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APRIL 2016 SUMMARY

STARTUP NEWS ASIA

Teams of 2-5 students and budding entrepreneurs are invited to create a brief and succinct description - to a maximum

of 2 pages - of the startup or social entrepreneurial idea that demonstrates

the essentials for bringing an idea to life. Videos of not more than 3 minutes in

length are welcome. Full information & registration:

compartments & relevanceObviously, it’s difficult to compartmentalize the items covered in Startup News

Asia. Whilst a focus on ‘Asian startups’ is useful, a great deal of news from out-

side the region is relevant to those in the SEA scene: as reference for their own

activities if at an earlier stage; as a knowledge base for their own industry area;

and as potentially-valuable connections in overseas markets.

Add to this that some newcomers to startup thinking may simply be looking for

an ‘a-ha’ moment around an opportunity, and you begin to see the reason for the

breadth of coverage I’ve chosen.

Questions, comments? Contact me via StartupNewsAsia.com.

this monthApril 2016 saw a number of interesting movements in the tech-focused startup

scene in Southeast Asia, and noticeably in the region’s fintech space.

At a glance: Hong Kong’s Cyberport launched a new micro-fund and opened

applications for its incubation program, whilst Saigon enjoyed visits from 1337

Ventures, Gobi Partners and Malaysia’s MaGIC; and, in the Philippines, the

Spring LaunchPad program expanded its startup roster to more than 50.

highlightsE Vietnam’s Kyna.vn lands 7-digit funding from CyberAgent Ventures

E Australia’s Bytes4Health incubator aiming to grow digital health startups

E A look at Malaysian government initiatives to boost startup activity

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APRIL 30 2016

A look at Convergence Ventures and its activities in Indonesia, Southeast Asia

Re-insurer firm Swiss Re launches India startup accelerator

ABN Amro builds 30-person team for blockchain exploration

2016 Philippine Startup Challenge launches, with focus on IOT

ING fintech on app-only banks: Where is the money? Where is the return?

How Australia's real estate boom hurts its startups

Malaysia’s Beaupass acquires Singapore beauty svcs platform Wellnessly to expand

Iran: As sanctions lift can entrepreneurship transform the nation?

Unitus Impact looks to Vietnam for investing in social good

Walmart steps up retail tech search with Technology Innovation Open Call

Vietnam co-founded education startup Gotit! lands funding

Queensland banks on Au$8m relocation program to lure int'l startup talent

Australia's Bytes4Health incubator aiming to grow digital health startups

APRIL 29 2016

5 things that could be gone in 5 years, thanks to tech

Deutsche Bank launches its new mobile banking app

A look at digital disruption in US small-business insurance

Telenor Myanmar names two startups for first accelerator

Fintech flourishing in Asia Pacific, with 347 investment deals last year

Singapore's Boxgreen snack startup lands funds to get people off junk food

India's Impact Guru lands funding from RB Investments, Fundnel

Indonesia wants farmers and fishermen to join ecommerce revolution

HK: 10 finalists of DBS Social Innovators 2016 announced

A look back at the recent Lufthansa Startup Expo held in India

Aus fintech startup Third Party Trade streamlines US stock access

Tilt, 'social payments app for Gen Y', launches in Australia

Computershare teams up with start-up SETL on blockchain project

Visa opens innovation centre in Singapore

APRIL 28 2016

InfoSys subsidiary launches blockchain framework aimed at financial services

Vietnam’s smaller e-commerce players gear up for Alibaba’s foray

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Twitter's Promote Ads API Challenge: build the best Twitter ad tool

India: early-stage YourNest Angel Fund gears up for 2nd fund

HTC to launch $100m VR startup accelerator program

A look at some innovative startups in the insurance tech space

Where are the more active corporates & VCs investing in real estate tech?

