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in marchE Indonesia: A look at Baca, Indonesia’s news aggregator
mobile app startup
E Singapore: S$20M to be set for 1st-time entrepreneurs
under StartupSG initiative
E South Korea: A look at Jandi, a Slack alternative for
Southeast Asia
STARTUP NEWS ASIATODAY / MONTHLY / QUARTERLY
MARCH 2017 IN BRIEF
AUSTRALIA:
Accenture opens Liquid Studio
in Sydney for business innovation
Available in hardcopy mid-April 2017
Startup news from Asia and Oceania
JAPAN:
WAmazing wins B Dash Camp
with tourism-relates service
one full year of news
The coming publication of Startup News Asia’s Q1 2017 summary marks a full year of aggregating the movements in the broad Asian and Oceanian startup ecosystems.
This represents a comprehensive data set on developments and funding at the country level.
At-a-glance country information
Included in the quarterly summary now is additional information regarding each country listed.
Details are deliberately provided in an at-a-glance format - in keeping with Startup News Asia generally - and outline internet penetration and use levels, and smartphone penetration and use levels. These are included to provide some context around overall population levels and also as food for thought around, for instance, the impact of fintech on Asia’s emerging markets as time goes on...
The Q1 2017 summary will be online shortly.
startup news asia: march 2017
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India: Rajasthan's International Startup
Challenge opens registrations
A look at the 33 VR startups
HTC's Vive X accelerator funded
Australia: 3 Day Startup set
for 21 April in Melbourne
Sri Lanka: R3 invites Central Bank
to join blockchain consortium
Malaysia: Exabytes to grant US$4.5M in
online solutions to local entrepreneurs
New Zealand: A look at NZ's plan
for AI in Government
Indonesia: Telcos launch mobile remittance
service aimed at the unbanked
New Zealand: A look at Halter,
solar-powered cattle data agri-tech startup
Vietnam: Hebronstar Advance
startup event set for HCMC in April
Japan: Dely culinary media startup
secures $27M
Vietnam: Women & Entrepreneurship in
Vietnam talk - HCM City, April 14th
Taiwan: ASUS to spin off AR & VR
development teams as independent startup
India: Ithaka travel-tech startup
raises $325K
Australia: Evari insurtech startup
launched by former Zurich Aus/NZ CEO
Australia: 1Scope edtech startup
secures $1M
Hong Kong: Freightos logistics startup
lands $25M
Singapore: OOjiBO fintech startup raises
$3.6M to serve the unbanked
India: Indus OS startup lands funding
to build on 12 languages
A look at regional Australia's
innovation ecosystem
Vietnam IoT startup
competition launched
India: Intex handset maker launches
$30M early-stage startups fund
A look at the security implications of
the fintech landscape in Asia-Pacific
Snapcart raises $3M to track SE Asia's
offline commerce data
Instagram advertiser base
breaks the 1M mark
SRI LANKA / #STARTUPLKPOP: 20.7M (2015)
TAIWAN / #STARTUPTWPOP: 23.3M (2015)
VIETNAM / #STARTUPVNPOP: 93.4M (2015)
THAILAND / #STARTUPTHPOP: 67.9M (2015)
startup news asia: march 2017
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India: GrabOnRent item & product
rental startup close to raising $3M
Could blockchain be operating system
of cities of the future?
India: Haqdarshak social impact app
startup secures $2M
Blockchain could help artists profit
more from their works
Singapore: A look at ShopBack's growth
and future aims
Australia: A brief look at how digital
is disrupting higher education
India: Swiggy food-delivery startup
in talks to raise $50M
Australia: Caternow aiming to disrupt
event catering with AirBnB-style service
Hong Kong: WebConf Asia tech
conference set for June 3rd
Citi claims 1M users for
voice authentication tool in Asia-Pacific
New Zealand: China's government and
investors now hungry for NZ technology
India: 8 startups selected for funding
from Startup India Rocks
CHINA / #STARTUPCNPOP: I.37B (2015)
INDIA / #STARTUPINPOP: 1.3B (2015)
SOUTH KOREA / #STARTUPKRPOP: 25.1M (2015)
SINGAPORE / #STARTUPSGPOP: 5.6M (2015)
startup news asia: march 2017
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Vietnam: APEC Startup Forum,
new part of APEC 2017, set for September
Startup SG Equity and Startup SG Founder
launched to simplify fund rules
India: A very quick look at 4 T-Hub
incubator startups making moves
India: Square Yards launches portal
aimed at cross-border real estate investment
China: SuperG Capital to establish
AI-assessed incubator network
Singapore in talks with firms to trial
'flying taxi' concepts
Australia: Fleurieu Gifts wins Pack & Send
grant in all-female competition final
Taiwan: COMPUTEX InnoVEX Startup
Exhibit in May seeks startups
China's CIOs reportedly preparing
for a digital ecosystem surge
China: Yongqianbao fintech startup
builds 'data detective' to assess loans
Australia: Accenture opens Liquid Studio
in Sydney for business innovation
Report: Refugee entrepreneurs create
new jobs, help Australian economy
Australia: Jak Uber-style trades app
startup aims for $1M funding
Singapore: StarHub opens Hubtricity
innovation center
A look at the challenges to India's steps
towards smart cities
Japan: Corporates increasingly acquiring
startups in search of tech, talent
India: Delhivery e-commerce logistics
startup lands huge $100M investment
China: Haoeyou lands $40M to help
Chinese patients get US medical treatment
Cambodia: BarCamp Ratanakiri 2017
user-generated tech conference set for April
Indonesian bourse launches startup
incubator with intake of 24 startups
THAT LIST
AUSTRALIA / #STARTUPAUSPOP: 23.9M (2015)
INDONESIA / #STARTUPIDPOP: 255.4M (2015)
JAPAN / #STARTUPJPPOP: 126M (2015)
MALAYSIA / #STARTUPMYPOP: 33M (2015)
startup news asia: march 2017
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Cambodia: Khmerload Buzzfeed-style news
site lands Silicon Valley funding
Indonesia: Israel's AppsFlyer marketing
analytics to expand to Indonesia
India: Bizom supply chain platform,
Distiman mobile marketplace app land
funds
India: Former FBStart startup
BabyOnBoard parenting app raises funding
China: Kuaishou photo-sharing app
lands US$350M
Vietnamese startups see 46% investment
rise with fintech leading
India: Karnataka's Idea2POC scheme
funds 8 tourism startups
India: Google to extend Internet Saathi
initiative to bridge online gender gap
Australia: Investfit predictive financial
planning startup secures $1.5M
Singapore: S$20M to be set for 1st-time
entrepreneurs under StartupSG initiative
Mastercard creates new role to focus on
digital products in Asia-Pacific
South Korea: A look at Jandi, a Slack
for Southeast Asia
Walmart Store No 8 tech incubator
set to push omnichannel commerce
Japan: WAmazing wins B Dash Camp
with tourism-related startup service
Malaysia: Jirnexu fintech closes
aggregate equity funding totalling $6M
Indonesia: A look at Baca,
mobile app news aggregator startup
India: pi Ventures maiden fund
gains $3M backing from World Bank IFC
Are startups worth all
the attention they get?
Philippines: Revolution Precrafted
prefab home firm backed by 500 Startups
India’s Paytm steps into Canada with
mobile bill and tax payment service
SINGAPORE / #STARTUPSGPOP: 5.6M (2015)
CAMBODIA / #STARTUPKHPOP: 15.1M (2015)