Thailand’s startup news
#startupTH – 05/2019
Today’s startup news:
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- Thailand: Kasikornbank’s KVision sets $245M to invest in tech startups in ASEAN, China, Japan and Korea, aiming for regional expansion
- Thailand: Techsauce Global Summit 2019 set for 19-20 June in Bangkok
- Thailand: Inside 5 years, facial recognition tech is expected to become a banking norm
- Mobile Journalism Conference Asia set for 28-29 June in Bangkok
- Thailand and Indonesia aiming to push creative industry growth with growth target of 5% per year, focusing on fashion, design and broadcasting
- Thailand: OOCA health tech startup earns semi-finals place in Investible Overseas Talent Entrepreneurship Conference
- Bank of Thailand Project Inthathon digital currency to be powered by R3 and Wipro partnership
- Thailand: KVision investment holding company of Kasikornbank to invest US$100M into startups entering Vietnam
- GrabFood Thailand to expand to 6 new cities following over 4M million orders in first 4 months of 2019
- Thailand: Choco CRM startup combining customer relation management and POS services backed by VC arm of Krungsri Bank, Krungsri Finnovate
- Thailand: NTT Communications preps for innovation lab launch, to test and develop new tech in blockchain, AI and IoT
- Japan’s LINE messenger platform aiming for transition from single-purpose to super-app, with Thailand as testing ground
- Singapore’s InstaReM digital remittances startup partners Thailand’s Kasikornbank, aiming to lead in the institutional payments space
- Vietnam: Thailand’s KasikornBank KVision partners Vietnam’s VIISA accelerator and UP Co-Working for 3-day hackathon in June
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