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our own developmentsThis month also saw the launch of our quarterly publication, providing an al-

ternative method for getting an update on movements in Southeast Asia and

Oceania’s startup scenes, organised by country rather than field. To preview all

66 full-colour, perfect-bound pages, visit tiny.cc/Q2Asia.

Questions, comments? Contact me via StartupNewsAsia.com.

in july 2016This month saw India, particularly, at the forefront of movements in terms of

both startup headlines and in VC funding, spanning sectors from crowdfunding

of village canal systems to bank-based cross-border fintech solutions.

Elsewhere in Southeast Asia, Geeks In Cambodia continued to surge ahead,

providing insights to and updates on the country’s startup scene, whilst in

Malaysia coding has been set as part of the 2017 school syllabus.

And Thailand is making moves, from the $17.5m funding of Omise in the fintech

space, to Saensuk’s ‘smart city’ work on a healthtech service for the elderly.

This month’s edition also contains more in the way of infographics, research

reports and reference-based items, as a way to provide a knowledge base

element to those readers in their own early stages of starting-up.

july highlightsE Myanmar: Lithan opens TechUP Accelerator for startups

E Japan: Social media news provider Spectee lands funding

E China: How companies disrupt through business model innovation

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A look at the challenges and opportunities

for Australia's VR startups

On LinkedIn:

New Zealand tech scene is hotter than yours

A look at Thailand,

burgeoning startup hub

Philippines: A quick look at iioffice,

Cebu's new coworking space

India: Fashion e-commerce platform

Voonik raises $3 million

US robotics startup Wonder Workshop

raises $20m for China foray

Indonesia set to be Asia's next

biggest e-commerce market

Singapore's DBS Bank signs with

Amazon Web Services to focus on fintech

Vietnam's startup scene faces

a unique set of cultural challenges

Vietnam: HCM City seeks

foreign funding for local startups

A look at 20 industries where Blockchain

could be a game-changer

'Fintech could be bigger than ATMs, PayPal,

and Bitcoin combined'

Angel investment in Indian startups hits

5-year high

China: Chengdu launches Financial Industry

Innovation Center

Indonesian news app

Baca lands $20m

Wealth management and millennials: Are

you losing tomorrow's customer?

China's Focus Media puts $81m into esports

startup, Sport Of The Heroes

Video:

Understand the Blockchain in 2 Minutes

What's next for

China's booming fintech sector?

Paper: Economy in Transition: Startups,

innovation, and a workforce for the future

A look at the fintech startups

in KPMG's mLabs accelerator

‘startup community leaders must

be entrepreneurs’

StartupAus: 4.6 million jobs at risk without

future-ready workforce

A quick look at the recent

WA Innovation Summit

Central India gains its first

angel investment platform, SAN

In Australia, near 1/2 of

marketing emails are opened on mobile

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Ahmedabad startup gets $12.5k pre-launch

for performance sportswear

A look at Seatfrog, auction app

for last-minute flight upgrades

Australia: ABS data shows

larger businesses are more innovative

Japan: Retty lands $10.5M

aiming to take on Yelp

KL-based SmartBite uses SMS tech

to become player in foodtech

A look at the need for

data governance in Australia

Japan's Paidy, cardless payments app,

raises US$15M

Kickstarter to launch in Singapore and

Hong Kong, its first Asian markets

India: GHV Accelerator partners

Japanese VCs for US$52M startup fund

HK's Goxip set for 2nd round to build

marketplace, enter new market

GSMA opens emerging markets

startup fund, including parts of Asia

A brief look back at Galboss Asia Symposium

2016, held in Singapore

Alterbeat, Indian startup selected

for Malaysia's MaGIC incubator

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Thailand 'Indochina startup hub', growing

Chiang Mai, Phuket, Khon Kaen

AI-powered startup Mezi, personal shopping

assistant, lands $9m

What Singapore has - and lacks -

for startups

Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A funding:

what are they?

