Startup China
2nd quarter 2018
- China: Mobile viewing set to overtake TV this year, in part due to popularity of digital video
- China: TuSimple to launch autonomous truck for seaport logistics operations
- China: The 5 top AI startups from the recent ChinaBang 2018 Awards
- China: Ministry of Education unveils 5-year AI training program for universities
- China’s largest news app expands censor army to 10K, set to push more state-approved content
- China: A look at the development of ‘super-apps’ and how they presage future development worldwide
- Apple lets Siri integrate with Alipay, one of China’s largest payment platforms
- China: Shenzhen City launches $79.2M blockchain-focused VC fund
- China: Tech firms turn to games to get kids interested in STEM
- China: Ping An Good Doctor online healthcare platform preps for $1.1BN Hong Kong IPO
- China: An intro to some of Jilin Province’s female entrepreneurs
- China: Xiaomi aims for stake in ZestMoney fintech in $20M funding round
- China: An overview of the lengths the state goes to in media regulation
- An overview of China’s government surveillance tech tie-ins, from AI startups to tech giants
- China: President outlines blueprint to build China’s cyberspace strength
- China: SenseTime AI giant eyes move into full-spectrum state-directed censorship
- Western banks nervous around China securities watchdog’s new rules
- Walmart switches from Alipay to WeChat for digital payments in Western China
- China: Apple Pay’s NFC payments now available for Shanghai and Beijing subway
- China: Alibaba set to invest $717M in Huitongda Network, ecommerce startup with reach in 18 provinces and 15K rural towns
- China: 62 airports already using facial recognition for security checks
- China: Qingdao police tell shops, restaurants to use government-approved WiFi router or be fined US$15K
- An overview of tech-driven surveillance in China
- China: A look at fast-growing Geek+ warehouse robotics and logistics automation firm
- ASEAN and China launch Year of Innovation focused on ecommerce, smart cities and more
- China: An intro to Douyin, one of China’s top micro-video apps
- China: A look at Horizon Robotics, aiming to power self-driving cars and smart cameras with AI system-on-chips
- China: BitKan cryptocurrency data startup raises $10M for overseas expansion
- China’s Bitmain bitcoin mining company approved for US mining operation
- China: Hangzhou City supporting blockchain-driven startups with $1.6BN fund
- China: Knowbox online education platform raises $100M
- Innovation China campaign launches in Shanghai’s Yangpu District
- China: Jinan to gain smart highway capable of charging electric vehicles
- China: iTutorGroup edtech startup aims for $2BN valuation pre-IPO
- China: gogo car startup adds options for 400 Shenzhen taxis to offer mobile convenience stores
- China: Xianghuanji phone rental startup secures $24M
- China: Tencent Music, country’s largest music streaming firm, reportedly to IPO; valuation may be upwards of $25BN
- China’s HAWK Internet partners with App Annie, global app data provider, to expand internationally
- China: DJI drone firm said to be raising $1BN at a valution of $15BN
- China: Computer programming education sees major boost
- China: An overview of the GSMA Global Mobile World Congress set for Shanghai in June
- China’s Didi Chuxing ride-sharing giant to launch in Mexico
- China: A video intro to the $4-8TN Belt & Road Initiative – soft power through economic investment
- China: Little Red Book e-commerce startups aiming for $200M raise on $2.5BN valuation
- Y Combinator officially set to enter China
- China: An intro to Pinduoduo, $1.5BN startup challenging e-commerce giants in China’s towns and villages
- China: VIPKid education startup reportedly fundraising around $3BN valuation
- China: Xiaopeng Motors EV startup aiming for $1.6BN fundraise this year
- China: A look at Quantum Music, a WeChat ‘mini-program’ running on top of the chat platform
- China: A look at Your Choice, modularized drone startup crowdfunding on Indiegogo
- China completes gasoline shipment to Singapore using blockchain tech
- China: IceKredit AI-based risk management and big data startup secures $25M
- Startupbootcamp China Landscape Report 2018 – a manual for startups entering China
- Meilishuo online fashion retail app aiming for $4BN IPO
- An overview of China’s global industrial robotics moves
- China: A look at Shanghai’s Pudong district’s moves into ecommerce
- China: Youku video platform the latest company to remove regulator-defined ‘inappropriate content’
- China: ‘The technology sector is now all but state-owned’
- China: $275M tech-focused fund launched
- China: Baidu launches $500M fund focused on internet and AI startups
- China: Sinovation Ventures raises $500M fund to invest in AI startups
- China: ZhenFund aims for $190M 5th fund, focusing on youth-led ventures
- China: Pear Video news platform secures $98M from giants Tencent and Baidu
- China’s Xiaomi said to be considering a purchased bid for GoPro
- A look back at Nvidia’s Metropolis AI smart cities platform partnership with China’s tech giants, Alibaba and Huawei
- China’s Oceanalpha working on building the world’s first autonomous cargo ship
- China: Caofeidian Port now fully robotic with autonomous trucks and cranes
- China: Forward X startup to crowdfund for autonomous robot suitcase equipped with facial recognition