Thai startup Wongnai lands series B for online-to-offline push

Philippine digital newsstand startup Freyo lands funding

HK's Cyberport Incubation Programme open for applications

German discount platform CupoNation eyes entry to SE Asia

Cyberport Creative Micro Fund launched: HK$100k grant

2016 Tech Pioneers report: Australia & New Zealand (pdf)

Australia's next startup 'landing pad' opening in Berlin

NZ startup First Table lands 200 restaurants for early bird dining

Data, CRM crucial to media, entertainment stakeholder engagement

Nida Rooms raises $4.2m in battle for Southeast Asia budget travelers

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June: Echelon Asia Summit - 2 days, 5000+ professionals & entrepreneurs

APRIL 27 2016

Infographic: the Mobile Point-Of-Sale opportunity, from @BankingTechno

Vietnam: The US Ambassador’s Entrepreneurship Challenge

Rocket Internet to sell Zalora’s Thai, Vietnam fashion e-commerce businesses

Singapore: DBS acquires stake in financial AI startup Kasisto

BioBeats raises funding for platform to replace stress therapists

How Loomio, a worker-owned tech startup, found investors and kept its values

HyperTrack: A start-up to track people and products

Bitstamp granted license by Luxembourg to be regulated exchange in the EU

Asia-Pacific internet users use more devices, often 4+

DBS launches India’s first mobile-only bank, digibank

Ashran Ghazi takes CEO helm at Malaysia’s MaGIC

Australian startup Spacer eyes Asia's $4bn storage market

Yahoo Japan & East Ventures launch Code Republic to be Japan's Y Combinator

APRIL 26 2016

Startup Weekend Saigon set for May 13th-15th

Vietnam Silicon Valley: tough name to live up to for government-backed accelerator

New $20m Dragon Egg fund to back Australian startups expanding to China

Sapien Ventures' first fintech investment is in Hashching

American Express to launch online small business loans with Lendio

FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016 now accepting applications for October

Backers pour $15m into Australia's telecom/advertising startup Unlockd

Australia's all-you-can-fly startup Airly aims for Q3 launch

ING Direct report: Gen Y unimpressed with robo-advisors

Could Blockchain enable a true P2P insurance model?

A slide-deck look at what's happening in wearable tech

Orange buys Groupama for 2017 mobile bank launch

A brief interview with the Thai PM's Digital Advisor

A look at Malaysian government 9ves to boost startup activity

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'Australia's scattergun startup funding short changes accelerators and won't work'

Shopious closure a warning to Indonesia’s bootstrapped startups

Cash, fear & uncertainty: The Holy Trinity of Bitcoin and blockchain

APRIL 25 2016

Thailand eCommerce Summit 2016 set for June

Morgan Stanley report on Blockchain in banking: disruptive threat or tool? (pdf)

VC Gurley warns startups to beware of toxic funding deal terms

Sustainability Startup/Innovation Weekend Melbourne set for May

Thailand sets $570m startup fund, aims for 'startup districts'

Hong Kong startups 'better off ' raising VC funds than seeking gov't support

Mexico City asks 9 million citizens to crowdsource a new constitution

A look at China’s emergence as a technology innovator

APRIL 24 2016

Losing money: part of being an investor

Jakarta's human resources platform Rekruta gains funding

NZ's SuchCrowd startup: musicians, artists secure an audience before touring

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APRIL 23 2016

Is 'going micro' the next big thing for insurance tech?

Alibaba-backed UCWeb launches $20m fund for gaming startups

Indonesia: regulator to intro micro VCs and other incentives to boost startups

Small Industries Dev Bank of India sanctions funding to 30 venture funds

US Embassy to run Entrepreneurship Challenge to fund Vietnam startups

Knolskape gamification startup lands funds to boost work training, engagement

Singapore's SoftPay Mobile acquires Vietnam’s MPOS Technology

Melbourne's Hava SaaS startup lands $500k funding

NZ startup Dotterel wins innovation award for drone noise reduction tech

Australian entrepreneur on the problems with today’s startups

Can blockchain and bitcoin help the world's poorest?

