Q4 2016
Startup News Asia
India
- State Bank blocks Paytm, pushes users to its own wallet
- Wixty buys Brazil-based dating app Kingr
- Dekkho video streaming platform raises US$1.2M
- HealthifyMe raises another US$1M around mobile fitness app
- Shadowfax on-demand hyper-local delivery startup raises $10M
- Kerala to co-host FabLab Asia Network meet for digital fabrication tech
- Frshly automated retail foodtech launches at Bengaluru Central
- Micro VC Quarizon to launch accelerator in 2017
- BigHaat agriculture e-commerce startup lands funding
- E-Merge 2017 startup summit set for January 7
- 14 startups landed $84M total – last week
- The top 10 mcommerce apps for Android
- Indian self-drive startup Zoomcar gains Chinese VC Cyber Carrier funding
- Byju’s edtech startup raises funds from World Bank Int’l Finance Corp
- OnlineTyari test prep startup acquires Plix vid-share app
- VivoCarat online jewellery marketplace lands $50k
- Block Armour blockchain-powered security startup preps for launch
- India Quotient sets June for close of new $30M fund
- Does India need a vernacular internet to cover 22 official languages?
- 7 startups making moves in retail, ecommerce and fashion
- A brief look back at India’s recent BlockZero Conference
- Saksoft IT firm to acquire 60% in DreamOrbit IoT startup
- Pocketaces digital entertainment startup for millenials lands $3M
- Fitpass fitness-tech startup lands funding
- Nvidia opens incubator for Artificial Intelligence startups
- A brief look at 10 up-and-coming women-led startups
- YouTube adds 11 local languages to video in India
- A quick look at the 6 startups picked for Facebook’s FBStart Program
- A look at the recent Businessworld Young Entrepreneur Awards
- Fashion ecommerce startup StalkBuyLove gains funding
- A look at unified payments interface APIs to simplify money transfer
- A quick look at 8 of India’s startups
- Satoshi Studios opens, India’s 1st Blockchain business incubator
- Leaf Wearables set to unveil safety watch for kids
- India takes leaf from China’s book: Mobile payments via QR codes
- American Express Ventures leads $4m funding in IndiaLends fintech startup
- ‘Chinese firms aim to be lead investors in India’s startup ecosystem’
- Amazon ‘Launchpad’ program set for Indian startups
- Twigly food delivery startup expands to Delhi
- Microsoft Accelerator partners Wipro to help startups grow
- Entropik emotion recognition startup lands funding
- The 6 ventures that won Zone Startups’ Next Big Ideas contest
- Sales analytics startup Vymo raises $5m
- Paytm acqui-hires Shopsity to build O2O offering
- Networking app Nodd and edtech startup VoLT gain funding
- Dell Foundation leads $3M funding for edtech OnlineTyari
- How edtech startup Udacity equips users with skills thru ‘nanodegrees’
- Bank of Baroda calls on fintechs to help solve payment challenge
- A look at Unocoin, the country’s latest bitcoin mobile app
- Singapore’s Percipient fintech expands deal with State Bank
- ToneTag lands funding for contactless payment systems
- A look at India vs Hong Kong and Singapore as fintech hub
- PlaySimple mobile gaming startup lands $4M
- Background verification startup BetterPlace raises new capital
- CoCubes online assessment and campus hiring startup acquired
- Jaarvis Accelerator launches B2B IoT accelerator program
- Chinese seed accelerator, HAX, banking on Indian IoT
- IoT Center of Excellence opens in Bangalore
- A look at 5 hardware and IOT startups
- Chinese VC firm Shunwei set to invest in India’s startups
- Netmeds online pharmacy acquires Pluss meds delivery startup
- A look at Indian health-tech startups in 2016
- ShareChat lands $4m to be Indian social network speaking everyone’s language
- Panel to discuss Singapore startup scene with aspiring Indian entrepreneurs
- Yunus Social Business launches India-focussed impact fund
- A quick look at Startup India Rocks Finale 2016 winners
- Bosch launches 18-week accelerator program
- Bengaluru has attracted $1BN in startup investment over 2 years
- How can India save itself from digital colonisation?
