Q3 2017
Startup News Asia
China
- 3 things to know about augmented reality in China
- Societe Generale China Startup Challenge opens for customer service startups
- The China effect on blockchain’s and cryptocurrency’s future
- BTC China, country’s first exchange, to cease trading amid government scrutiny
- China: 2800 Starbucks outlets now take payment via AliPay
- China: Seven Koalas lands $7M for checkout-free stores
- China: 5 AI startups chosen for NVIDIA support
- China: UrWork partners Fountown as coworking race heats up
- China and UAE bodies partner for tech R&D and entrepreneurship
- Societe Generale China Startup Challenge closes mid-October
- China: The recent Women Entrepreneurship Salon in Beijing
- China’s hinterlands, mining Bitcoin for a digital fortune
- China: Kaistart, Shuidi crowdfunding platforms backed to $20M total
- China: ‘Smile To Pay’ facial recognition tech launches at a KFC in Hangzhou
- China’s Internet of Things sector output reportedly exceeds US$142BN
- China: WeChat Marketing Conference & Hackathon – Sept 21, Shanghai
- China: CityBox smart vending machine startup lands $15M
- China: Xing Bian Li staff-free convenience store company lands $15M
- China: BingoBox unveils new AI tech for unmanned stores
- China: Lvtu Diandian in-train service platform secures US$3M
- China: Ycloset clothes-share ecommerce firm lands $50M
- China: Mobile share of online shopping market over 80% in Q2 2017
- China: Mobile ‘net users rose 28.3M to 724M at end of first half 2017
- Can Jinri Toutiao help you grow your business in China?
- China: Suishou personal finance platform gains $200M
- China: Tiger Brokers opens way for Chinese investment in overseas markets
- China: MissFresh, fresh produce e-commerce platform, raises $230M
- China: Alibaba partners local government to secure health data with Blockchain
- China: Royole rollable display firm lands $800M
- China: Yi+ AI startup raises $14M
- China: Yi+ AI media and marketing tech startup raises $15M
- China: Weiying-Maoyan movie ticket service merge = 50% of all online sales
- China: Alibaba set to build 5-storey bricks-and-mortar mall
- China: The insider’s startup guide to Shanghai
- China: ZHO tissue delivery startup raises $762K
- China: IoT applications take spotlight at Cross-Strait Startup Contest
- China’s Alipay partners Norway Tourism Board for Chinese tourist services
- China: Baidu announces $1.5BN autonomous driving fund
- China: iQiyi, ‘China’s Netflix’ aims for $8BN IPO value in 2018
- China: A podcast look at the startup ecosystem in Shenzhen
- China: Kr Space coworking startup lands $15M
- Shanghai may be the next Silicon Valley – why you need to know
- An advance look at TechCrunch China Startup Competition
- China’s Tsinghua University signs urban innovation agreement with MIT
- China: Zhongguancun sets sights on attracting overseas tech talent
- China: The winners from TechCrunch Startup Competition Shenzhen
- China: Silicon Dragon Conference to explore impact of China’s VC growth
- China: Tusimple plans self-driving trucks tests in Arizona, Shanghai in 2018
- China: 2017 Startup in Shanghai event names 248 winners
- China: Educational robot developer Kuaile Zhihui raises near $10M
- China: Xiaomi takes $1BN loan for retail store growth, overseas expansion
- China: Malong Technologies AI startup takes win at WebVision challenge
- China: PayPal and Baidu partner for ecommerce, access and user growth
- China: NYC’s WeWork launches China unit with $500M backing
- China: Liulishuo English language app firm lands $100M
- China: Xiaomai cashier-and-checkout-free store startup lands $18.5M
- China: Lenovo sets $1.2BN for research into AI, IoT and big data
- China: MiniKTV self-serve karaoke box startup lands $15M
- China: WeChat users to hit 490 million this year
- China’s naked Hub, Singapore’s JustGroup merge to form coworking giant
- China: Shanghai’s VFinance startup backed by Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial
- China: Baidu’s open-source ‘Project Apollo’ aims to perfect driverless car tech
- China: VR-related revenues set to approach $11.9BN by 2021
- China: Honor of Kings, most popular game, has near 200M registered users
- China: Hairongyi fintech startup closes $29M round
- China’s moves in and around artificial intelligence
- China: SenseTime facial recognition developer raises $410M
- China: Xiangshui Space opens rentable ‘nap capsules’ for tired workers
- China: A look at Gizwits, taking aim at large-scale IoT adoption
