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in decemberE Australia: Australian wheat farmers trial blockchain

technology for grain sales

E South Korea: WonderWallet aims to be the perfect

smartphone companion

E Vietnam: P2P lending startup Tima lands 7-digit

US$ funding

in other newsE In Myanmar, microinsurance debuts in the country via the

Swiss Stonestep platform

E In the Philippines, 500 Startups plans a country fund for

launch in 2017

E In Indonesia, a controversial digital ‘right to be forgotten’

enters the law

STARTUP NEWS ASIATODAY / MONTHLY / QUARTERLY

DECEMBER 2016 IN BRIEF

Hong Kong:

Sigfox and Thinxtra set to roll out IOT network

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China, Hong Kong & India50 pages

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UQ ilab Germinate accelerator

unveils next 10 startups

China's fintech service boom a

growing headache for traditional banks

SignOnSite construction safety

start-up lands $590K

A look at Plug and Play's Tech Center

in Shanghai

Australian wheat farmers

trial blockchain tech for grain sales

Ofo to ship 20K bicycles for

'Uber for Bikes' rentals in UK and US

Expat Australian tech startup

Plutora raises $US13.4M

DadaABC, online English language

education start-up, lands funding

Perth's Quantify Technology

taking IoT tech to ASX listing

Beijing mobile e-commerce firm

Daling lands US$72M

Melbourne's MyGolgi turns

mobiles into physiotherapists

Microsoft invests in Layie AI

'mobile concierge' startup

WA's Loyalty App aims to open

loyalty programs to new sectors

iQiyi video-streaming site plans

$1BN Baidu-backed IPO

A look UTS' entrepreneurship

program, The Hatchery

Huochebang 'Uber for trucks'

gains $1BN valuation

Springboard's women-led 2017

cohort unveiled

Wearable devices could overtake

tablets in China

A look at HealthTech Startup Service

from Baker & McKenzie

Blued gay dating app buys into

Hornet for global growth

AustrAliA / #stArtupAuspop: 23.9m (2015)

chinA / #stArtupcnpop: i.37b (2015)

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State Bank blocks Paytm,

pushes users to its own wallet

Wixty buys Brazil-based

dating app Kingr

Dekkho video streaming

platform raises US$1.2M

HealthifyMe raises another

US$1M around mobile fitness app

Shadowfax on-demand

hyper-local delivery startup raises $10M

Kerala to co-host FabLab Asia Network

meet for digital fabrication tech

Frshly automated retail foodtech

launches at Bengaluru Central

Micro VC Quarizon to launch

accelerator in 2017

BigHaat agriculture e-commerce

startup lands funding

E-Merge 2017 startup summit

set for January 7

indiA / #stArtupinpop: 1.3b (2015)

jApAn / #stArtupjppop: 126m (2015)

Bandai Namco invests in AI startup

to improve game characters

A quick look at 6

recently-funded startups

Polyglots language learning

startup secures funding

Kyash remittance startup

lands $8.5M

A look at the sharing economy’s

opportunities in Japan

Wave of startups set to challenge

Japan's aversion to risk

Rakuten ecommerce giant

invests in Germany's Kreditech

Global Brain launches $175M 6th fund,

aiming at IOT, education and more

'Space entertainment' startup

ALE raises $6M

A look at 6 promising startups

that recently landed funding

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singApore / #stArtupsgpop: 5.6m (2015)

Startup Asia Women launch event

set for mid-January

Cialfo aims 'democratise' university

application process

Singapore Institute of Management

looks at partnering incubators

Averspace launches blockchain

p2p house renting

The 8 startups from

Female Foundry's recent demo day

Laptops favored for shopping, buying,

especially big-ticket items

Gomif launches Socialpreneur

Growth Fund, targets $200m

iCommerce Asia ecommerce enabler

lands $1.4M for Indonesia growth

Rewardz HRtech startup

lands $2.1M

71 SG launches programme to help

Singapore startups enter China

south koreA / #stArtupkrpop: 50.2m (2015)

Korean biotech and health startups

to gain $41M from Israel's Yozma Group

K-ICT Born2Global Centre set to attract

startup talent via visa and labor services

Yello Mobile's O2O arm

gains $21M funding

WonderWallet aims to be the perfect

smartphone companion

South Korea tops world's

internet access speeds

South Korea's startup scene is set to

step onto the international stage

Memebox beauty startup

raises a further $60M

Malaysia's YouthsToday gets $33K

grant at Korean Startup Challenge

O6 bluetooth gadget aims to

address drowsy drivers

South Korean adults set to spend more

time on digital than TV this year

startup news asia: december 2016

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vietnAm / #stArtupvnpop: 93.4m (2015)

P2P lending startup Tima

lands 7-digit US$ funding

E-residency brings Estonia closer

to Vietnam in business

A photo look at Toong coworking,

now in 3 cities

Toong partners CapitaLand for new

Ho Chi Minh City cowork space

Vietnam-Canada duo launch education

startup to help learners review schools

Cau Dat Farm aims to solve

agriculture math with IoT

"Tech talent, potential,

entrepreneurial hustle"

SoftPay Mobile wins

Vietnamese Talents Awards '16

Copyrobo unveils blockchain-based

copyright management service

State telco VNPT keen to back

IoT startups with platform