Startup news: March 2016 summary

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PAGE 1 OF 18 changes... Whilst only in its second edition, our news summary has seen some serious changes from March to April. First and foremost of these is a change in location: from Penang, in Malaysia, to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Part and parcel of this move has obviously been a change in working venue. Leaving George Town and the @ CAT coworking space behind in late March, this is now being produced from a desk in Dreamplex, in HCMC’s District 1. The photo’s below are a taste of the scale and quality of the space: ...and challenges As an experiment with the categorisation of items, in this edition we’ve tried colour-coding with simple icons. Whilst a reasonable idea, it won’t translate to black-and-white printing, and it also added a layer of near-unavoidable manual labour into the process. On the plus side, adding QR codes for each news item (similarly to sister project That List) provides direct linking to articles whether clicked onscreen in a pdf, or printed for reading later. If you have questions or comments, talk to us at: tiny.cc/startupnewstalk

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A summary of 300+ selected startup news items, primarily covering South and Southeast Asia. Also covered are items in fintech, innovation and bitcoin.

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changes...Whilst only in its second edition, our news summary has seen some serious

changes from March to April.

First and foremost of these is a change in location: from Penang, in Malaysia, to

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Part and parcel of this move has obviously been a change in working venue.

Leaving George Town and the @CAT coworking space behind in late March, this

is now being produced from a desk in Dreamplex, in HCMC’s District 1.

The photo’s below are a taste of the scale and quality of the space:

...and challengesAs an experiment with the categorisation of items, in this edition we’ve tried

colour-coding with simple icons. Whilst a reasonable idea, it won’t translate to

black-and-white printing, and it also added a layer of near-unavoidable manual

labour into the process.

On the plus side, adding QR codes for each news item (similarly to sister

project That List) provides direct linking to articles whether clicked

onscreen in a pdf, or printed for reading later.

If you have questions or comments, talk to us at:

tiny.cc/startupnewstalk

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MARCH 31, 2016

A look at Vietnam's startup ecosystem today g g

The Finovate Spring Conference:date set for May, in San Jose

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Philippines' Kickstart Ventures backs cloud-based networking co, Teridion

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Digital ad spend matches TV in the US; 2/3 of digital spend goes on mobile

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Australia's Startup Victoria to launch female founders mentorship program

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Malaysia's FashionValet secures funding from Japan's Start Today

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Thailand Government set to launch big data pilots in 2016

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MARCH 30, 2016

A lengthy infographic covering the globalfintech landscape

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Dutch central bank looking to developinternal blockchain prototype, DNBCoin

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Japan to relax investment restrictions, looks to kickstart fintech

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VC funding to UK digital marketplace co's set to break $1bn barrier

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The Best of CES Asia Awards Program:applications open now

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Ho Chi Minh City targets youth for newbusiness startup hub

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Australia: ACCC wants effects test to protect fintech startups from banks

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Incubator Kstart partners IBM to develop India's startup ecosystem

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Singapore launches Health InnovationTechnology Challenge to gamify training

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China's Palapple VR startup gets serious about real estate

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Malaysia to launch data portal aimed at both citizens & tech startups

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MARCH 29, 2016

Australia's female startup communitygaining in speed and scale

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India's Infuse Ventures to raise $150m cleantech, agri, health & small biz tech fund

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Australian biotech startup MecRx lands funds to accelerate drug discovery

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Delta Electronics grants angel funds toThailand’s startups

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Myanmar Computer Federation looks at seed-stage investing in tech startups

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Australia Post partners Sydney startup Shippit to improve deliveries

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Australia's Blockchain Summit 2016 date set for June, in Sydney

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MIT's self-driving taxi startup NuTonomy passes first obstacle test in Singapore

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MARCH 28, 2016

Angel Investing Forum, Ho Chi Minh City: April 7-9 @ DreamPlex Coworking

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VYE April Pitch 2016 set for the 3rd atDreamPlex Coworking, Ho Chi Minh

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Eu200m fund launched for financialtechnology innovation

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Privacy.com launches virtual debit card app for online transactions

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Korean companies increasingly enthusiastic for Vietnam's growing startup ecosystem

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Thai government earmarks $12m for Phuket as a ‘smart city’ initiative

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MARCH 27, 2016

Manila's ridesharing U-Hop gets $7.4m for Asia rollout

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12 startups enter IBM Watson-backedSingapore pre-accelerator

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Messaging app Line launches its owndebit card

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Target to launch new digital health initiative online and in 500 stores

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Payday lender Nimble to refund $1.5 million following ASIC probe

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Sydney's AbilityMate aims at affordable 3D printing for assistive devices

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When was AtWare founded?In December, 2004.

