A broad round-up of Hong Kong’s startup and VC funding news, from November 2019.
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- A look at Hong Kong’s aims in elderly care and technology, given that the number of people aged 65 or older will reach 2.58M by 2064, 1/3 of the population
- Hong Kong Monetary Authority to partner People’s Bank of China on central bank digital currency, aiming to link HK with PBOC trade finance blockchain
- CargoSmart, COSCO, HSBC and PwC complete blockchain interoperability trial using Hong Kong Monetary Authority trade finance blockchain, eTradeConnect
- Hong Kong: Atom Group launches crypto trading platform based on London Stock Exchange technology, with more than 50 crypto-to-crypto trading pairs
- Hong Kong Monetary Authority recently announced a number of new initiatives aimed at fostering the development of the fintech ecosystem
- ICYMI: Hong Kong securities watchdog to treat cryptocurrency trading platforms like traditional brokers if they offer security tokens
- Liberate Hong Kong VR game preps to launch on Steam, letting you fight as a protester, inspired by Blizzard’s Blitzchung controversy
- Hong Kong: MIPIM PropTech Asia pitch night set for November 27th, with 5 real estate startups presenting
- Hong Kong: Carnot Innovations gains $800K with machine-learning cost-saving for commercial buildings, in part from 500 Startups
- Hong Kong: An intro to 10 challenger banks operating in HK
- Hong Kong: Volt14 Solutions energy-tech startup raises $955K, in part from from 500 Durians
- Hong Kong’s Boutir Limited social mobile commerce solutions provider and multi-channel commerce platform takes win at recent Asia Innovatif+ Awards in Malaysia
- Hong Kong stock exchange listing committee approves application by China’s Alibaba to sell up to US$15BN in new shares
- China/HK: Mapxus, an Apple Indoor Mapping Data Format platform service provider, gains $3M backing led by Hong Kong-based Beyond Ventures VC fund
- China: SOSV Chinaccelerator unveils the 9 startups set to present their businesses on its 16th Demo Day
- UN Security Council report identifies North Korea as using Hong Kong-based blockchain company to launder money to dodge sanctions
- Singapore’s Portcast wins inaugural Captain’s Table global maritime startup pitch competition in Hong Kong, taking $25K with predictive data analytics platform