- China: A look at 10 major AI companies challenging US tech leadership
- China: Xunlei file sharing firm launches blockchain ecosystem
- China: Suzhou city and Houston TX partner on biomedical innovation center
- China: Government-backed industry organization reports that, as of April, it has found 421 fake cryptocurrencies
- China’s Huobi cryptocurrency exchange preps for Vietnam blockchain market entry
- China: Codemao kids coding education platform secures $18M
- China: Canaan bitcoin mining machine maker preps for $1BN IPO in Hong Kong
- China: Hangzhou Blockchain Industrial Park to offer subsidies to entice startups, domestically and globally
- China: Huobi Labs, Huobi’s crypto exchange incubator, to establish $1BN global fund for blockchain startups
- China: A look at the recent Huawei and ZTE scandals around tech and security
- An intro to China’s moves to tie digital IDs to mobile payments
- China: 40-ton driverless truck tested in Shanghai
- China: Roadstar self-driving vehicles startup secures $128M, industry’s largest investment to date
- China: Coolhobo brings augmented reality to millennial shoppers
- China: 60,000 schools taking part in test to use artificial intelligence to grade homework
- China: CES Asia 2018 to showcase over 100 startups from 13 countries
- China: 2050 volunteer-run youth-focused unconference set for end of May
- China’s CloudWalk to provide facial recognition software to Zimbabwean government
- China: Meilishuo online fashion retailer preps for $500M IPO
- China: Baidu raises over US$1.9BN for AI-powered finance arm
- China: City of Shenzhen turning to blockchain tech to fight fake invoices and prevent tax evasion
- China central bank official: ‘Blockchain should stay away from finance and currency’
- China: Industrial and Commercial Bank’s 1st blockchain patent aims to improve certification authenticity
- A look at the wild world of China’s online P2P lending sector
- China’s Alibaba rolls out blockchain focused on fake food products
- China: Ucommune coworking giant merges with Workingdom, adding 20 locations and 15K members
- A comprehensive look at China’s Cyber Security Law
- China: ZhongAn insurtech giant signs over 100 hospitals to improve claims processing via blockchain
- China: Tianjin City launches $15.7BN fund-of-funds focused on AI and ‘smart industry’ tech
- China: Unisound AI-driven voice technology firm lands $100M, plans IoT-focused chip
- China: VeChain cryptocurrency startup backed by PwC
- China: Singapore’s Anacle Systems smart city solution set for rollout across 10 towns
- A stark look at the demise of investigative journalism in China
- China: First AI textbook for high school students released
- China: CITYBOX smart vending machine startup secures over $100M funding
- China: Meiweibuyongdeng mobile app for restaurants to manage bookings backed for $63M
- China: A brief look at investment in unmanned retail, good and bad
- Chinese Intelligent Medicine Association established to speed AI integration with healthcare
- China’s XtalPi to collaborate with Pfizer around AI-driven drug modeling
- China: Microsoft to set open platform with 4 universities to share AI data and tools
- An overview of China’s dynamic, fast-growing mixed reality market
- China: Gaming market, valued at $32.5BN, now driving mobile e-sports to new heights
- China: Smartisan startup unveils smartphone that can run a PC
- China: Another look at the state-forced closure of Neihan Danzi humor app
- China: Hema Xiansheng supermarket chain – 46 stores, 13 cities, facial recognition payment systems
- China: Ubtech raises $820M for AI-driven humanoid robotics
- China aiming to challenge SpaceX reusable rockets dominance by 2020
- China: Google to host its first Demo Day for Asian startups in Shanghai in September
- China: Baihe online and offline dating service backed for $631M
- China: Shenma rural mobility-focused financing startup secures $47.3M
- China: WeDoctor raises $500M, reaching $5.5BN valuation
- China: Uoko long-term apartment rental firm raises $157M
- China: AtWork coworking launches accelerator program in Xiamen aimed at Belt-and-Road initiative
- China: VC market tops world rankings with $15.6BN deployed in April alone
- United States to shorten visa length for Chinese tech students in bid to fight IP theft
- China: 100 of Baidu’s self-driving buses to be deployed in July
- China: ‘Rage comics’ the latest to be banned online, following jokes about communist martyr
- China: National Supercomputing Center to build $470M next-gen supercomputer, 10x faster than world’s current fastest
- China: World’s first human-free ‘robot bank’ branch opens in Shanghai
- China: Hangzhou high school using facial recognition to ensure students pay attention
- China: Orbbec motion sensing startup backed for $200M by Ant Financial
- China: A podcast intro to Clobotics, computer vision startup using AI for complex tasks
- China: An overview of Beijing’s moves towards becoming a global tech capital
- China: CowaRobot raises $21.2M for ‘smart suitcase’ that follows its owner
- China: Wuxi Vision secures $12.6M for ophthalmic medical device
- China Startup Outlook 2018: Key insights from the Silicon Valley Bank Startup Outlook Survey (pdf)
- Following the closure of ZTE’s main operations, what can be expected from China in the tech space?
