July, August & September 2019
July 2019 / August 2019 / September 2019
Thailand’s startup news:
July 2019
- Thailand: SiamCarDeal car listing platform raises US$300K, led by 500 TukTuks
- Thailand: QueQ app launches in Malaysia following US$2.8M series-A fundraise
- A podcast interview with SeedPlus partner Michael Smith Jr, touching on partnership with AWS for Project Alpha and the wider Thai startup ecosystem
- Bank of Thailand to meet with Facebook to discuss Libra cryptocurrency
- A look at the significance of Facebook-based social commerce in Thailand
- Thailand: Jitta wealthtech firm to expand to Singapore and India to grow asset analysis and investment management services
- Thailand: Huobi crypto exchange gains country’s 5th digital asset trading licence from Ministry of Finance
Thailand’s startup news:
August 2019
- Thailand: A look at Kasikornbank’s moves into digital banking, following partnerships with Grab, Line and Facebook
- Thailand: IoT Institute planned to be anchor tenant in under-construction Digital Park Thailand
- Thailand: Sansiri real estate group to trial self-driving cars and drones at residential developments in Bangkok
- Sea Thailand, local unit of Singapore’s unicorn tech startup, to focus on gaming, e-commerce and mobile payments in Thailand, SEA’s 2nd-largest digital economy
- A brief intro to 3 of Kazakhstan’s Fintech Hub startups that presented at Thailand’s recent Startup Nation festival
- Taiwan and Thailand prep for collaboration on smart city development
Thailand’s startup news:
September 2019
- Thailand: Government startup group to test nation’s first self-driving tuk-tuk
- Thailand: Customs Department joins TradeLens blockchain platform from IBM and Maersk to improve container tracking and create end-to-end records
- Thailand: Elevating Cannabis Expo 2019 set for Bangkok, November 18th, bringing together local, regional and international cannabis tech, industries and startups
- JD Digits, fintech affiliate of China’ e-commerce giant JD com, partners Central Group, Thailand’s biggest retailer, to launch Dolfin digital wallet app
- ICYMI: Thailand’s Bitkub cryptocurrency exchange secured $1.67M Pre-Series A
- Thailand: Siam Commercial Bank partners Sea e-commerce major for payments and lending services, aiming to increase revenues from digital banking
- Thailand: Ministry of Foreign Affairs to roll out 15M e-passports to align with the country’s Thailand 4.0 initiative
- Thailand: True Digital Park to hold opening conference, Togetherness Of Possibilities, on September 18th
- Thailand: A look at FinGas, startup for ordering cooking gas cylinders online helping street food vendors access loans through credit scoring
- Expara MD: “I think Thailand could be the cannabis tech hub, not just of Southeast Asia but of the world.”
- Thailand: 5G startup incubator launches at Chulanlongkorn University
- Thailand’s Whizdom Club enters India to build ‘inspiration hubs’ aimed at startups, students and young professionals