- UW-China tech innovation school aims to graduate 3K students over 10 years
- China: Chengjia accommodation rental startup lands $50M
- China: Dashu Finance, online unsecured lender, backed for $117M
- ‘ChinAfrica’ – macro megatrend to impact everything from Valley to Wall Street
- ZanDeal, Sino-Indian marketing analytics startup, lands $150K
- A look at UNDP China’s e-waste recycling app
- China: Xiaomi and Nokia sign major patent-sharing deal
- China: A look at the rise of the luxury clothing rental economy
- China: Parntership formed to create share-bikes that absorb pollution
- China: A brief look at the growing media value of ‘smaller’ lower-tier cities
- China: A look at Subat, Xinjiang Uygur online music platform
- China: Baidu pushes into AI, acquires Kitt natural language startup
- China: Xiaomi goes bricks-and-mortar to reclaim smartphone crown
- China: Bingobox no-staff stores startup gains $14M backing
- China: Rong Cloud cloud-based instant messaging startup backed for $14M
- China: Fuzhou 3rd city to partner Ant Financial to build ‘cashless society’
- China’s URWork moves on WeWork’s NYC home turf, opening cowork centre
- China’s Hujiang e-learning firm to help Chinese study in Japan
- China: Chinese Danke Gongyu apartment rental platform backed for $14M
- China: Malong Technologies takes top at G20 Young Entrepreneurs Alliance
- China: Guizhou signs MOU with Indian government, Nasscom for Indian entrepreneurs
- China: A look at Bitmain, dominating bitcoin mining, now eyeing AI
- China: Haiyun AI-powered big data analysis gains $14M backing
- China: Changzhou Youon becomes 1st listed bike-share startup
- China: New Horizon Health lands $20M for cancer screening tech
- China: Chief Innovation Officer Summit – Shanghai, September 6
- China: Midea manufacturing wants bitcoin miners in appliances
- China: A look at the lives of bitcoin miners in Mongolia
- A look at blockchain in the context of China’s food supply chain
- China: World’s 1st ‘internet court’ goes online in Hangzhou
- AliBaba, InnoSpring form accelerator to aid overseas startups launch in China
- China: Central bank visits San Fran startups on blockchain research trip
- Fintech In China: Hitting The Moving Target (pdf)
- China’s retailers take to blockchain to safeguard against provenance trouble
- A look into China’s future, set to be shaped by robots
- China: Macau signs smart city development deal with Alibaba
- China: Cambricon AI chip startup lands new funding of US$100M
- China: Tusimple self-driving cars backed by Nvidia
- China: Iheima incubator & media firm gains $27M for coworking growth
- China: UrWork cowork firm lands $179M funding
- China: Toutiao news aggregator raising $2BN at $20BN valuation
- China: Guoxiaomei cashier-free stores startup lands major funding
- China: ShopEx e-commerce firm gains $104M backing
- China: Apps authenticating online 2nd-hand luxury goods sales
- China: A look at Lingo Bus, one-on-one online Mandarin learning for kids
- China: Smog Free Bicycle prototype launch set for early 2018
- China: Meitu beauty app breaks into BRICS network
- China: Dianrong peer-to-peer lending platform raises US$220M
- China: A look at Misspao’s ‘gym pods’
- China: A look at Aobag, startup using WeChat to aid recycling
- China: Sharing economy goes upmarket with BMWs
- Has China hit ‘peak sharing’?
- China: IMS social media marketing firm gains in $90M round
- China: Smartisan smartphone dev backed in $140M round by Chengdu Gov’t
- China: Hone Capital VC fund uses machine learning to invest
- China: Sandman Studios shows the potential of VR content
- Silicon Delta will lead China’s digital revolution says HSBC head
- China: Seedstars heads to Shanghai in search of early-stage tech startups
- China: Face++ using face recognition for office access, transport, loans & more
- Beijing subway set to support NFC-enabled mobile entrance – no cards, tickets
- China: Meituan-Dianping on-demand service seeks $5BN on $30BN valuation
- China: Sina Corp sets $500M online fund for Chinese fintech
- Australia: Jiangsu-Victoria Innovation Centre set for Melbourne
- India: China’s ZDream Ventures launches incubator in Gurugram
- BRICS countries to hit 1.35BN users/61% global online shoppers by 2022
- Mitra robot an illustration of India-China cooperation in consumer AI
- China’s Alipay heads to Russia with local backing
- Singapore, Chongqing discuss greater financial connectivity and innovation
