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in januaryE Cambodia: Meet SHE, Support Her Investments,

aimed at women entrepreneurs

E Hong Kong: Neat fintech approves prepaid credit

cards thru facial recognition

E Vietnam: Leflair e-commerce startup lands $1M

backed by 500 Startups

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Australia: Lithodomos VR raises $679K

to rebuild ancient sites in VR

China:

A look at 5 new travel startups

Australia: LaunchVic unveils $5M

in new grants

China: Shanghai's LUXSENS uses AI

to find best price for luxury bags

Australia: Westpac's Reinventure buys

Melbourne fintech startup Doshii

China: Kittly Live video streaming

entertainment startup lands $21M

FinTech Australia National Awards 2017

- nominations open

China's VR market set to expand

fourfold in 2017

Australia: NAB Labs Hackathon

- Melbourne, February 24/25

China: 6 heavyweights partner

for $800M Hou An Innovation Fund

Australia: APAC Blockchain Conference 2017

set for Sydney in March

China's banks looking at Blockchain

to combat fraud

Australia: Disrupting Fashion

- Innovation & Ideation Workshop, Sydney

China: Wanyoo internet cafe chain

lands $30M for international growth

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander

entrepreneur survey

China: In first 3 quarters of 2016,

Chinese fintechs attracted over US$9BN

Australia: CBA, Queensland Treasury

make world-1st blockchain gov't bond

China Mobile, Ericsson, Mobike

trial IoT in Shanghai

Australia: Melbourne's AirBnB Handsfree

aims to organise for hosts

China: HK's Credit China Fintech invests

$30M in BitFury Group blockchain provider

AUSTRALIA / #STARTUPAUSPOP: 23.9M (2015)

CHINA / #STARTUPCNPOP: I.37B (2015)

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India: TimeMyTask

on-demand cleaning startup acquired

India: Incuspaze launches Gurgaon

coworking to incubate AI, IoT startups

India: Gov't looks to add insurance

for e-wallet transactions

India: Plans developing to establish

5 startup incubation hubs in Karnataka

India's largest startup incubator

set to be built in Hubballi

India: Andhra Pradesh Dev Authority

aims to develop startup area

India: France's Numa to launch DataCity

project in Bengaluru

India: Yolo Health startup lands $235K

for 'health ATM' service

India: Swiss fintech delegation visits,

aiming to foster collaboration

India: Airmed diagnostics startup

lands $1.47M for medtech growth

INDIA / #STARTUPINPOP: 1.3B (2015)

INDONESIA / #STARTUPIDPOP: 255.4M (2015)

Indonesia: Push starts for national VC fund;

startups need $1.5BN a year

Indonesia: Baca news aggregator adds

production via Nulis 'citizen journalism' site

Indonesian stock exchange

establishes startup incubator

Indonesia: Bank Central Asia launches

$15M fintech VC unit

Indonesia: Berrybenka fashion e-commerce

startup set for major O2O push

Indonesia: A look at the growing number

of coworking spaces

Indonesia: 4 major banks set to

integrate cashless payment services

Indonesia: Kumparan media startup

lands funds for news+social concept

Indonesia: Ekrut HR tech startup

gains seed funding

Indonesia: Gomif Cyber Startup Workshop

sets Rp2TN for soc-ent entrepreneurs

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JAPAN / #STARTUPJPPOP: 126M (2015)

A quick look at 4

of Japan's rising startups

Japan: Fukuoka International

Startup Hub conference - Jan 31st

Japan: Viibar crowdsourced video startup

raises $5.8M, partners Yahoo Japan

Amazon Japan to offer innovative startups

funding, distribution

Japan: Mosquitone's HRBrain

HRtech platform gains seed round

Japan: NTT Docomo eyes 20 startup

investments; sets focus on AI, IoT

Japan:

A quick look at 5 startups

Japan: Gov't to send 55 startups, SMEs

overseas under innovation programme

Japan: Consumers in Japan unconvinced

re purchasing influence of video ads

Japan: Asia Mobile Commerce and

Card-Linking Forum set for February

MALAYSIA / #STARTUPMYPOP:

Malaysia:

Princious aiming to be Asia's Zazzle

Malaysia: A look at Penang's

startup community

Malaysia:

An intro to 10 fintech startups

Malaysia: Samsung partners Maybank

for mobile payments push

Malaysia focusing on fintech,

appoints Alibaba's Ma as advisor

Malaysia: AirAsia Airvolution

travel hackathon registrations open

Malaysia: MoneyMatch fintech

encouraged by Bank Negara talks

Malaysia launches 5-year

Islamic Fund & Wealth Mgmt blueprint

Malaysia: Rodeo media startup

to set ad screens in ride-hailing cars

Carousell acquires Duriana in bid for

Malaysian mobile classifieds market

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SINGAPORE / #STARTUPSGPOP: 5.6M (2015)

Singapore: Status wants to see Ethereum

on every mobile device

Singapore: Future Food Asia Award opens

for foodtech & agtech startups

DarcMatter fintech startup wins

HK award, announces Singapore plans

Singapore's 99.co enters

Indonesian real estate market

Singapore: Smart Learning Summit

set for March; register your interest

Singapore: A look at Touche, working on

fingerprint-driven payments

Singapore: Mimetic launches Evie AI

secretary to help you organize

Singapore: *SCAPE SoImpact Bootcamp

- Feb 11th

Singapore: BitX bitcoin startup rebrands

as 'Luno' with new offerings

Singapore: The Artling lands $1.8M

to be Asia's go-to online art gallery

Thailand: Coworking Unconference

- Feb 8-12, Chiang Mai

Is Thailand ready to be a cashless society?

Indications are 'yes'

Thailand: Gov't wants business to help

build smart cities; Phuket steps up

Thailand: D8 software & outsourcing

startup secures US$3M

Thailand: DTAC Accelerate director

gives a brief overview of 2017's opportunities

Thailand: Siam Commercial Bank to invest

$1.1BN in fintech over 3 years

Thailand: 500 Startups sets Bangkok's

Disrupt as exclusive SEA education partner

Thailand: Google expands Launchpad

Accelerator with 2 Thai startups

Thailand: 500 TukTuks closes at $15.4M;

500 TukTuks II being considered

Thailand: 500 TukTuks reveals

its 10 latest investments

THAILAND / #STARTUPTHPOP: 67.9M (2015)