Why big banks won’t be able to join the fintech boom

Alibaba affiliate raising funding at $60bn valuation

China forms ‘ChinaLedger Union’ Blockchain-based coalition

Infographic: 10 facts about mobile banking

UK-based payments firm Moni goes into receivership

Japan's VR startup Cluster raises $456k

DBS banks inks cross-referralagreements with 2 S'pore P2P lend platforms

APRIL 22 2016

CUneXus to power Digital FCU mobile lending platform

China tightens on internet finance firms, suspends new registrations

US Federal data should be open to public by default, say lawmakers

Philippine edtech Ritmo closes 2nd seed, led by Future Now Ventures

FinDEVr Silicon Valley, October: latest tools, platforms, APIs, case studies

Singapore 4xLabs expands forex comparison app to HK, Mumbai, Bangkok

Online travel industry may give insight into India and China

Abraaj Group bets on Southeast Asia's growing ecommerce sector

PWC & Startupbootcamp: 'APAC fintech ecosystems are thriving'

Online exports: a look at the opportunities for Vietnam

A look at the Vietnam-Finland Innovation Partnership Program

More on how Vietnam is opening doors to venture capital

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Singapore inventory startup TradeGecko appoints VP of marketing

Melbourne's Airly to jet to Europe after pitch contest win

Hoozu aims to link tech with social media talent in Australia

Australia's BugCrowd digital security startup raises $19m

Gaming Top Talent coming to Casual Connect Asia, Singapore, in May

4 crowdsourcing projects operated by governments

Great ideas often look like bad ideas

Vietnam: AlphaStartups Xpress session @ DreamPlex

APRIL 21 2016

A look at 50+ cannabis startups, spanning delivery, compliance, news & more

WhatClinic expands to S'pore, based on medical tourism demand

India: Target accelerator’s new startups - AI, AR, IoT

AP exec on cultural differences between Australian and Asian companies

Erotic ecommerce gaining steam in India

Pepper, AOL founder back US-based startup incubator

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MasterCard moves to strengthen remittance services in Bangladesh

Mobile accounts for rising share of ad spend in India

Tech labs aim to give a creative jolt to Vietnam's schoolchildren

A first look at Singapore's driverless pods, trialing late 2016

APRIL 20 2016

New tech startups hub ‘La French Tech Philippines’ launched

Thai moguls chase deals in Vietnam as ‘buy-Thai’ market booms

Nets to launch HCE mobile payments in Denmark

Travel tech startup funding surges 133% in Q1 2016

A look at the 85 fintech graduates of Y Combinator, 2005 to 2016

Sydney custom dressmaker Fame and Partners raises $10m from US

Drive Yello food delivery app helping Australians earn an extra buck

TruePillars connects smart investors with businesses for small loans

Branson, Wozniak and Facebook VP seeking world's best startups

Startup launches WelcomeOver, the Airbnb for food, in Australia

Data61’s Ribit.net collabs with ICT Geelong to spur regional startups

Front End of Innovation conference, Ideation To Execution: Boston, in May

Women in GovTech set for September, in Singapore

A look at Google AdWords industry benchmarks

Computer usage falls as 20% of millennials go mobile-only

Oxford University launches fintech lecture series

China’s Silicon Valley dream is powering the rise of health startups

Sensors + brains: 17 IoT companies using artificial intelligence tech

IoT competition aims to turn Ho Chi Minh City into smart city

MYOB, ANZ team up to help Kiwi startups

APRIL 19 2016

Code for Victoria innovation teams devise tech fixes in Australian gov't

Thailand's Medical Departures: Live founder/CEO interview, May

Visa, Malaysian Islamic banking association seek ASEAN fintech startups

Report: Global health-tech firms seeing funding traction

Forget Melbourne vs Sydney, Australian fintech must take global view

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Forget how Blockchain works, talk about what it does

