#StartupCN news
August 2017
- Central bank visits San Fran startups on blockchain research trip
- Midea manufacturing wants bitcoin miners in appliances
- A look into China’s future, set to be shaped by robots
- A look at Lingo Bus, one-on-one online Mandarin learning for kids
- Cambricon AI chip startup lands new funding of US$100M
- Chief Innovation Officer Summit – Shanghai, September 6
- Sharing economy goes upmarket with BMWs
- A look at Bitmain, dominating bitcoin mining, now eyeing AI
- AliBaba, InnoSpring form accelerator to aid overseas startups launch in China
- Guoxiaomei cashier-free stores startup lands major funding
- Beijing subway set to support NFC-enabled mobile entrance – no cards, tickets
- Silicon Delta will lead China’s digital revolution says HSBC head
- World’s 1st ‘internet court’ goes online in Hangzhou
- Changzhou Youon becomes 1st listed bike-share startup
- Has China hit ‘peak sharing’?
- A look at the lives of bitcoin miners in Mongolia
- Meitu beauty app breaks into BRICS network
- Sandman Studios shows the potential of VR content
- Haiyun AI-powered big data analysis gains $14M backing
- IMS social media marketing firm gains in $90M round
- Smartisan smartphone dev backed in $140M round by Chengdu Gov’t
- China’s retailers take to blockchain to safeguard against provenance trouble
- Dianrong peer-to-peer lending platform raises US$220M
- Sina Corp sets $500M online fund for Chinese fintech
- Hone Capital VC fund uses machine learning to invest
- Iheima incubator & media firm gains $27M for coworking growth
- A look at blockchain in the context of China’s food supply chain
- Smog Free Bicycle prototype launch set for early 2018
- New Horizon Health lands $20M for cancer screening tech
- Toutiao news aggregator raising $2BN at $20BN valuation
- Face++ using face recognition for office access, transport, loans & more
- A look at Misspao’s ‘gym pods’
- Fintech In Hitting The Moving Target (pdf)
- Seedstars heads to Shanghai in search of early-stage tech startups
- UrWork cowork firm lands $179M funding
- A look at Aobag, startup using WeChat to aid recycling
- Tusimple self-driving cars backed by Nvidia
- Meituan-Dianping on-demand service seeks $5BN on $30BN valuation
- Macau signs smart city development deal with Alibaba
- ShopEx e-commerce firm gains $104M backing
- Apps authenticating online 2nd-hand luxury goods sales
