January, February & March 2021
Hong Kong tech news
The Q1 2021 tech news summary gathers Hong Kong’s technology news headlines from across January, February and March of 2021.
Hong Kong’s Q1 2021 technology news headlines brought to light items including cell-grown and lab-cultured meat replacements, blockchain use for regional cross-border payments, bitcoin mining and financing developments and more.
Headlines are bullet-pointed and linked, providing both a quick overview of Hong Kong’s tech news in Q1 2021 and one-click access to the Hong Kong tech articles behind each news headline.
January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021
Hong Kong tech news: March 2021
- ICYMI: HK Monetary Authority and Bank of Thailand announce central banks of China and UAE to join project using blockchain for regional payments
- Hong Kong’s Avant Meats cell-based marine protein startup enters partnership with China’s QuaCell biotech firm, projecting a 90% reduction in production costs
- Hong Kong: A look at Aqumon, robo-advisory startup helping users build portfolios of global assets using data science and AI
- Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund’s Jumpstarter 2021 competition selects HK’s Rice Robotics and China’s Lingxi AR Technology as winning tech startups
- Mark your calendar: Asia Crypto Week currently set for November 22-28, running from Hong Kong – details TBC
- Hong Kong: viAct secures $2M with AI-driven platform helping construction sites run round-the-clock monitoring
- Hong Kong: Hex Trust digital assets and blockchain firm raises $6M with focus on digital custodian services for banks, exchanges and corporates
- Hong Kong: Chinachem Group and HK Science and Technology Parks Corp partner to launch 2 startup support programmes, focusing on smart city tech and commercialization
- Hong Kong: Dash Living co-living space operator raises $8.8M with sights set on expansion to Tokyo, Sydney and other major Asia-Pacific cities
- A brief intro to the 7 startups graduating from the 10th cohort of Taiwan’s Mobile Only Accelerator, hailing from Singapore, Pakistan, Hong Kong and India
- Hong Kong: InfoSec Summit 2021 set for March 9-10, with workshops running from March to May
Hong Kong tech news: February 2021
- Hong Kong: OnTheList launches Phenix mobile platform, helping F&B firms turn surplus food into income by allowing customers to purchase food otherwise going to waste
- Download: The state of social enterprise in Hong Kong – a report from the British Council (pdf)
- ICYMI: Hong Kong’s Social Enterprise Directory, a reference for responsible consumption across gov’t departments, public organizations, NGOs, corporations and beyond
- Hong Kong: Avant cell-based seafood startup adds skincare industry focus with cultivated marine protein, aiming for cruelty-free cosmetic use
- Singapore’s women-focused VC firm, Her Capital, makes inaugural investment in Hong Kong’s Neufast video interviewing HR startup
- ICYMI: A brief mention for the 25 winners of the recent UNWTO SDGs Global Startup Competition, including startups from Malaysia, Singapore, India and Hong Kong
Hong Kong tech news: January 2021
- Babel Finance making life easier for bitcoin miners and other crypto participants by accepting mining machines as collateral against USD loans
- An intro to Avant Meats, producing cell-grown fish meat and shrinking the sustainability footprint to the size of the bioreactor used for production
- E-Commerce Payments Trends via JPMorgan: Hong Kong’s modestly-sized e-commerce market is growing, driven by smartphone users
- Hong Kong hit by internet restrictions on spurious ‘national security’ grounds, raising concerns of coming imposition of Great Firewall
- 2021 Censorship Predictions, Facial Recognition Pushback, Hong Kong Media Arrests, via Freedom House
- ICYMI: PwC Annual Global Crypto Tax Report 2020 launches, touching on Hong Kong’s rankings around cryptocurrency tax guidance
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