European Parliament to host blockchain conference

Melbourne tech community works to help refugees settle in Australia

Japan plans fingerprint payments system for 2020 Olympics

Mondo cofounder leaves to launch fintech consultancy

Asia Pacific now 2nd biggest region for fintech investment

Singapore launching biometric system for immigration

'Fintech’s $138 billion opportunity'

Extra-thin LEDs put a screen on your skin

News Corp leads seed round in Australian augmented reality startup, Plattar

Spring.ph breaks its 50 startups target, adds seven firms

India’s new payments banks seek global talent to steer ops

Alibaba-Lazada deal may turn SE Asia into e-commerce battleground

Philippine SaaS tech startup CloudSwyft raises $200k

Ripples from Estonian blockchain experiment may be felt globally

13 startups to watch from ASU GSV Education Tech Summit 2016

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Indonesia's KREN ventures into travel e-commerce

Pich wins Santander InnoVentures fintech venture day in Madrid

$100 million 'global first' Australia-China science precinct for UNSW, Sydney

APRIL 18 2016

Tech and telco companies invest US$31b in IoT in 5 years

Meraki’s success proves virtual reality is here and now in India

Accenture seeks FinTech innovators for APAC accelerator programme

On Bloomberg: Has the Asian startup bubble burst?

China's startup boom could turn to bust on Beijing's signal

A look inside Seoul’s Innovation Bureau

'Absolute crisis' facing Australian tech: “Nobody wants to come here anymore"

Australia Post to trial drone delivery

A look at fintech startups guiding 100M Pakistanis towards financial inclusion

America launches 'citizen science' engagement platform

Augmented/Virtual Reality revenue forecast to hit $120bn by 2020

New $190m seed fund eyes India and Indonesia

Ethereum used for ‘first’ paid energy trade using Blockchain tech

Spare5 combines AI with crowdsourced human savvy to make sense of data

Launching a healthcare startup in Asia: Challenges and opportunities

Digital disruption in the US small-business insurance market

WorldRemit targets world's 2bn 'unbanked' citizens, eyes Asia Pacific

Melbourne augmented reality startup scores $1.1m seed

Vietnam's Kyna.vn lands 7-digit funding from CyberAgent Ventures

Malaysia’s Marna Capital invests in SEA-focussed Spot News app

Airbnb acquires bitcoin/blockchain expert team

APRIL 15 2016

Inaugural Singapore Fintech Festival set for November

5 trends and opportunities in Indonesian tech & startups

GREE launches $12m fund aimed at VR content startups

Australia & New Zealand tech deal activity jumps 8x since 2011

Industrial IoT driving roughly 1/3 of in-vestment in broader IoT

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Microsoft to support Da Nang, Vietnam, on startup programme

Hong Kong startup, HKDSmart, enters overseas remittals market

Australia considering startup landing pad in India's Bengaluru

India's WedWise gains funding from StartUp Equity Partners

Bitmex beats 475 startups to win Tech in Asia Singapore Arena

4 simple ways IOT is expected to boost Singapore’s economy

APRIL 14 2016

What a tech startup's pivots say about Bitcoin's future

Singapore to regulate fintechs only when they pose risks

Provo, Utah: More VC-funded startups than anywhere - here's how

Australia calls for global ISO Blockchain standards

Tension mounts between banks and fintechs over password sharing

Fishburners plans 4-fold Sydney expansion

The right business to build is the one that you actually *want* to build

Marketing can't rely on the funnel when buying is no longer linear

A look at VR activities that interest smartphone users, end of 2015

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Singapore's Migme buys Indonesian ecommerce startup in latest purchase

