The 4th quarter 2022 snapshot of Hong Kong’s tech news headlines, drawn from online coverage across October, November and December of 2022.
Hong Kong’s technology headlines in Q4 of 2022 touched on items including Animoca Brands’ continuing growth in all things NFT, metaverse and beyond, artificial intelligence in the fashion industry, and more. Hit the links below to read each article in full, online.
December 2022 | November 2022 | October 2022
BDA Partners: SEA FinTech Investment Landscape
December 2022: Hong Kong
- Hong Kong: XanPool cross-border payments infrastructure firm raises $41M with expansion sights on Europe, Middle East, North Africa and Latin America, alongside R&D hub in Thailand
- Animoca Brands to launch $2BN metaverse-focused Animoca Capital fund, aiming for inaugural investments in 2023 and focusing on digital property rights for NFTs and ‘land’ in the metaverse
- Hong Kong: Gov’t attempted to pressure Google to remove ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ protest anthem from search results; Google refused.
- Hong Kong: An intro to AiDA, artificial intelligence-driven assistant to fashion designers
Lowy Institute: Asia Power Index, 2023 edition
November 2022: Hong Kong
- Hong Kong: Hash Blockchain Ltd, member of digital asset financial services group HashKey, gains approval from Securities and Futures Commission to operate a virtual asset trading platform
- Hong Kong Science & Tech Parks Corp’n partners Amazon Web Services for Idea Launcher initiative, aiming to boost innovation and IT with support, mentoring and coaching for early-stage startups
Credit Suisse Research: The global effects of Asia’s aging population
October 2022: Hong Kong
e-Conomy South East Asia 2022 / Google, Temasek, Bain
- Hong Kong: PayPal HK halts payments to HK pro-democracy group, citing unspecified ‘excessive risks’ most likely associated with increasing China ‘security’ law pressures
- Hong Kong: Reap digital payments firm secures $40M with focus on infrastructure to facilitate payments between Web3 projects and traditional business
- Hong Kong: WATI – WhatsApp Team Inbox – raised $23M Series B, with Shopify onboard as a new investor
- Animoca Brands and TinyTap to auction first education-focused Publisher NFTs, each linked to a bundle of educational games and other interactive activities created by teachers
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