IFMR Investment Mgrs raises $15m

targeting microfinance

Interesting review of must-read

'Blockchain Revolution'

A look at the rise of the

Southeast Asian entrepreneur

Melbourne's ACMI X unveils first

coworking space occupants

New Zealand tech startup

chooses UK launch

India's Distiman in talks to raise $5m

funding for on-demand stock procurement

Japan: social media news provider

Spectee secures funding

Thailand's Saensuk city pilots smart

healthcare for elderly

So what exactly is

peer-to-peer lending?

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Singapore fintech startups social media

rankings, from @FintechSIN

Japan's Abeja gets $5m for retail

artificial intelligence platform

Singapore: A look at Republic Polytechnic's

smart campus vision

Social commerce chatbots aiming

for big presence in Southeast Asia

Bandung online clothing store

qualifies for Startup World Cup

InsurTech 2016:

September in Singapore

India's My Home Group plans $75m

fund to invest in startups

India: Karnataka state partners IBM,

Amazon to boost startups

Brisbane news startup Hash

raises $1 million

Meet Trusted Nanny Cambodia,

the Kingdom's 1st online find-a-nanny site

Malaysia: Digi kicks off Incub8

entrepreneur workshop in Sabah

Delhi's agriculture supply chain

startup Lemon Leaf lands funding

India: EVC Ventures backs

student deals platform BigDeal

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'Thailand 4.0' aiming to be an

innovation-based economy and startup hub

A look at eBeeCare, Singapore health

and home care platform

Alibaba Pictures launches $300m fund

targeting movie and TV

Qantas Codeshare 2016 Hackathon:

Sydney in August

JustUs P2P lending platform

gains investment from China

India: used books marketplace AbeRuk

lands funding from HK firm

Learning platform Teamie

lands US$1.1M in funding

AVTEG aims to give Australia

an opening to the Indian VET sector

Australia: Code Network Winter Hackathon

set for QUT in August

A look at e-commerce business model

evolution in Southeast Asia

Myanmar:

seedstars Yangon set for August 13

Alipay quietly invests in

Singaporean startup, M-Daq

Cambodia: SHE (Support Her Investments)

open day in early August

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Startup Victoria appoints Georgia Beattie

as new CEO

Starbucks mobile in-store payments

already 20% of business

Tokyo's Creema handmade goods

marketplace expanding to HK and Taiwan

Westpac aiming at AI bots for

digital banking customer service

Do people actually want to use

their bank's apps for mobile payments?

Japan's Whill aims to revolutionize

the wheelchair

A quick intro to how venture capital

firms work

Singapore's Crowdo gets licence for

P2P lending, equity crowdfunding

Recruitment startup TribeHired

acquires Thai firm to grow in Bangkok

Myanmar-centric PE raises $20m

towards $100m fund

$400m US research program

aims to deploy city-scale IOT

Sydney Sports Incubator

sets sights on sports startups

With most users in India and Philippines,

Remitly may raise $5m from IFC

Indonesia aiming for 1000

digital startups worth $10bn by 2020

Infographic:

Ethereum vs Bitcoin

India: Ford and Sequoia invest $25m

in rental startup Zoomcar

NinjaCart aims to solve India's farmer

problems with data and tech

Malaysia: ASEAN Young Entrepreneurs

Carnival set for July 29, 30

Will deposit accounts be the next wave

of fintech innovation?

Former Lazada Vietnam exec's

healthcare startup lands funding

Tech23.2016 Conference

set for Sydney in October

QUTCEA Real Enterprise Startup

Workshop series set for August

North Queensland Entrepreneurship

Conference set for November

IFC to invest $15m equity in

Indian edtech Byju

How machine learning will help

you make healthier choices at work

India's ToneTag adds blockchain tech

to sound-based contactless payment

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India's Treebo, tech-enabled budget hotel

chain franchise, lands funding

Cambodia: InSTEDD Innovation Camp

Phnom Penh set for August

KK Fund announces 2nd fund for

early-stage startups in Southeast Asia

Singapore AIRMaker accelerator

sets sights on Sri Lanka IOT startups

A look at how Blockchain tech could

maintain trust in the food we choose

India's Skrilo mobile mktg startup

gets $1.5M in funding

A look at how Blockchain tech

can help New Zealand farmers

Asia funding on average $34.6M

per fintech deal, taking global lead

A look at the 7 winners from

Optus Future Makers pitch event

Indonesia: Grab partners Lippo Group

for e-payment platform

Adcorp invests $1m in Sydney's video

production startup Shootsta

Siam Commercial Bank sets up $50m fund

to invest in fintech startups

Inc. podcast: Will the Uberization of

business models kill the economy?