- China: Byton electric vehicle startup in talks to raise over $400M
- China: PatPat baby products shopping platform backed to $48M
- China: Chengdu Hi-Tech Zone announces Unicorn Investment Foundation with scale of $1.5BN
- China: Huya e-sports video streaming platform sets sights on $165M via US IPO
- China: NOLO VR startup secures $10M backing
- China: Jollychic Middle East focused e-commerce firm backed on $1BN valuation
- China: Sky9 Capital VC firm closes $200M fund with early-stage focus
- China: $391m AI fund established in Guangzhou
- China: Sinovation Ventures VC launches $391M AI fund in Guangzhou
- China: Yunji social e-commerce platform lands US$120M for growth – on daily sales of US$44M and annual turnover of US$1.58BN
- China: Ant Financial raises $10BN at a valuation of $150B, becoming the world’s highest-valued startup
- China: HTC sets $158M VR fund with support from Shenzhen Government
- China: A look at Xiao Xieyi blockchain mini-program on WeChat that drafts contracts for app users
- An intro to VeChain, using blockchain to build proof-of-provenance in China’s $2.8BN wine industry
- China: She Power consulting platform for female professionals and entrepreneurs backed to $1.5M by coworking giant ucommune
- A look at the breadth – and goals – of China’s digital surveillance apparatus
- China: Guizhou establishes $470M industrial fund to boost big data development
- China: Guizhou province in southwest China exploring data as a new resource to mine
- China: A video look at self-driving truck tests at port in Hebei
- China: Yitu Technology AI startup secures $200M
- China to mandate RFID tracking tags in all newly-registered cars from next year
- China: government is now ranking cryptocurrencies, looking at the technology, innovation and real-life applications of each
- China: AIChain aims to decentralize access to and use of artificial intelligence using blockchain
- China: $1BN fund established to invest in blockchain projects with investment to be made in crypto coins
- How the Ethereum blockchain became a tool in China’s MeToo movement
- $93M China-South Korea blockchain fund preps for launch
- China: Tencent partners startup for QTrade service, an online trading platform for Chinese bonds
- China’s state-controlled social media blocks comedian John Oliver’s segment on Xi Jinping, human rights and surveillance
- China: Ucommune coworking giant launches blockchain development platform for members’ use
- China: Bitmain bitcoin miner and mining chip designer reportedly backed for $400M on $12BN valuation
- China: How state-supported blockchain adoption can coexist with severe cryptocurrency regulation
- China: Huobi to fund public blockchain project with 20M Huobi Tokens, valued around $100M
- China: Baidu announces protocol aimed at reducing blockchain mining energy consumption
- China: Hyperchain blockchain firm secures $234M funding
- China: imToken crypto wallet startup backed for $10M
- China Blockchain Security Alliance established by 20 institutions including Tencent, Huobi, and research organisations
- China: Alibaba e-commerce giant to deliver food purchased online using driverless robots
- China: UK’s WorldFirst may gain payment license before PayPal
- China: Baidu search engine giant to launch blockchain-themed space game as ‘digital society experiment’
- China: HTC Vive Focus headset locker aims to place VR at forefront of education in combination with VIVEDU program
- China: Narada to implement Electrify blockchain-based energy trading and IoT energy solutions across APAC
- China’s Beauty Evolution startup a winner at L’Oreal Startup Pitch event in Paris
- China: 9f Group fintech startup secures $65M with 60M registered users
- China: Caogen Touzi fintech startup lands $358M with rural finance focus
- People’s Bank of China unveils blockchain-powered method to digitize paper checks
- As China surges ahead in payments technology, what are the implications – and lessons – for the West?
