36Kr/KrASIA
Singapore wireless charging startup Xnergy gets $10m war chest
Tech for autonomous industrial robots aims to raise production efficiency
Startups
Comment
Grab and other IPOs highlight major opportunities and hidden risks
Southeast Asian tech boom is an important test of governance standards
Agriculture
Train station lettuce: Japan railroad grows veggies indoors
Rail operator JR East looks to gain inside track in $22bn agritech business
DealStreetAsia
Alibaba-backed cloud service Qiniu files $100m IPO in US
Chinese startup earmarks Nasdaq listing for expansion in growing market
Climate Change
US hydrogen company, with partner SK, eyes China and Vietnam
Plug Power to make fuel cells in South Korea amid rising demand for green energy
Business deals
Sony takes aim at gamers with Discord stake
PlayStation and US chat service to come 'closer together' from early 2022
IPO
The boom in SPAC deals -- five things to know
Pandemic-fueled uncertainty drives popularity of this shortcut to IPO
Coronavirus
Cambodia's COVID lockdown puts delivery drivers on the front line
Local apps see digital payments overtake cash for the first time as orders surge
Startups
Asian startups jump into developing vaccine passports
While governments dither, companies in Indonesia and Japan get to work
Market Spotlight
India emerges as China's tech challenger with record unicorn run
Startup valuations soar as pandemic boosts online services
Startups
Ant Group cuts stake in India's Zomato ahead of IPO
Prospectus shows Alibaba affiliate u-turned on plans to boost ownership
36Kr/KrASIA
Chinese vegan seafood startup secures New York seed money
New Singularity prepares to sell microbial fermented shrimp later this year
Business Spotlight
Vietnam's first unicorn bets on AI and overseas growth
VNG built the country's answer to WeChat; now it is aiming even higher
Startups
India's Zomato readies $1.1bn IPO amid COVID second wave
Food delivery unicorn's listing seen as catalyst for the country's start-ups
Startups
SoftBank-backed Ola to roll out 100,000 scooter chargers in India
Sprawling network will power ride-hailing company's two-wheelers
36Kr/KrASIA
Tencent-backed financial marketing startup raises $15.3m
Shenzhen Tengyin grows by offering retail banks WeChat-based solutions
Markets
Japan job site operator valued at $2.3bn in IPO
Visional sold 89% of shares to overseas investors in Tokyo listing
Comment
SPAC boom prompts Asian stock markets to upgrade user experience
Homegrown unicorns look to US for listing as opposed to domestic exchanges
Startups
Indonesia's smaller cities catching eye of startup investors
Hip-hop star Jay-Z among those drawn by digitization potential beyond Jakarta
Technology
Indonesian teledoctor Halodoc gets $80m in new funding round
Conglomerate Astra and Singapore's Temasek among first-time investors