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Augmented and virtual reality markets

are finally realizing their potential

EY warns of blockchain threat

to cloud providers

OpenBazaar 2.0, Bitcoin's free market eBay,

plans to go global

Fintech poised to revolutionise

Middle East banking

Facebook's huge 'internet drone'

takes maiden flight

3 Australian startups awarded

in Talent Unleashed Awards

Startup World Cup Roadshow:

Surabaya leg set for July 28

Infographic:

5 major trends in mobile gaming, worldwide

India's Portea Medical scouts acquisitions,

planning foray into SEA

Japan: AgIc Circuit Marker pen

lets users draw working electrical circuits

New Zealand's Odocs named APAC's

Best Startup for Social Impact

O2 Banking: A bank account that

pays interest in mobile data

Infographic:

the world's most innovative countries

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Vietnamese healthcare service ViCare

lands Cyberagent Ventures funding

3 HK teams enter Asia Pacific finals

of International Trade Challenge

Vietnam's women entrepreneurs

capturing the nation's attention

Tech In Asia Tokyo

set for September

Superbook, on Kickstarter:

Turn your mobile into a laptop

9 startups selected

for DBS HotSpot 2016 Pre-Accelerator

Sydney's EzyCollect startup lands

Au$1.25m in funding

Indonesia's agritech

Eragano lands funding

Australia's BidEnergy

raises Au$7m

A look at 22 edtech startups

in Australia and New Zealand

2 Australian health startups to pitch at

O'seas Talent Entrepreneurship Conference

Standard Chartered bringing

video banking to Asia, Africa, Middle East

Email marketing remains a winner

for customer acquisition, retention

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A comprehensive look at Vietnam's

fintech startups

eCommerce Expo Asia

set for October in Taiwan

In brief on CNBC: How Southeast Asia's

startup ecosystem is shaping up

Thailand's Omise lands $17.5m to expand

Stripe-like service in Southeast Asia

Singapore event: Scale your IoT startup

across Southeast Asia and China

Australian property trading platform

Revalu8 lands $1.1m seed funding

Coding to be part of Malaysian

school syllabus in 2017

Japan: Mobile app analytic service

Fuller raises $4.2m

HK: Cyberport University Partnership

Programme launched with Stanford

Fuzuoka's mayor interviewed on

the launch of city's 'startup cafes'

500 Startups Thai microfund,

500 Tuk Tuks, expands to $15m

CNBC: What's driving interest in

Southeast Asia's startup scene?

EdTech Asia Summit 2016:

Bangkok, at the end of July

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India: Applop, 5-minute mobile app creation

startup, lands funding

FinovateAsia 2016 set for

November in Hong Kong

Queensland's Hot DesQ applications

closing at the end of July

Finland's Slush bringing tech and startup

event to Singapore in September

Survey: Cafe owners and retailers lead

Australia's entrepreneur boom

A look at how Bitcoin will have

major effects on society

Surgical Partners platform

wins Innovation Challenge

Research: messaging apps have

overtaken social networks

Australian startups in cybersecurity, fintech

to take part in Tel Aviv accelerator

UK's OakNorth the first challenger bank

to adopt Facebook At Work

Sydney: IoT network launched, aiming to

improve city energy management

Augmented humans: the next great frontier,

or a battleground in the making?

