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startup news snapshot: october 2015

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Indonesian foodtech, Qraved, lands $8M series B funding

#startupAsia   /  #foodtech   /  #technews

A look at 6 student startups from Tech in Asia Jakarta’s Bootstrap Alley

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #leanstartups

Australian Labor Party promises $4.5m to inspire women to learn coding

#coding   /  #startupAus   /  #entrepreneurs   /  #startups

ArtLifting startup helping homeless by selling their artwork

#startupnews   /  #homeless   /  #socialgood   /  #socent

Tumor-spotting startup Enlitic raises $10m in funding

#healthtech   /  #technews   /  #startupnews   /  #techstartups   /  #healthnews

Singapore: Digix, bitcoin processor Coinify launch Ethereum crypto-asset class

#bitcoin   /  #fintech   /  #cryptocurrency

Opinion piece in SMH: What Australia should do to foster startups

#startupAus   /  #startupnews   /  #startups   /  #leanstartup

Google deal with Indonesia’s Telkomsel, Axiata, Indosat on innovative Web access

#technews   /  #CTOnews   /  #technewsAsia

Aus startup investor tax breaks likely as Turnbull agenda takes shape

#startupAus   /  #startupnews   /  #CFOnews   /  #CTOnews

Thai online payment startup Omise raises 3rd round from Golden Gate Ventures

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #fintech

Malaysia: Mavcap invests $690k in social crowdfunder

#startupAsia   /  #crowdfunding   /  #socent

US’ 3 Day Startup aims to teach Aus corporates (and students) to think lean

#startupAus   /  #startupnews   /  #leanstartup

HackFood’ to be Australia’s first food-themed hackathon

#startupAus   /  #startupnews   /  #hackfood15   /  #health   /  #hackathon

Why ‘born global’ startups are a double-edged sword for Australia

#startupAus   /  #startupnews   /  #technews   /  #CIOnews

Australia’s newest seed fund to invest in 8-10 startups annually

#startupAus   /  #startupnews   /  #seedfunding   /  #startups

US’ Scout Venture looking at $40m fund for early-stage startups

#startupAus   /  #startupnews   /  #startups

A look at 13 Pakistan startup incubators, accelerators and coworking spaces

#startupnews   /  #coworking   /  #startupPK

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Photonics entrepreneurs needed for SPIE Startup Challenge 2016

#startupnews   /  #techstartups   /  #photonics

Why Australia can’t afford to miss out on the Internet of Things

#startupAus   /  #technews   /  #CTOnews   /  #IOT

Japan’s KLab to launch new VC arm, expand to Philippines and SE Asia

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #VCnews   /  #venturecapital

Australia’s first tech district pitched for Sydney: ‘Silicon Harbour’

#startupAus   /  #startupnews   /  #techstartups

Labor party unveils plan for Australian sharing economy

#startupAus   /  #startupnews   /  #techstartups   /  #CTOnews

Thai coworking network, Hubba, gains new funding

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #coworking   /  #hubba   /  #startups

New generation of ecommerce startups helping Vietnamese artisans

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #startupVN   /  #vietnam

Townsville’s Startup Weekend set for November 20th

#startupAus   /  #startupQLD   /  #startupnews   /  #startupAustralia

Australian gov’t to review bitcoin regulation powers

#bitcoin   /  #cryptocurrency   /  #fintech   /  #fintechnews   /  #bitcoinnews

Google takes stake in China’s artificial intelligence start-up Mobvoi

#mobilenews   /  #android   /  #google   /  #AI   /  #startupAsia

Flyspaces aims to be Airbnb for office and retail spaces in SE Asia

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #startups

Indonesia’s male online fashion platform Maskoolin lands funding to expand

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #fashion

TravelPulse on why the next big travel tech startup may come from Asia

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #startups

Malaysian on-demand PA service Helpr gains funding from 500 Startups

#startupAsia   /  #startupMY   /  #startupnews   /  #startups

ilab celebrates 100 Queensland startups since 2012 via Germinate program

#startupQld   /  #startupAus   /  #startupnews   /  #ilab

3 Chinese telecoms to merge infrastructure assets into single JV firm

#technews   /  #CTOnews   /  #CIOnews

5-day Alpha Bootcamp launching in Cebu, Philippines, in November

 #startupAsia   /  #startups   /  #startupnews   /  #techstartups

A look at the 15 most-funded fintech startups in SE Asia

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #fintech   /  #fintechnews   /  #CTOnews

Thailand scraps unpopular Internet ‘Great Firewall’ plan

#technews   /  #technewsasia

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Indian microlender-turned-small finance bank Equitas plans IPO

