China’s startup news
in June 2018
- China: Inke mobile live streaming platform aiming for HK$1.2BN IPO
- China: AIChain aims to decentralize access to and use of artificial intelligence using blockchain
- China: Taobao Xinxuan, owned by ecommerce giant Alibaba, opens 2nd bricks-and-mortar store in Shanghai
- China: Chexianglian blockchain-based ride hailing startup backed heavily
- China: E-sports market expected to reach 350M users and $1.5BN market value in 2020
- China: AISpeech secures $75M for bilingual speech recognition and more
- Megvii, Chinese facial recognition startup, makes push into wider SE Asia
- China: Over 30 military and government agencies have deployed birdlike drones and devices
- China: A video look at Cainiao’s automated warehousing, part of Alibaba ecommerce giant
- China: A look at the moves being made by urban/indoor farming startups
- China: Beijing city government launches $4.6BN fund to invest in tech innovation, with goal of $15BN corpus
- China: India’s OYO budget hospitality chain launches in 26 cities with 11K rooms
- China: WeChat all-in-one super-app now lets users get real-time tax refunds at 77 airports worldwide
- China: Xiaohuanggou ‘smart recycling’ platform secures $164M
- China: Beijing Subway considering facial recognition and palm-print tech to improve efficiency
- China’s state-controlled social media blocks comedian John Oliver’s segment on Xi Jinping, human rights and surveillance
- China: Chexingyi online auto aftermarket service provider secures $10M
- China: Tencent partners startup for QTrade service, an online trading platform for Chinese bonds
- China: US VC firm Matrix Partners raises $750M 5th China-focused fund
- China Blockchain Security Alliance established by 20 institutions including Tencent, Huobi, and research organisations
- China: A look at Xinhua News ‘Media Brain’, state-run AI newsroom set to generate over 10K videos during the World Cup alone
- Chinese Academy of Sciences launches Big Data and Blockchain Lab to research DLT applications
- Microsoft ScaleUp China set to help China’s innovations go global and overseas innovations to enter the country
- China: VIPKID education-tech startup secures $500M
- China’s VoiceAI Technologies takes voiceprint recognition tech to Indonesia
- China: Yitu facial recognition startup partners hospital around using AI to detect cancer
- China: A look at the billions being spent on state-controlled overseas news outlets to ‘tell China stories well’
- A look at the breadth – and goals – of China’s digital surveillance apparatus
- China: Bianli24 unmanned vending machine startup secures $10M
- China: Cambricon chip giant gains funding on $2.5BN valuation
- An intro to some of the blockchain startups in Chinaccelerator Batch 13
- China: CityMapper urban transport app to integrate with Mobike bike-share firm
- China: 1.35BN to be subject to social credit system by 2020; penalties span restrictions on travel, schools, employment and beyond
- China: ASMR videos the latest online content to be censored
- China: UK’s WorldFirst may gain payment license before PayPal
- Google to invest $550M in China’s ecommerce giant JD to boost global retail
- Xiaozhu, Airbnb’s China clone, said to be in talks to raise $100M
- A brief look at how China leads the world in fintech adoption
- China: 4 Years From Now (4YFN) startup business platform set for Mobile World Congress Shanghai event, June 27-29
- China: In 4 years, Beijing’s Zhongguancun Inno Way has incubated 2921 startup teams
- China: government is now ranking cryptocurrencies, looking at the technology, innovation and real-life applications of each
- China: An intro to Yunshang, innovation hub in Southwest China with 5 incubators and over 300 companies
- China: Distrii coworking startup secures $30M
- China to mandate RFID tracking tags in all newly-registered cars from next year
- China: Following fireworks ban across 400 cities, drone swarms are new night-sky entertainment
- China: 9f Group fintech startup secures $65M with 60M registered users
- China: Xingbianli, staffless convenience stores and snack bars startup, backed by Ant Financial
- China: Xiaohongshu,’Little Red Book’, aids e-commerce via word of mouth recommendations
- China: Yitu Technology AI startup secures $200M
- China: Bitmain bitcoin miner and mining chip designer reportedly backed for $400M on $12BN valuation
- China’s Beauty Evolution startup a winner at L’Oreal Startup Pitch event in Paris
- China: Honor, Huawei sub-brand, launches headphones incorporating real-time heart rate monitoring
- China: Huobi to fund public blockchain project with 20M Huobi Tokens, valued around $100M
- China: Guizhou establishes $470M industrial fund to boost big data development
- China: A video look at self-driving truck tests at port in Hebei
- China: Qulian blockchain platform developer and creator of hyperchain raises $234M
- China: Zailouxia cashierless store startup raises $10M for WeChat mini-program approach
- People’s Bank of China unveils blockchain-powered method to digitize paper checks
- China: How state-supported blockchain adoption can coexist with severe cryptocurrency regulation
- ONO, China’s first blockchain-based social network, raises $16M
- How the Ethereum blockchain became a tool in China’s MeToo movement
- China: Baidu announces protocol aimed at reducing blockchain mining energy consumption
- China: Baidu search engine giant to launch blockchain-themed space game as ‘digital society experiment’
- China: Mars Finance blockchain industry news portal lands funding on $51M valuation
- China: Nash Work coworking space operator secures $78M growth funding
- China: Tencent working with government on electronic pass system for travel between Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong
- China: Indiegogo China Global Fast-Track Program launched to help startups reach global consumers
- China: Caogen Touzi fintech startup lands $358M with rural finance focus
- China: Babytree parenting startup backed by Alibaba on $2.2BN valuation
- China: National health care data network moves a step closer with Guizhou data centre’s connection with 4 others
- A look at how blockchain tech could revolutionize China’s news media landscape
- China: Hyperchain blockchain firm secures $234M funding
- China: G5 Capital launches Global Investors Alliance to boost cross-border tech investment
- China: Meipai short video platform penalized by state for ‘negatively affecting the physical and mental health of young people’
- $93M China-South Korea blockchain fund preps for launch
- China: Guizhou province in southwest China exploring data as a new resource to mine
- China: A curated guide to the startup scene in Beijing
- China: Xiaohongshu social e-commerce shopping startup raises $300M on estimated $3BN valuation
- As China surges ahead in payments technology, what are the implications – and lessons – for the West?
- China: Alibaba e-commerce giant to deliver food purchased online using driverless robots
- China: Narada to implement Electrify blockchain-based energy trading and IoT energy solutions across APAC
- China: $1BN fund established to invest in blockchain projects with investment to be made in crypto coins
- China: imToken crypto wallet startup backed for $10M
- China: HTC Vive Focus headset locker aims to place VR at forefront of education in combination with VIVEDU program
- China: Ele online meal delivery platform launches drone deliveries in Shanghai
- China: A brief look at the surveillance tech readily available
- China: Ucommune coworking giant launches blockchain development platform for members’ use
- China’s Ant Financial partners Standard Chartered for blockchain remittance payments
- Malaysia: China’s internet giant Alibaba deepens Malaysia presence with Kuala Lumpur office
