Startup News Asia, Q4 2016 preview

STARTUP NEWS ASIAOCTOBER / NOVEMBER / DECEMBER

2016

startup news asia Q4 2016


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The final quarter of 2016

In terms of SE Asia’s tech news, Q4 2016 was a strange beast.

Where in Q3 we saw an increase in tech news for Indonesia, for example, in Q4 this fell away. Similarly, where we saw relatively high levels of Philippine-specific activity in the third quarter, in the fourth quarter this was noticeably muted.

Population size and market values

I’ve included population sizes, both on the page opposite and for each country, for reasons beyond simple page design. Partly, the intention is to prompt thought around current and likely future market values, whilst also indicating - as in the case of Singapore, for example - those locations which punch far above their population’s apparent weight.

Also for consideration in this context is the simple fact of location: which countries have which neighbours, and do the relationships between these countries allow for an easy expansion from one market to another?

A word on ‘why’

The aim in this is to provide what we view as ‘thin’ research: at-a-glance information on developments, funding, trends and, importantly, with time, the patterns specific to locations and the areas of technology concerned.

We see Startup News Asia developing into the go-to source for trends, patterns and ‘headline’ research for an audience more interested in what is being invested in than in the capital market trends in play.

For more information, email [email protected].

Wade Wright


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OCTOBER2016

AUSTRALIA / #STARTUPAUSPOPULATION: 24M

REA Group launches REALABS property tech innovation hub

Startup Weekend Cairns, Innovation Edition set for November

HackFest 2016, Creating Solutions for a Smarter Region: Maroochydore, November

Australia's NRMA to take 40% stake in Divvy parking startup

Australia unveils plans for Blockchain in public services

CCW the latest legal firm to invest in a startup with Beagle JV

Sharing Hub opening in Sydney with sharing economy accelerator

FinTech Australia Collab / Collide 2016, this week in Melbourne

A look at Sydney's StartCon, in late November

A look at winners from the recent Google Impact Challenge in Sydney

StartupAcademy online workshop set for regional innovators to startup in 3 days

Sydney set to share startup knowledge with regional Australia


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TekHub coworking & incubator launches in Phnom Penh

Impact Hub, AWSEN to run workshops for women entrepreneurs

Interview with MD of Support Her Enterprise (SHE) Investments

Support Her Enterprise (SHE) Conference set for November 5th

A quick look at Cambodia’s growing fintech scene

Entrepreneurship set to be a subject in Cambodia’s high schools

Chibi startup takes new NGO-focused direction

A look at the Citizen News Wire app

Startupbootcamp FinTech’s FinTech Social Phnom Penh, tomorrow

CAMBODIA / #STARTUPKHPOPULATION: 15.5M


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A look at China's plans for a far-reaching social credit system using online data

Bits x Bites launched, new foodtech accelerator VC fund

Chinese angel, VC funds partner for big data and AI accelerator

China increases 4700 handicraft bases to boost women's startups, employment

Digital advertising fraud levels remain high in China

Startup News Asia quarterly round-up: China, Hong Kong and India

A look at the opportunities with China's growing online shopper population

Hubei province earmarks $81bn to seed startups

Q3 2016 China, Hong Kong and India Startup News Asia summary

China's local governments taking steps into venture capital

Redpoint Ventures closes $180M fund dedicated to China

A look at China's VR investment focus moving from hardware to content

CHINA / #STARTUPCNPOPULATION: 1.36BN


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Hong Kong to host Fintech Week in November

AIA Blockchain Challenge applications open; aims at insurtech

Zeroth AI accelerator unveils 1st batch

Hong Kong trials blockchain for property loans, digital ID and trade finance

Garage Society’s new 8000 square feet coworking space launches

Q3 2016 startup news: China, Hong Kong & India

Hong Kong startup Booqed aims to be the Uber of office spaces

Another look at the 8 FinTech Innovation Lab Asia-Pacific Startups

Asia Fintech Business 2016 conference set for early December

Digital Financial Services HK 2016 set for the end of November

A look at 7 startups that headlined DBS Accelerator Demo Day

FinovateAsia: Next week in Hong Kong

HONG KONG / #STARTUPHKPOPULATION: 7.3M


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Early-stage fund Ventureast lines up $83m for startup investments

A look at India’s Paytm mini-bank’s plans to go where banks don’t

Neurosynaptic startup lands funding for e-health, m-health

InnoVen Capital pours $20m into 15 startups

India's mobile protection startup AppsDaily raises $3.75m

InnerChef lands $2.5M from Japan's Mistletoe, others

Venture Factory seeks mid- and senior experience for in-residence program

A look at India's accelerators and incubators, and the startups they have helped

A look at Google/Microsoft/IBM-backed Nasscom 10K's mixed success

A quick look at programs focused on women entrepreneurs

India's HDFC Bank picks Backbase for digital banking revamp

Indian Bitcoin startup Unocoin lands US$1.5M funding

INDIA / #STARTUPINDIAPOPULATION: 1.3BN


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2016 tech spending up 8.4%, startups set to grow 6-fold by 2020

How Asia's best drones project cut farmers' costs by 60%

Fintech can help boost Indonesia's creative sector

A look at a number of Indonesia's fintech startups

Digital Financial Services Indonesia 2016 set for November

Report highlights Indonesia's untapped digital finance opportunity

A look at 7 of Indonesia's crowdlending sites

CekAja and eCompareMo fintechs gain funding from Telstra Ventures

Why Indonesia's mobile market attracts international companies and talent

INDONESIA / #STARTUPIDPOPULATION: 256M


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Blockchain remittance consortium launches with 42 banks

E-commerce platform Base lands $14M to grow payment services

5 banks take stakes in Money Design robo-adviser startup

Japanese space startup, Singapore app monetiser set for Russia's Startup Village

Japan's largest printing company acquires startup turning limestone into paper

Fukuoka poised to be the country's Silicon Valley

A brief look at Japan's preferences around experiencing VR

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 opportunities in Japan

JAPAN / #STARTUPJPPOPULATION: 127M


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SOUTH KOREA / #STARTUPKRPOPULATION: 50.3M

KT teams with Healcerion startup for global m-health care

WAUG Travel lands funds for tour, activity booking platform

Shinhan Bank and Streami to launch Bitcoin remittance service

Althea cosmetic startup aims to cash in on SEA interest

'Korean startups need to target the Chinese market'

Korean biotech and health startups to gain $41M from Israel's Yozma Group

K-ICT Born2Global Centre to attract startup talent using 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 set to step onto international stage

Memebox beauty startup raises a further $60M


I’ve worked in:

• Government;

• Tertiary education;

• Not-for-profit; and

• Commercial environments.

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