opportunities despite the current layoffs in the industry.

Connecting companies to tech talent: Q&A with Glints Co-founder and CEO Oswald Yeo | KrASIA

Connecting companies to tech talent: Q&#038;A with Glints Co-founder and CEO Oswald Yeo

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

Cryptocurrencies

Crypto’s next wave: Q&A with Talos co-founder & CEO Anton Katz. The New York-based crypto trading platform provides digital asset management tools for investors, exchanges, and custodians.

Crypto’s next wave: Q&A with Talos co-founder & CEO Anton Katz | KrASIA

Crypto’s next wave: Q&#038;A with Talos co-founder &#038; CEO Anton Katz

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Taro Ishida

Breakthrough innovation: Q&A with Dzuleira Abu Bakar, CEO of MRANTI. Malaysian accelerator MRANTI provides support for startups from ideation to commercialization.

Breakthrough innovation: Q&A with Dzuleira Abu Bakar, CEO of MRANTI | KrASIA

Breakthrough innovation: Q&#038;A with Dzuleira Abu Bakar, CEO of MRANTI

The future of cloud kitchens: Q&A with CloudEats' co-founders, Iacopo Rovere and Kimberly Yao.The Philippine startup aims to create the largest cloud restaurant group in Southeast Asia.

The future of cloud kitchens: Q&A with CloudEats' co-founders, Iacopo Rovere and Kimberly Yao | KrASIA

The future of cloud kitchens: Q&#038;A with CloudEats&#8217; co-founders, Iacopo Rovere and Kimberly Yao

With the largest production capacity in Southeast Asia, SGProtein is leading the charge for plant-based meat alternatives.

A growing appetite for plant-based meat: Q&A with SGProtein co-founder and CEO Dominique Kull | KrASIA

A growing appetite for plant-based meat: Q&#038;A with SGProtein co-founder and CEO Dominique Kull

Digital Wealth Management: Q&A with CEO and co-founder of Endowus, Gregory Van. The Singapore-headquartered digital wealth platform leverages proprietary technology to provide data-driven wealth advice for its clients.

Q&A

Bringing Japanese craft to the world: Q&A with Naro co-founders Mariko Nishimura and Todd Silverstein

Foodtech: Q&A with Daan Luining, co-founder and CTO of Meatable

ESG meets fintech: Q&A with Benjamin Soh, managing director of STACS

Connecting companies to tech talent: Q&A with Glints Co-founder and CEO Oswald Yeo

Crypto’s next wave: Q&A with Talos co-founder & CEO Anton Katz

Breakthrough innovation: Q&A with Dzuleira Abu Bakar, CEO of MRANTI

The future of cloud kitchens: Q&A with CloudEats’ co-founders, Iacopo Rovere and Kimberly Yao

A growing appetite for plant-based meat: Q&A with SGProtein co-founder and CEO Dominique Kull

Digital Wealth Management: Q&A with co-founder and CEO of Endowus, Gregory Van

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