6 of Asia’s finest startups, pitching at Tech In Asia Singapore

Some of the rising startups in Asian fintech

500 Startups Japan announces its first two investments

UK's Nationwide Building Society develops biometric banking app

APRIL 13 2016

Loot, student banking app, succeeds in raising over £1 million

In Japan: fingerprints to be tested as ‘currency’ for payments by tourists

GGV Capital raises $1.2bn to back tech startups in US, China

Indonesian startups to get $76m in gov't micro-credit guarantee program

For Visa, marketing tech is about making data actionable

Goldman Sachs unit looks to invest in Indian fintech startups

HaxAsia hardware accelerator rebrands as Enchant VC, launches new program

Vietnam's young tech talent pulls foreign funds to booming startup scene

Vietnam edtech startups win $90K from Google, Facebook

Canberra's eWay acquired by US giant, Global Payments, for US$50m

Credit Sesame launches SnapLoan, one-click for consumer loans

Applications open for QUT CEA Creative3 Pitch event

Connect Expo 2016, Melbourne: business, technology, innovation

MadPaws, ‘Airbnb for pets’ startup, partners with PETstock

Beijing to spend $1.5bn on developing a 'Silicon Valley of China'

$20 million Dragon Egg Fund launched for Australian startups to crack China

Startup Buckitdream aims to tap 'bucket list' data

Vietnam: VC license within 3 days of application, regardless of fund size

Next week in Singapore: Future Bank Asia 2016 conference

Earthport and Ria Money Transfer join forces for remittances

APRIL 12 2016

KPMG launches Digital Village to fill crucial gap in startup ecosystem

Google joins health app space with launch of 'health card' tool

Wanted: Entrepreneur-in-Residence at muru-D, Australia

LaunchVic, Australian $60 million startup fund, open for applications

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India’s audacious plan to bring digital banking to 1.2bn people

Fintech threatens 250,000 jobs as European insurers cut costs

AI: Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple pursue artificial intelligence startups

Australian trade delegation seeks opportunities for startups in China

Sigfox deal with Microsoft latest sign of IOT startup’s expansion aims

Aus startup system will “fall hopelessly behind” if gov't doesn't fix immigration

Sequoia Capital, Airtree lead $10m funding of NZ startup 90 Seconds

Vietnam to ease VC rules to realize 'startup nation' dream

Korean startup takes saliva to give DNA-based diet advice

Equity and debt crowdfunder FundedHere raises US$1.29M

Singapore PM’s office sets up joint Smart Nation research unit

Indonesia: startups and President partner to improve farmers' lives

After losing his grandmother, this entrepreneur uses IoT to save lives

Meet Alpha Startups Indonesia's 1st batch of winners

Australia's Blockchain Summit 2016 set for June, in Melbourne

APRIL 11 2016

Why Barclays sees banking's future as an information business

BNP Paribas embraces Silicon Valley through Plug and Play partnership

Hyderabad to host Asia's biggest startup conclave, Impact Charter

New fintech startups challenging Asian private bankers

In Indonesia: Top 20 startups receive $336m from foreign investors

Vietnam’s telecom co Viettel to launch venture capital arm

In Shanghai: Digital Disruptors in Asia & the Power of Partnership

Brisbane credit union CUA partners Sydney fintech hub Stone & Chalk

LA meet Australia: Emerging Innovators Xchange 2016

South Korea to build US$86million artifi-cial intelligence supercomputers

Hong Kong event: Digital Disruptors in Asia & the Power of Partnerships

APRIL 10 2016

Ireland's Seedcorn Competition 2016: EU280,000 in prizes

'..launch pads overseas will only undermine talent creation at home..'

VC funds, think tanks puzzle over startup 'valley of death'

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4 of India's startups: home services, food, cars, and beauty

Deals to real estate tech startups hit record levels in Q1 2016

Sydney event: Stories from media-tech startups at different stages

A look at 26 funded edtech startups across Southeast Asia

FPT Ventures: US$1 million for Vietnam startups in 12 months

China's Unicorn Capital Partners closes $210m debut VC fund

A look at 125 startups in Human Resourc-es: recruiting, benefits, payroll...

