Startup China news
- A look at the ongoing consolidation of China’s tech giants
- China: Major retailer JD launches startup incubator to lure foreign blockchain projects
- China: Beijing Frontier International AI Research Institute launched, led by former Google, Microsoft exec
- China: A look at Pinduoduo social commerce app, fastest growing ecommerce firm, with a $1.5BN valuation
- China: XtalPi AI-driven biotech startup backed to $15M by Sequoia, Google, Tencent
- Chinese cities compete to woo overseas entrepreneurs, offering space, cash, advice, logistics and more
- China overtakes US in AI startup funding, focusing on facial recognition and chips
- China: Momo pays $601M for Tantan Ltd for dominance in China’s online dating and hook-ups space
- Magma Partners launches Sino-Latin American early-stage accelerator
- China: ZCool platform for designers and creatives backed to $15M by Shutterstock
- A look at how China’s online retailers are focusing on rural locations
- China: Alibaba retail giant to market Ford electric vehicles in China via massive vending machine and shopping app
- China: Toutiao acquires Faceu augmented reality-based selfie app for $300M
- China: 688M people used WeChat hongbao to send money on Chinese New Year’s Eve
- China: A look at Chengdu’s moves to place itself as a world-class new economy launchpad
- A look at how Daigou purchasing is changing how Australia and China do business
- An look at China’s moves into customer-focused VR, AR and holograms
- Sino-Latin America Accelerator launched to boost LatAm/China entrepreneurship
- China: Alibaba moves into digital transformation for furniture retail, after supermarkets
- A video look at China’s reshaping of bricks-and-mortar retail using tech
- China plans Hefei hub focusing on speech recognition tech and artificial intelligence growth
- China: Kr-Vision smart glasses maker for the blind secures backing for sound-based tech
- China: InsChain blockchain-driven startups partners with UK’s iXledger for peer-to-peer insurance
- China: Ant Financial to invest $31.5M in mobile app-based ‘smart parking’ firm
- China: Blockchain-based apartment rental platform to be developed by Ant Financial and others
- China: Club Factory backed to $100M for direct-from-factory e-commerce
- A look at China’s growing use of facial recognition technology
- A video intro to China-US incubator InnoSpring
- China: Alibaba brings artificial intelligence to pig farming, monitoring full life cycle
- China: Startups Pony and JingChi road-testing self-driving taxis
- China: More than 500 cities aiming for smart city transformation, in part due to energy issues
- UCOMMUNE, China’s largest coworking space, on the path to $9BN valuation
- A look at how Tencent’s medical ecosystem will shape the future of healthcare in China
- China: Xbed startup secures $15M for staffless hotel system
- China: Tech giants creating their own labels to conquer the digital music market
- China: Ant Financial believed to be planning fundraise on $100BN valuation
- China: Alibaba to take $486M stake in big data firm focused on hotels and retail in offline push
- China: JD retailing giant sees artificial intelligence as central to future expansion
- South China Morning Post launches Abacus, focusing on China’s tech scene
- China: Broadlink smart home devices startup secures $54.4M for growth into IoT and AI
- China: Yangpu District announces 10 major policies for startup support
- China: World’s first AI-powered straddle carrier created and under testing
- Ping An, China’s largest insurer, set to invest up to $1BN in early-stage fintech and healthcare startups
- China: Baidu Ventures nears close of AI-focused 2nd fund at $317M
- China: Ping An Good Doctor diagnosis and appointment booking app sets for IPO on $1BN valuation
- Chinese-Israeli incubator opens in Xiamen, Fujian province
- China: World-first ‘mimic’ Domain Name System server now online in Henan province
- The world’s 10 biggest cities in 2030, and none are in the US or Europe
- Malaysia’s MYEG to invest $2.4m in China’s Ximmerse mobile AR/VR startup
- New Zealand: A look at Trademonster, helping NZ businesses send over 1 million retail parcels to China
- Singapore: Lu International online wealth management launches, backed by China’ insurance giant Ping An