#finance   /  #microfinance

Australian online prescriptions start-up Doctus aiming to disrupt

#startupAus   /  #startups   /  #healthstartup   /  #startupnews

Seniorpreneurs the fastest-growing segment of new business in Australia

#startupAus   /  #startupnews   /  #startups

Australian gov’t aims to gain innovation policy ideas from Sydney hackathon

#startupAus   /  #startupnews   /  #bluechili

Why Australia doesn’t need a Silicon Valley

#startupAus   /  #startupnews   /  #technews   /  #startupAustralia   /  #techstartups

Queensland, Australia, makes coding and robotics compulsory in schools

#coding   /  #education   /  #technews

Campaign Innovate announces shortlist in APAC startup competition

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #socialmedia

10 female Malaysian entrepreneurs working in the startup scene

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #entrepreneurs   /  #startupMY

Startupbootcamp FinTech partners CIMB to expand reach into SE Asia

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #fintech   /  #CFOnews

“AsiaPac banks face growing threat to profits from internet finance, fintech”

#fintech   /  #fintechnews   /  #CFOnews

Chin’s AFC to invest up to $20m in Malaysia startups, agriculture companies

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #startupMY

How Baidu plans to win in Indonesia

#technews   /  #CTOnews   /  #mobilenews   /  #baidu

Malaysia’s GrabTaxi kicks off courier business in Philippines

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #startupPH

China’s food delivery apps biting into fast food chain market

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #technews   /  #techstartups

Thai military plan for ‘Great Firewall’ a risk to Thai digital economy development

#technews   /  #startupnews   /  #CIOnews

Impact Hub Manila partners LBC Express for Philippines startup incubation

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #entrepreneurs

Indonesia’s Venturra Capital aims high with $150M fund for SEA startups

#startupAsia   /  #VCnews   /  #startupnews   /  #startups

Australian gov’t ‘hackathon’ seeks innovation and startup policy ideas

#startupAus   /  #startupnews

500 Startups to raise $20m, doubling SEA fund for tech startups

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #techstartups

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UK’s coding school, Decoded, opens in Sydney

#startupAus   /  #technews   /  #coding   /  #decoded   /  #CIOnews

Indonesia health svc startup Konsula gets seed funds from East Ventures

#startupAsia   /  #startupIndonesia   /  #startupnews

Malaysian startup ecosystem needs better funding channels, support from corporates: CIMB Chair

#startupAsia   / #startupMY

Malaysia’s startups: It’s not always about KL

#startupAsia   /  #startupMY   /  #startupnews   /  #startupPG

Malaysia’s 1337 Ventures to take pre-accelerator Alpha Startups to Philippines

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #startupPH

Start-up investment may avoid all capital gains tax in Australia

#startupAus   /  #startupnews   /  #CFOnews   /  #startups

Air Asia chief and investors form Angel-eQ for Indonesian tech startups

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #techstartups

Blockchain-powered marketplaces: The future of private transactions?

#bitcoin   /  #fintechnews   /  #cryptocurrency   /  #fintech

Bitcoin flounders in Australia as regulatory worries bite

#bitcoin   /  #cryptocurrency   /  #fintech   /  #CTOnews   /  CFOnews

NAB signs deal with Sydney’s Fishburners, aims at inside track on bank disrupters

#startupAus   /  #fintech   /  #startupnews

10 Indonesian startups from Tech In Asia Jakarta

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #techstartups   /  #startups

Korean VC wants to accelerate 10,000 Asian startups in 7 years

#startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #venturecapital   /  #VCnews

Social enterprise startup Lensational uses photography to empower women globally

#startupNews   /  #socent   /  #photography

Startup Week aims to build Austin’s entrepreneurial culture

#startupnews   /  #startups   /  #techstartups   /  #austin   /  #texas

Former Energy Australia CEO launches tech startup to save money on power bills

#techstartups   /  #startupnews   /  #energy

Startup Townsville Idea Generation and Social, October 7th

#startupAus   /  #startupnews   /  #techstartups   /  #startupAustralia

Microtransit movement, changing urban mobility

#ridesharing   /  #microtransit   /  #uberpool   /  #lyftline   /  #via

FinTech Venture Capital and Corporate Innovation event set for Sydney, late October

#fintech   /  #finance   /  #venturecapital

NZ’s Banqer finance education startup wins big on night of innovation in Sydney

#startupNZ   /  #finance   /  #startupnews

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Canberra Australia’s first jurisdiction to legalize and regulate ride-sharing

#ridesharing   /  #uber   /  #backseat

Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority to regulate crowdfunding

#crowdfunding   /  #startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #indonesia

Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority to regulate crowdfunding

#crowdfunding   /  #startupAsia   /  #startupnews   /  #indonesia

Flexible employee benefits startup, Storm Benefits, to start SEA expansion in Indonesia

#startupAsia   /  #CEOnews