Indonesian fintech to complement banks, not compete, startups say

Amazon mulls fintech acquisitions as valuations fall

Hyperledger may be on verge of merging Blockchain, IBM, Digital Asset code

Digital ad spending in India to surpass $1Billion in 2017

Microsoft adds Ethereum blockchain to Windows platform for developers

APRIL 9 2016

Malaysia's BookDoc launches web portal targeting medical tourists

Malaysia: Cradle Fund aims for $51m for co-investment fund, 9 deals in line

Indian gov't looking to boost domestic startup funding

A quick look at 10 Malaysian startups

Indonesia's Telkom wants to nurture 40 tech startups a year

India: Healthcare startup Imedilane, edtech firm Vahan raise funds

Citi fintech study predicts 17% of consumer banking revenue to go digital by 2023

8 ways blockchain tech can be expected to change mobile payments

Open source giant Red Hat launches OpenShift Blockchain Initiative

A quick look at some startups trying to take blockchain beyond fintech

Could fintech make travelling safer?

'China's startup and innovation scene exploding because gov't wants it to'

Australian startup SkedGo wins Rio Olympics Transport Challenge

SwipeStox launches live trading app for iOS & Android

3 consumer trends that may shape success for Asian startups

Circle: "instantly send value, without fees, with the convenience of sending a text"

Deutsche Bank opens innovation lab in Silicon Valley

Chinese payments giant Alipay expanding into Europe

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Australian fintech market to hit $4bn by 2020; banks may lose $10bn

APRIL 8 2016

Indian e-wallet MobiKwik keeps fintech focus

Malaysia’s online baby boutique Applecrumby & Fish raises $300k

Telkom’s MDI Ventures to invest $25m in 10 Indonesian startups in 2016

Singapore's adventure tours marketplace Traca secures seed funds

Philips may launch venture fund to invest in Indian healthtech

Microsoft strikes partnership with banks on blockchain tech

'Asia is post-mobile' says report by Taiwan adtech startup, Appier

Telstra CTO: Australia is outpacing the US in IoT adoption

A look at the recent Victorian government BudgetHack event

Australian startups: more commitment, less conversation

Tuhua fund raises $10m to invest in 25 New Zealand startups

Is fintech losing some of its attraction for investors?

5 must-know tips for e-commerce entrants and startups in Vietnam

In the IOT age, the question of who owns data is about to get trickier

Research: "..internet enables private mon-ies like Bitcoin to competitively emerge.."

A quick look at IoT and its next step, the industrial internet of things, IIOT

On Finovate: fintech fundings Q1 2016: 334 deals totalling $6.7 billion

FinDEVr tech-focused conference set for October this year

pwc fintech report: next 3-5 years, FinTech investment could exceed $150bn

FinTech: US$150 billion expected to be invested by 2020

US smartphone users: 1/4 watch videos daily - but 1/4 never

India: SaaS companies now making over $1m annually

Digital ad spending in India set to surpass $1bn next year

Bangkok Entrepreneurs networking event: Advanced Tech, a unified theory

APRIL 7 2016

Singapore’s restaurant booking app Chope acquires MakanLuar, enters Indonesia

Funding Societies startup aims to change lending in SE Asia

CitrusPay fintech startup wants to be India’s payment universe

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A quick look at 54 fintech companies making waves in Europe

Grab, World Bank debut ‘OpenTraffic platform’ in the Philippines

Net-scraping startup, Predata, predicting the future by decoding the past

Malaysia natural 1st market for SEA expansion says SG startup Ninja Van

A primer on Singapore’s tech and startup scene

A look at the insurance-tech equation

Funnel Ventures: bridging social gap between Aus startups and Silicon Valley

Perth's IOT startup Quantify Technology hires 2 ex-Cisco execs, preps for launch

6 tips for early-stage fintechs from an Australian investor

clapit breaks Australian record with seed funding of A$2.57m

March 2016 Startup News Asia summary: online & offline

Australia's Bombd sets up shop in Venice Beach, aims at social networking presence

Inside Malaysia’s national big data plan

LinkedIn launches US$59M Singapore data centre, its first outside the US

Singapore's Monk’s Hill Ventures hits final close on maiden $85m fund

A look at 36 of Southeast Asia’s top startup investment firms

Malaysia: ideas competition for civil service, business, social sector

APRIL 6 2016

Fintechs, prepare for a wave of mergers and acquisitions

64 healthcare IoT startups: Monitoring, clinical efficiency, biometrics...

