Download - December 2016 Startup News for Asia
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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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startup news asia: december 2016
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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)
startup news asia: december 2016
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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
startup news asia: december 2016
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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