- China: Xingbianli, staffless convenience stores and snack bars startup, backed by Ant Financial
- China: WeChat all-in-one super-app now lets users get real-time tax refunds at 77 airports worldwide
- A brief look at how China leads the world in fintech adoption
- Xiaozhu, Airbnb’s China clone, said to be in talks to raise $100M
- China: A look at Xinhua News ‘Media Brain’, state-run AI newsroom set to generate over 10K videos during the World Cup alone
- A look at how blockchain tech could revolutionize China’s news media landscape
- China: Ele online meal delivery platform launches drone deliveries in Shanghai
- China: Taobao Xinxuan, owned by ecommerce giant Alibaba, opens 2nd bricks-and-mortar store in Shanghai
- China: Bianli24 unmanned vending machine startup secures $10M
- Google to invest $550M in China’s ecommerce giant JD to boost global retail
- China: Zailouxia cashierless store startup raises $10M for WeChat mini-program approach
- China: Xiaohongshu social e-commerce shopping startup raises $300M on estimated $3BN valuation
- China: Yitu facial recognition startup partners hospital around using AI to detect cancer
- China: National health care data network moves a step closer with Guizhou data centre’s connection with 4 others
- China: Honor, Huawei sub-brand, launches headphones incorporating real-time heart rate monitoring
- China: 4 Years From Now (4YFN) startup business platform set for Mobile World Congress Shanghai event, June 27-29
- China: Mars Finance blockchain industry news portal lands funding on $51M valuation
- China: A look at the billions being spent on state-controlled overseas news outlets to ‘tell China stories well’
- China: Babytree parenting startup backed by Alibaba on $2.2BN valuation
- China: Beijing Subway considering facial recognition and palm-print tech to improve efficiency
- China: A video look at Cainiao’s automated warehousing, part of Alibaba ecommerce giant
- ONO, China’s first blockchain-based social network, raises $16M
- China: Xiaohongshu,’Little Red Book’, aids e-commerce via word of mouth recommendations
- China: VIPKID education-tech startup secures $500M
- China’s VoiceAI Technologies takes voiceprint recognition tech to Indonesia
- Microsoft ScaleUp China set to help China’s innovations go global and overseas innovations to enter the country
- China: In 4 years, Beijing’s Zhongguancun Inno Way has incubated 2921 startup teams
- China: An intro to Yunshang, innovation hub in Southwest China with 5 incubators and over 300 companies
- China: Beijing city government launches $4.6BN fund to invest in tech innovation, with goal of $15BN corpus
- China: Nash Work coworking space operator secures $78M growth funding
- China: Indiegogo China Global Fast-Track Program launched to help startups reach global consumers
- China: Meipai short video platform penalized by state for ‘negatively affecting the physical and mental health of young people’
- China: India’s OYO budget hospitality chain launches in 26 cities with 11K rooms
- An intro to some of the blockchain startups in Chinaccelerator Batch 13
- China: Distrii coworking startup secures $30M
- China: Inke mobile live streaming platform aiming for HK$1.2BN IPO
- Megvii, Chinese facial recognition startup, makes push into wider SE Asia
- China: Following fireworks ban across 400 cities, drone swarms are new night-sky entertainment
- China: 1.35BN to be subject to social credit system by 2020; penalties span restrictions on travel, schools, employment and beyond
- Chinese Academy of Sciences launches Big Data and Blockchain Lab to research DLT applications
- China: Qulian blockchain platform developer and creator of hyperchain raises $234M
- China: ASMR videos the latest online content to be censored
- China: Cambricon chip giant gains funding on $2.5BN valuation
- China: Over 30 military and government agencies have deployed birdlike drones and devices
- China: A brief look at the surveillance tech readily available
- China: AISpeech secures $75M for bilingual speech recognition and more
- China: Chexingyi online auto aftermarket service provider secures $10M
- China: Chexianglian blockchain-based ride hailing startup backed heavily
- China: E-sports market expected to reach 350M users and $1.5BN market value in 2020
- China: Xiaohuanggou ‘smart recycling’ platform secures $164M
- China: CityMapper urban transport app to integrate with Mobike bike-share firm
- China: A curated guide to the startup scene in Beijing
- China: G5 Capital launches Global Investors Alliance to boost cross-border tech investment
- China: Tencent working with government on electronic pass system for travel between Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong
- China: A look at the moves being made by urban/indoor farming startups
- China: US VC firm Matrix Partners raises $750M 5th China-focused fund
- China’s Ant Financial partners Standard Chartered for blockchain remittance payments
- World’s largest money manager worried about tech firms; China’s Ant Financial a particular threat
- India: China’s Xiaomi rolls out ‘Mi Credit’ for instant loans
- China’s Xiaomi set to disrupt TV market in India, just like it did for smartphones
- India’s Oyo Rooms launches in China after Dubai, Malaysia and Nepal
- India: NASSCOM launches Digital Collaborative Opportunities Plaza platform in China for IT market access
- An overview of 11 billion-dollar mega-projects transforming the world’s greatest cities by 2035
- Malaysia: China’s internet giant Alibaba deepens Malaysia presence with Kuala Lumpur office
- Singapore, China, Australia and Thailand banks partner for APAC cross-border real-time payments