Barclays launches UK digital banking

hackathon

A look at in-store

digital technology in retail

Tech In Asia Jakarta:

scheduled for November

A look at Singapore's Biorithm, medical

monitoring via mobile phones and IoT

Another look at Hong Kong's Goxip,

redefining mobile fashion commerce

Malaysia's Edugat aims to equity

crowdfund $75k

Baidu builds an AI that composes music

after looking at art

Franklin Templeton invests $15m

in Indian fintech, Mywish Market Places

A look at 4 HR tech startups

from Singapore

Australia to help

Pakistani startups to launch

Google may be secretly working on

an augmented reality headset

Meet DreamDress, Vietnam's

new online dress rental service

Tourism VR platform, TimeLooper,

lands HotDesq spot at QUTCEA

September, Singapore: DealStreetAsia

Private Equity-Venture Capital Summit

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Blue Sky VC backs Asian e-commerce

startup aCommerce for $13.6m

Thailand's GetLinks acquires LetsCatchUp,

to connect Asia and India tech talent

Rocket Internet to expand operations

and team in Myanmar

TechSydney lowers sights after missing

$2m crowdfunding target

Adoption of wearable tech

more than doubled in 2 years

Millennial 20/20 APAC Summit:

100+ speakers - Singapore in September

Vietnam: Blockchain and Ethereum

Meetup launched

A look at smartphone brand use

in Indonesia by age

Echelon Vietnam 2016:

2 days in September, details TBC

Blockchain technology in music

could be 'truly revolutionary'

Google Vietnam Marketing head:

'Asia's internet users drive changes globally'

Former Telstra boss Trujillo to join

board of Australia's Unlockd startup

A brief look at 3 health bots delivering

proactive care

BEAM app aims to link each participant

in Asia's tech ecosystem

Some brief insights into Vietnam's

tech ecosystem growth

A look at 17 startups

boosting the brain

Research Innovation Asia Summit 2016:

September in Singapore

A look at the rise of fintech

in supply chains

Philippines: IdeaSpace awards

top 10 startups from 2016 program

Myanmar: Lithan opens TechUP

Accelerator for startups

Thailand-focused 500 TukTuks

mulls fund extension or 2nd vehicle

Multi-billion dollar media co backs

Blockchain identity startup, Trump Stamp

Impact Hub Manila, WWF, PEF

seek sustainable energy startups

Japan: IoT startup Veldt closes

undisclosed seed round

Vietnam: Hanoi launches programme

to become startup city

WeCreate's Build-A-Business workshop

Phnom Penh coming up

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LadyMafia bringing female-focussed

networking to Malaysia

India's furniture rental startup

RentoMojo lands $5m

Vietnam: SSIAM agribusiness startup fund

makes first investment

Japan: startup Creww launches accelerator

program with Panasonic

DCM Ventures raises $770m

with Asian tech company backing

India's SIDBI picks 8 VC funds

to invest in startups

Singtel's Future Makers aims to help

social entrepreneurs, startups

Singapore's AirTrunk aims for Sydney,

Melbourne data centers

Singapore's SPRING and City of Austin,

Texas sign MOU around startups

Seed education startup aims to help

Chinese people nail English pronunciation

India: Wide gender gap persists

for internet and mobile use

pwc infographic:

the history of Augmented Reality

Stratumn, Deloitte unveil blockchain-based

micro-insurance proof

Where are the opportunities for

foreign tech investors in Indonesia?

Edstart launches platform to

help parents pay private school fees

Australia: Mapping the WA and

Australian startup ecosystem

NZ agritech startup CropLogic

crowdfunds $500k

Cambodia: Inspire ASEAN

Phnom Penh 2016, July 20th

Ernst and Young partners with

Sydney's Stone and Chalk fintech hub

Australia's Startup Muster survey

widens to ecosystem beyond founders

India: Cityfurnish and Tripshelf

both land funding

Alibaba set to add VR shopping

to online stores

Intel aims to be processing

backbone of IoT

Top brands use Twitter more

than other social media platforms

So, what comes after

the touch screen?