- Bill Gates: ‘India can become world’s most digitised economy in 7 years’
- Fashion startup Koovs raises $16m
- Telangana’s T-Hub partners with PwC, DBS Asia
- China’s hardware accelerator HAX to invest in 10 Indian startups in 2017
- Bizongo, online B2B marketplace for packaging, raises US$3M
- World Startup Expo 2016 set for Bangalore later in November
- India world’s fastest growing ‘net market; user base grew 51% in 2015
- iB Group announces ‘iB Hubs’ plan for end-to-end startup aid
- Facebook selects Flicksup for FbStart program
- Indian Angel Network set to expand into Southeast Asia
- Report: India home to near 4700 startups, more than doubling by 2020
- Impartus uses video to bring quality education to India’s masses
- India Quotient to raise $60M for 3rd fund in 2017, aiming at early-stage
- MPOWER Financing raises $6M around international students in higher ed
- A look at 3 startups that each raised $100k recently
- A look at the race for internet-from-space to India and emerging markets
- KredX lands $6M funding for invoice discounting
- India’s Haryana state aims to set up first integrated startup park
- ChatOnGo, Geist and edtech 3Dexter gain funding
- Techcelx launches $160k fund for disruptive tech
- Graviky lands funding from reality TV for turning smog to ink
- India’s Furlenco online furniture rental startup raises $30m
- T-Hub and Uber launch T-Bridge startup platform
- India’s Yes Bank, 5th largest, goes biometric for payments
- Tech-enabled motorbike rental Tazzo raises $227k
- Reap Benefit city problem-solver startup wins Urban Venture Challenge
- Local-languages platform Dailyhunt lands $25m from China’s Bytedance
- A look at 5 startups contributing to the Make In India initiative
- As India’s banks stop lending, borrowers turn to lending startups
- Vidyanext tutor selection startup aims to give parents best choices
- Women’s health tracker startup Maya lands funding
- Postman API dev platform lands $7m
- All you need to know about India’s astonishing startup boom in 5 charts
- An advance look at Startup Europe-India Tech Summit
- India’s Deyor Adventures camping aggregator raises $500k
- ICICI Bank executes India’s first transaction on blockchain
- A quick look at the growth in India’s coworking and shared working spaces
- India’s JobSenz edtech lands $40k from Facebook’s FbStart program
- India bitcoin startups Unocoin, Zebpay and Coinsecure land funding
- A look at India’s CarIQ, startup working in auto telematics and data
- India’s Ventureast VC firm hits first close of $150m fund at $85m
- Sports ed startup KOOH Sports lands $2.2mn funding
- Shenzhen’s hardware accelerator HAX funds Riot, its 1st Indian startup
- India’s location-based sports participation app Sportido gains funds
- Bitcoin startup Unocoin raises US$1.5m in pre-series A
- Uber launches pan-India UBERPitch startup initiative with government
- Early-stage fund Ventureast lines up $83m for startup investments
- World Startup Expo calls for Individual Awards Category nominations
- Neurosynaptic startup lands funding for e-health, m-health
- InnoVen Capital pours $20m into 15 startups
- India’s mobile protection startup AppsDaily raises $3.75m
- InnerChef lands $2.5M from Japan’s Mistletoe, others
- Venture Factory seeks mid- and senior experience for in-residence program
- A look at India’s accelerators and incubators and startups they helped
- A look at Google/Microsoft/IBM-backed Nasscom 10K’s mixed success
- A quick look at programs focused on women entrepreneurs
- India’s HDFC Bank picks Backbase for digital banking revamp
- Indian Bitcoin startup Unocoin lands US$1.5M funding
- A look at India’s Paytm mini-bank’s plans to go where banks don’t
