China’s startups
News from 10/2018
A round-up of October 2018’s tech startup news headlines from China, gathered from online technology news media.
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- Huawei to invest $23M in OpenLab branches in India and Thailand over 3 years // read it here
- A look at the frightening levels of citizen classification in China’s police databases // read it here
- China’s activists using blockchain to document MeToo stories // read it here
- A list of the Fortune 500 companies currently doing business in China’s Xinjiang region // read it here
- Germany’s Munich Re reinsurance provider partners Plug and Play to engage with China’s up-and-coming insurtech startups // read it here
- China: Shanghainese man sentenced to 3 years in prision for selling VPN service // read it here
- Infographic: One minute in China’s tech scene // read it here
- China’s JD e-tail giant partners Google for flagship online store in the US // read it here
- China: An intro to Shiji, enterprize software firm already serving more than 47K hotels outside of China // read it here
- China: SummitView Capital partners Xuzhou City for $433M fund focusing on IoT and sensor industry growth // read it here
- China: Ucommune coworking space operator makes 5th acquisition this year in battle for China dominance with US rival WeWork // read it here
- China: Royole rollable display maker hits $5BN valuation // read it here
- The ultimate guide to WeChat Articles, provided by 31Ten (pdf) // read it here
- China’s WeChat Pay to be payment option at 600 outlets in Singapore from November // read it here
- China’s Alipay partners HMSHost for seamless payments in airports across US and Canada // read it here
- Changemakers For China launched by StartupBlink and Taovation, aiming for startup-enterprise relationships in China // read it here
- International Financial Corporation and China’s Ant Financial announce 10×1000 Tech for Inclusion program // read it here
- China: Shenzhen government takes control of leading chip maker Tsinghua Unigroup // read it here
- Made in China 2025: A look at how 5G could put China in charge of the wireless backbone // read it here
- China: Cobo cryptocurrency wallet startup gains $13M funding for international growth // read it here
- How China’s AI exports seed high-tech surveillance far beyond the country’s borders // read it here
- China’s Ant Financial takes $100M stake in Brazil’s StoneCo fintech // read it here
- China: Terminus IoT solution provider secures $172M with 70 cities and 8000 projects // read it here
- China: 36kr tech media platform launches $144M VC fund aiming for integrated entrepreneur service ecosystem // read it here
- China’s Huobi crypto exchange unveils expansion plans for Africa, Middle East and South Asia // read it here
- China: NextVPU AI and computer vision startup raises $28M from state-owned group // read it here
- China tests technologies spanning AI, facial recognition and fingerprinting at border crossing of HK-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge // read it here
- China now requires blockchain-based info service providers to register users’ real names, censor posts and store user data // read it here
- China: Alibaba Cloud launches Blockchain-as-a-Service offering globally // read it here
- China: Cobo cryptocurrency wallet startup raises $13M to enter US and expand in SE Asia // read it here
- China: Momenta autonomous driving startup secures new funding, hits $1BN valuation // read it here
- China: 36Kr tech-focused media firm establishes $144M venture capital fund // read it here
- China’s Gobi Partners VC firm commits to invest $50M in women-founded startups // read it here
- China: Atlas coworking startup secures funding on $871M valuation and rapid growth // read it here
- China: Full Truck Alliance ‘Uber for trucks’ reportedly heading for near $1BN funding // read it here
- China: Tencent internet giant reportedly raising new VC fund of over $650M // read it here
- China: Authorities can now enter any internet services entity and copy information relevant to ‘cybersecurity’ // read it here
- China: Online gaming market *decreased* to US$8.29BN in Q2 2018 // read it here
- China: 656.88M search engine users as of June 2018, 637.4M via mobile devices – market expected to hit US$20BN // read it here
- Google CEO recently spoke for the first time about its censored China search engine, Project Dragonfly // read it here
- China: Tencent now using facial recognition to detect minors playing mobile game // read it here
- China: Jiangsu Province to issue electronic marriage licenses via Alipay // read it here
- China: Baidu ‘mini programs’ reach 100M monthly active users since July launch in move following WeChat // read it here
- China: Liulishuo English-learning app raises $72M in US IPO // read it here
- India: China’s Xiaomi smartphone maker moves into money lending after dominating handset market // read it here