GovInsider Innovation Awards

open for nominations

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US Health and Human Services Department

considers Blockchain possibilities

Vietnam: Mekong Capital invests $6.9m

in restaurant chain Wrap and Roll

Melbourne biotech startup CNSDose

secures $1m

Mercedes-Benz Vans aims to tap

Aus startup community with hackathon

India: sports-focused healthcare startup,

HEAL Institute, lands funding

Startups showcase waste management

tech at Singapore summit

Singapore's Temasek leads investors

in ONE Championship funding

Deloitte report: US$100Bn opportunity

from digital economy for ASEAN

Philippines: payroll software startup

Sprout Solutions heads to Silicon Valley

How India's fintech startups are taking

cashless economy to bottom of the pyramid

A quick look at 50 startups

disrupting the legal industry

5 reasons for Bangkok being right

for launching your startup

Finquest opens platform to connect

Asian firms with investors, advisors

A quick look at the most active

digital health investors since 2014

Momo, Vietnam's rising fintech star

in mobile, online payments

Sri Lanka's BOV Capital gains backing

for maiden fund

Exchange rate app Get4x now live in Bali,

Pattaya, Phuket, Kuala Lumpur

A look at possibilities around starting

up in Taiwan

HBF Activate health-focused Hackathon

set for late August

India's Google Launchpad alumni,

ShareChat, lands $1.35 million

HBF Activate, health-focused accelerator:

info night set for July 26

Singapore's soCash secures S$400k

funding to accelerate product development

Digital news consumers remain

ambivalent about video

China's IDG, Breyer Capital raise $1bn

to back startups

APAC set to be world's largest

digital travel sales market

Europe's Yoyo Wallet launches

in Singapore

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India's food startup Twigly raises $600K to

expand 'cloud kitchen' business

NZ eager to join forces with Vietnam to

leverage Trans Pacific agreement

Culture x Design unconference

in Melbourne July 20th

Da Nang launches Israel-backed course for

Vietnam's entrepreneurs

A look at the 10 New Zealand startups

selected for Vodafone xone accelerator

A quick look at 6 Malaysian startups, from

fashion to food

Thailand: 500 Tuk Tuks expands

investment fund to US$15m

The 14 fintech startups chosen for new

KPMG mLabs accelerator

32 startups serving the underserved and

disenfranchised

KPMG launches mLab, fintech accelerator

for Australian startups

Australia's cyber-safety startup Family Zone

launches $10m IPO

Two digital-only banks set to launch in

South Korea

Singapore's resort-cum-varsity startup

vKirirom lands $2.9m

Looking to break into Bollywood? TalentNext

will connect you

Chinese startup creates automated parking

valet robot

Disrupt Asia, ICT Sri Lanka's inaugural tech

and startup event, set for July 28

A quick advance look at Techsauce Summit,

set for Bangkok later in July

A look at Curofy, India's online community

for verified doctors

Thai startup ecosystem venture funding

breaks $100m

A tiny glimpse of India's projected mobile/

smartphone growth

India's management tech startup

SirionLabs raises $12.25m

Next week: Bangkok Entrepreneurs/Startup

Grind FinTech Meetup

My Social Book lands funding to turn user

social media posts into books

BANSEA-IIPL partnership formed

to co-invest $200m in ICT startups

India's SmartKarma aims to be

'Spotify for investment research'

Chinese PE firm leads $30m funding for

workspace startup

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Australia's HR startup Seera gains funding

from former Xero chief

India: Purplle, online marketplace for beauty

products and services, raises $6m

Facebook testing encrypted,

self-destructing messages

Brazil's Banco Bradesco to trial

blockchain-based digital wallet

Singapore's soCash

gains $400k funding

A look at Seoul's new

Global Startup Centre

Bangalore's Kyron accelerator

raising $3m to widen startup investments

Seoul to launch Global Startup Center

for foreign entrepreneurs

A look at the real size of

China's VC market

Vietnam:

hotel booking app Vntrip secures $3m

Singapore social app Paktor lands $10m

for Japan, Korea expansion

Millennials on track to be the least

entrepreneurial generation in recent history

Singapore's Arcadier launches

DIY marketplace for the non-technical

Geelong's Pundit Connect

lands Au$305k funding

World Economic Forum: "IoT will consist

of 30 to 50 billion objects by 2020"

