Q3 2017
Startup News Asia
India
- India: Inclov disability-focused matchmaking app raises funding
- India: CropIn agri-tech startup backed for growth beyond 12 current countries
- In India’s farming sector, startups are bringing in vital changes
- India: Gastrotope agri-food tech accelerator launches
- India: Tonbo defence imaging startup lands $17M
- India: Unacademy ed-tech company lands $11.5M
- India: Edugild launches fourth batch of dtech accelerator program
- India: Goa aims to be in top 25 Asian startup hubs by 2025
- India: Accelerator Group sets $25M fund for women entrepreneurs
- India: Alt News fact-checking startup hopes to make a dent in fake news
- India: PolicyBazaar’s parent firm considered for $20M backing
- India: Google debuts Tez mobile payments app
- India: Paytm in talks to acquire deal discovery app Little
- India: Rupeek gains $12M backing for online lending around gold
- India: Power2SME fintech startup raises $36M
- India: Rubique fintech startup set to raise $20M
- India: OncoStem cancer diagnostics startup lands $6M
- India: China’s ZDream Ventures launches incubator in Gurugram
- India: A look at Carnot, IoT startup offering car diagnostics solution
- India: Get My Parking IoT platform secures $3M
- India: WorkFridge IoT aims to ensure offices never run out of stationery
- India: Synup digital marketing startup raises $6M for US-focused services
- BRICS countries to hit 1.35BN users/61% global online shoppers by 2022
- India: N/Core to fund and mentor 10 non-profit startups
- India: Mobikon customer engagement for restaurants lands US$7M
- India: Global Entrepreneurship Summit – Hyderabad, late November
- India: Kae Capital closes 2nd non-tech consumer startups fund at $53M
- India: The 12 startups from the BuildonIndiaStack venture pitch event
- Mitra robot an illustration of India-China cooperation in consumer AI
- India: CreditVidya fintech raises $5M for big data risk assessment
- India: 182.9M regular Facebook users in 2017, FB’s largest APac market
- India: Facebook to use newspaper ads to beat fake news
- India: Reserve Bank weighing pros and cons of fiat cryptocurrencies
- India: mfine AI-driven health tech startup raises $1.5M
- India: Facebook to launch tool to help people donate blood
- TerraPay, Bux partner on mobile cross-border money transfers to India
- India: Selection begins for PayPal-backed FinTech India 2017 accelerator
- India: iCubesWire digital marketing solution company floats early-stage AI fund
- India: Speciale Invest launch US$20M early-stage deep tech fund
- India: Blume Ventures to raise health-focused fund of near $100M
- India: GoFro holiday marketplace raises US$10M for global growth
- How startups aim to overcome India’s healthcare challenges
- India: GoFro package vacation platform raises $10M
- Globevestor to float second India-focused micro-fund
- India’s startups to benefit from Japan’s Spiral Ventures $25M VC fund
- Airbus BizLab India completes second season for aviation startups
- India: Drone startups showcase ‘smart guard’ solutions for borders
- Karnataka government to combat traffic, water woes with startups and innovator help
- India: Collaborative Community Startups Club launches early-stage incubator
- India: Innovation growth likely to pass Russia, approach China, in 15 years
- India: A look at the recent Lufthansa Startup Expo, India’s largest startup event
- India: A look at 11 social impact incubators
- India: Open, SME digital bank, sets for launch
- India: FreeCharge digital payment startup may be bought by Amazon
- India: AGTech Media backed by Paytm for mobile games growth
- India: Ola cab-hail parent company may be set for $100M Microsoft backing
- India: Axis Bank to deploy 3 startup solutions from Thought Factory accelerator
- India’s Wipro Ventures invests in NY-based VC fund Work-Bench
- India: N/Core launches incubator for poverty-focused non-profit startups
- India launches mAadhaar, mobile digital ID app
- India: First batch of 10 startups graduates from US Embassy Nexus Incubator
- India: Kochi state launches entrepreneurship program in 192 colleges
- India: Trade body NASSCOM establishes Blockchain special interest group
- India: A look at some of the winners in Economic Times’ Startup Awards