Astroscale eyes way to cleanse skies of space junk

Pouch cashless wristbands aim to make concerts a safer experience

A look at 21 startup companies serving the underserved

A quick look at 4 Thai startups on the rise

Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital announce $50m India-focused fund

India to set up world's largest startup incubation facility

A quick look at 5 new travel-related startups

Telenor Myanmar to invest $100k in two tech startups

APRIL 5 2016

Japan's F Ventures launches $4.5m fund for Fukuoka region

Digital ID company iSignthis facilitates instant Bitcoin purchases on Coinify

Singapore’s F&B POS startup, Sphere, raises $340k seed funding

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Carlyle Group to raise $1bn for new Asia private equity fund

Australian startup aims to matchmake startups with big business

A look at DRU, the world's first pizza delivery robot

Western Union launches digital B2B payments platform for SMEs worldwide

StartupAUS director: Fix immigration or lose people like me

Google's VR View tool allows embedding of 360-degree content

‘Win-in-Suzhou’ Oceania Start-up competition New Zealand launched

China’s CPFA Microfinance may land $25m equity from existing investor

IIIT-Hyderabad establishes accelerator for AI and deep tech

Philippines’ startup ecosystem faces barriers, yet to take off

Is online financing going to be the death of the credit card?

General Motors launches new platform made by Australian startup

Fintech startups reveal disruption plans at FinTech Innovation Lab

The insurance industry braces for the coming fintech shake up

Social media startup Vamp aims for IPO in Australia

Some of 500 Startups’ new bets in Asia

Apparition Media advertising startup uses mural art for customer engagement

Cardect startup on Indiegogo aims to be the end of the business card

A look at Asahi Shimbun's Media Lab Open Innovation Office & accelerator

Pollenizer partners University of Western Australia for entrepreneurship

A look at three of India's promising healthcare startups

APRIL 4 2016

’Wall Street is Blockchain's weak link’

A look at some of the devices demo'd at IoT Asia 2016

12 fintech startups added to Afiniation Melbourne event

TV, internet and health plan providers rank worst for customer service

Mobile wallet interoperability: consumer to merchant, minus intermediaries

Flipkart buys mobile payments startup, PhonePe app, founded by ex-employees

In the NYT: Ethereum enables transactions that rival Bitcoin’s

SG-Innovate: connecting entrepreneurs with mentors, advise on fintech funding

Some of the downsides of startup incubators and accelerators

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US Federal Reserve report: Consumers' Use of Mobile Financial Services

APRIL 1 2016

Citi GPS report: How FinTech is Forcing Banking to a Tipping Point (pdf)

Swiss banks and SIX plan national mobile payments platform

Cards & Payments Asia 2016 expo set for April 20-21 in Singapore

A look at Timo, Vietnam's first digital-only bank

Philippines' SkyEye, land & property survey startup, lands funding and incubation

Indonesia considering tax holiday for e-commerce startups

FPT, Dragon Capital partner to launch Vietnam Innovative Startup Accelerator

Australia's 'trust economy' startup, Meeco, in global push

Australia's Remarkable Accelerator to develope disability-focused startups

Applications for DBS-NUS Social Venture Challenge Asia 2016 now open

'Users interested in VR but not interested in purchasing VR headsets'

CIPS seeks greater share of China's cross-border yuan payments

YonderWork, prof dev concept: learn,net-work, work in Bali, Chiang Mai, Buenos Aires

BPC Banking Technologies partners Da Afghanistan Bank for payment system

Mobile commerce growing slowly in Southeast Asia

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