Asia, Australia and New Zealand

startup news digest: 22 pages, on/offline

Startup news, Southeast Asia and Oceania,

June 2016 pdf/Issuu

Y Combinator inducts 3 Indian startups

into its programme

Why 'mobile first' is already

looking outdated

South Australia aims for innovation

with $50m capital fund

China: online dance video provider

gains $5m from Ventech Capital

NASSCOM launches India's first IoT

Centre of Excellence

India's SavvyMob sets sights on

last-minute hotel bookings

Japan's SmartNews app

raises $38m

China's top 25 unicorn companies

by valuation

Startup News Asia digest, June 2016:

pdf / issuu

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Why we need an alternative

to venture capital

UK's Jaywing invests $2m in

Sydney startup Digital Massive

Australia: Mumpreneur Start-Up

Innovation Workshop set for August in WA

seedstars Hong Kong

set for next week

Australia's 1st Indigenous

Startup Weekend aims to empower

Overview of entrepreneurship in Asia,

from seedstars

China's startup ecosystem vs India's

- more similarities than differences

India: Quickli gains 500 Startups

and Asia Ventures Group funding

Startup news summary:

SE Asia / Oceania, June 2016

Myanmar:

seedstars Yangon set for end of July

Cisco $250k Grand Innovation

Challenge open for submissions

India: Mobile purchasing expected to

hit 70% of digital purchases by 2020

An executive's guide to

the Internet of Things (pdf, 2015)

How Chinese companies disrupt

through business model innovation

Why successful people take 10 years

to 'succeed overnight'

June 2016 Startup News Asia digest:

on/offline

Alchemy Ventures launches

with $200m fund for early startups

BItcoin exchange Coinbase

lands $10.5m investment

Infographic:

India's 15 top-funded startups

India: IIM-A incubator's $150m

innovations fund to look beyond cleantech

PayPal Singapore unveils 3 winning

startups for PayPal Incubator

Infographic:

InsurTech in China, from AXA

How insurtech players are re-imagining

the insurance value chain

Singapore banks to pilot Facebook and

Twitter IDs for payments

4 ways for startups to

attract investor interest

Foundr's comprehensive guide

to business models

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Infographic:

Wearable tech takes off

Research:

Age determines devices used in Australia

Self-driving robots to commence

deliveries in Europe later this month

Western Australia Startup Ecosystem

Report 2015/16 launch set for 25th

PwC China, BitSE join to bring blockchain

tech solutions to Asia Pacific

Medtech BookDoc partners Malaysian

social security agency

Seek invests over $1m in

Melbourne's Sidekicker

Why Australia should be moving

to electronic, online voting

Meet WeTeach, edtech startup from Australia

China Youth Association alumni

Fintech startup aims to improve forex

for China cross-border e-commerce

InnoVen Capital India extends $12m

debt to 8 startups in Q1

Japan's Trillium Inc car anti-hacking

startup lands funding

UK aims to attract Indian startups

with Tech Rocketships award

The Economic Times Startup Awards 2016:

Jury and categories

InnoVen Capital closes deals with startups

Xpressbees, Housejoy, Stayzilla

Sri Lanka Venture Engine event

attracts global investors

Fulfil.IO gains funding from

Google India MD

Global VC deals hit $40b with China

close to overtaking North America

EntrepreneurHK chats with early-stage

investor Ming Lee

Insurance tech startup funding

tops $1Bn in Q1 2016

In India: Incubator T-Hub plans VC fund;

WeddingWishlist raises $300K

Pealo's Facebook bot to help

Singapore SMEs apply for grants

30 links that help with

understanding the Blockchain

Ishu, anti-Paparazzi scarf, makes

flash photography impossible

Irish fintech FXCH clears first

blockchain-settled forex trades

Young Americans pay for music

a lot more often than older people

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Melbourne startup Nura raises $1.2m

for 'world-first' headphones

What you need to know about

the Bitcoin halving event

How Techfugees worked with startups

to help refugees settle in Australia

Infiniti Accelerator 2.0

launches in Hong Kong

Melbourne's RosterCloud, cloud-based staff

management tool, acquired

What do Asean cities want

from tech startups?