- India: JioPhone launches deposit-only mobile phones
- India: Annapurna Microfinance raises $9.5M
- India: RentoMojo furnture-and-durables rentals startup lands $10M
- India: Steamoid launches AI-driven Stylebots for fashion industry
- India’s online gaming industry set to hit $1BN by 2021
- India: Mobiquest loyalty program startup backed by Paytm
- India: Telco regulator to pilot WiFi hotspot network in cities
- India: QwikSpec construction analytics startup lands $540K
- India: Flickstree digital video curation startup lands $450K
- India: Innoviti digital payments startup raises $18M
- India: Halli Labs AI startup acquired by Google
- India: 35North Ventures aims for $20M fund close by year-end
- India’s internet led by local languages, not English
- India: A look at the state of play for bitcoin and cryptocurrency
- India: Clip App video-based social networking raises $1M
- India: Oracle focusing on SMBs with new Bengaluru digital hub
- Indian Angel Network expands network to Israel
- India: FreeCharge digital payment platform set for purchase by Axis Bank
- India: China’s WeWork enters India with 2200-seat facility
- India: StartupXSeed aims for $15M fund close by year-end
- India: The Fundamentum Partnership set for $100M fund launch
- India: Niki AI-powered personal assistant gains $2M funding
- India: The Fundamentum Partnership sets $100M corpus for B/C rounds
- India: ZineOne AI-driven data analytics startup lands $2.5M
- India: FORMCEPT data analytics startup gains backing
- India: V Resorts aggregator gains $4M backing
- India: Rubique SME-focused fintech startup lands $3M
- India: Authenticook lands 200K Euro grant
- India: Simulanis uses AR and VR to skill professionals
- India: Bombay Shaving Company lands $2.5M
- India: CogniCor using AI to improve customer engagement
- India: Samsung keeps hold on smartphone market over Chinese competition
- India: Artelus aims to transform healthcare using AI in diagnosis
- India: A look at Teabox, changing the tea industry to an on-demand model
- India: Crofarm agritech startup raises $780K
- India: EM3 Agri Services lands $10M for rentable farm services/machinery
- India: Gov’t launches AGRI UDAAN accelerator for food, agri startups
- India: New accelerator program set to boost agriculture startups
- India: Artificial Intelligence Task Force set to digitise manufacturing sector
- India: Liv Ai speech recognition startup lands backing
- India: StayAbode co-living startup lands funding
- India: T-Hub startup incubator looks at international expansion
- India: GoWork to open world’s largest cowork space, 12000 seats
- India: iBuild aiming for 500 startup hubs by end of 2019
- India: Leverage Edu online higher education startup lands funding
- India: Click2Clinic launches Clinicopedia, app to connect with home healthcare
- India: KNAB Finance online lending lands $400K over 2 rounds
- India: PayPal launches 2 innovation labs aiming to boost fintech startups
- India: A quick look at Andhra Pradesh’s moves towards a fintech ecosystem
- India: MobiKwik online payments startup gains 4th-round funding
- India: A look at Klove, ‘smart stove’ tech that talks you through cooking any dish
- India: CureFit healthtech aims to raise $25-30M in new funding
- India: Healthcare service aggregator Click2Clinic raises $850K
- A look at WittyFeed, India’s top viral content startup
- India: Digital travel sales set to top $22.5BN by year-end
- India: Lenovo VC arm enters India via Milkbasket micro-delivery grocery funding
- India: Curefit online-offline wellness startup raises $25M
- India: Mobikwik cofounder Taku takes Best Woman Entrepreneur 2017
- India: Russia’s Sistema mulls setting up Indian subsidiary for startups
- India: Techstars launches its first Asia center in Bangalore
- India: The AugustFest – 6 events, 4 days, 2 cities
- India: Zone Startups India Fund floats $30M for year-end close
- India: Gujarat may be set to gain large-scale startup hub
- India: Karnataka state entrepreneurs set to have a ‘startup coast’
- ZanDeal, Sino-Indian marketing analytics startup, lands $150K
- China: Guizhou signs MOU with Indian government, Nasscom for Indian entrepreneurs
- SAARC Global Startup Awards nominations now open
- Taiwan: ASEAN-Indian Incubation Center inaugurated in Taipei