Fintech Vietnam Startup Report

update explores huge opportunities

Singapore to host one-stop shop

for Asia's med technology startups

Fundnel CEO: 'Tech-powered funding

platforms will replace investment banks'

Zeroth funding program aims to put

Asia's AI startups on the map

Five startups tackling social problems

in India

Melbourne web dev startup Foxley

secures over $700k in funding

Bank of Russia launches blockchain

research consortium

ShopBack Singapore ramps up cash

rebates with mobile app launch

China's Citic Guoan backs virtual reality

startup NextVR for $20m

Being 'just a bank'

is not enough

Foxconn and startup Actility launch

company aimed at IoT in China

Pappco India startup: sugarcane, bamboo,

wheat straw into disposable cutlery

muru-D Singapore class 2 applications

are now open

The simplest possible outline

of the MVP process

Australia's Genero raises $4m

from Ellerstone Capital

A look at Perth fintech,

Future Penny

4 factors to consider when developing

your startup's pricing

Melbourne's Airwallex aims to

take on banks, Western Union, Paypal

JP Morgan launches In-Residence

fintech startup programme

This month: Bangkok Entrepreneurs/Startup

Grind FinTech Meetup

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Dutch government to open blockchain

dev campus to attract banks, financials

Samsung remolds corporate culture

toward startup shape

Interview with Golden Gate Ventures

principal, Justin Hall, on SEA startups

Women In Tech Awards now open

for entries and nominations

TechSauce Summit, 2-day conference,

set for later this month in Bangkok

Philippines: Future Now Ventures

backs payroll, HR software Salarium

Infographic:

Artificial Intelligence 101

In the race to be Asia's fintech hub,

Singapore leads Hong Kong

Why Vietnam has the tech talent

Scandinavia needs

A look at China's female

tech investors

If you invest in growth before retention

you're renting users not acquiring them

Societe Generale launches India accelerator

focused on AI, big data

A look at India's Artificial Intelligence

startup wave

Bangalore's BlogBeats platform raises

early-stage funding

Bangalore fintech startup Scripbox

raises funding

The White House wants your thoughts

on the development of AI

The Pulse of FinTech, Q1 2016 Review:

KPMG and CB Insights (email req'd)

Singapore converts part of port into live

tech lab in effort to boost productivity

The most active investors in e-commerce,

and their investments

Outgoing US President Obama

hints at a future in VC

A look at how digital services will

affect financial advising

Kreditech launches online POS

financing solution

A look at 96 tech startups reshaping

residential real estate

Final, a fintech taking on credit card fraud

with 'disposable' card numbers

Citi Research: Bitcoin still not ready

for prime time

What to look forward to in China's

startup scene, and why you should care

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India: HR startup Darwinbox, video

discovery platform PressPlay TV land funds

How Singapore is building

a 'Smart Nation'

Indonesia's Bank Mandiri launches

incubator for fintech startups

On Forbes: Is Hong Kong a sustainable

location for entrepreneurs and startups?

India: Mastercard invests in

Razorpay fintech startup

India's seed investment platform

Venture Catalysts raises $500k

AI design bots are getting better

at building websites

Australia's Get Kids Cooking

lands $150k Shark Tank funding

Infographic: How wearable technology

influences insurance

India's Eckovation using AI to

make open school platform smarter

JPMorgan wants blockchain/fintech

startups to join in-residence program

Can IBM really make a business

out of Blockchain?

Snappr, 'Uber for photographers', hits

double planned seed funding target

Cardly takes top spot at Startup Week

pitch competition

Singapore startup scene a big draw

for China's entrepreneurs

Cisco rolls out startup initiative

LaunchPad in India

Thailand to challenge Singapore, Indonesia

with growing startup ecosystem

India's LiveHealth aims to expand

in Southeast Asia and Middle East

A brief look at capital boost enjoyed by

Vietnam tech startups over the last year

China's ZTE to establish $180m fund

to invest in tech startups

Indonesia's B2B logistics startup Kargo

gets seed funding

Interview: The Difference Incubator

co-founder, social enterprise incubator

MAS details 100 problem statements in

advance of Global Fintech Hackcelerator

Thailand experiences 29 times growth

in tech investments over 4 years

Drones ruling: $82 million market and

100,000 new jobs likely in US alone

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