How many locations does AtWare run in?We have 3 locations:

our headquarters in Yokohama,in Japan; a lab in Hakodate, Japan; and wealso work out of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

How many people are on the AtWare team?We have 42 team members.

What are your goals for 2016?We’re aiming for success with 2 new startups,

alongside 20% overall growth.

What problems do you solve for yourtarget community?

The problem is most workers don’t haveclear goals in their work.

According to research, only 7% of teammembers work towards their organization’s goals, while others aren’t focused on team goals. We are trying to make people work

effectively, together and for their organisations.In the future, we hope the world will be

changed by our service concept.

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WiSTEM, 1871's female-focused startup program in Chicago, announces 2nd cohort

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MARCH 26, 2016

A quick video round-up of Pioneers Asia, held in Tokyo

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Elliptic lands funds to crack down onblockchain/bitcoin crime

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HK's Cyberport sets April as the month for the FinTech Idea Jam

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Australia's biggest startup conference,StartCon, reveals first speakers

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Global Payments announces FinAppsParty winners

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A look at the bigger names in bitcoin and blockchain

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The 9 startups from Muru-D's first cohort in Singapore

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UBS, Credit Suisse, Swisscom, Swiss Life, Ernst & Young launch fintech accelerator

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MARCH 25, 2016

A look at payments, ecommerce, andventure capital in Indonesia

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Taiwan's Cherubic Ventures to deploy $50m of new $120m fund in China

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Australia's CHAMP Ventures postpones launch of 8th fund by 6 months

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A look at 125 key players and startups in the insurance tech space

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HK's Horizons Ventures adds $15m funding to German startup Friendsurance

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ASX remains committed to Blockchain tech following CEO exit

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On-demand courier startup Zoom2uacquires Sydney's shipping startup Fetchh

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German Friendsurance lands $15m toexpand P2P insurtech to Australia

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Optus, Cisco to invest $9m in cyber security, cloud & IoT spaces in Australia

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P2P currency startup CurrencyFair gets AU$11.8m for money transfer tech

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Australian Government launches online marketplace worth Au$5bn in contracts

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A quick interview with Malaysia's pitchIN, equity crowdfunding platform

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Meet 16 women making an impact on digital finance

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Gobi, MAVCAP partner for US$14.5m fund g g

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Telco Digi launches accelerator forMalaysian startups

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Insurance tech: 135+ startups across P2P, life, commercial & more

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Fintech Pitch Battle @ Tech In AsiaSingapore 2016 - apply here

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MARCH 24, 2016

Australia's Treasurer scraps GST on Bitcoin, cuts fintech red tape

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Hong Kong to get Neat, new mobile bank g g g

Digital focus drives Norway's DNB to cut branches and staff numbers

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World's banks targeted by expanding UK startup, GoCardless

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Singapore's Tryb aims to be thread that ties SE Asian fintech ecosystem together

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Mobile sales now account for around 1/2of ecommerce in China

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AUSiMED launches venture philanthropy fund for medical research projects

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Fove, Japan's VR startup, lands funding to start production

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15 startups to share $8m in Australiangovernment grants

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Shario, instruments & accessory swapplatform, wins StartupWeekend Brisbane

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Startup The Sun Exchange uses Bitcoin to fund green energy

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Interview with director of Denmark'sMindLab about pioneering policymaking

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Singapore's new coworking space set for CBD, in Capital Tower

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Chinese comedienne lands VC funding for viral video presence

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Ripple continues growth with London office to serve European bank demand

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Malaysia's AppShack is ready to give yourbusiness a kickstart

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Angel Investing Forum in Ho Chi Minh City, April 7-9, at Dreamplex

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MARCH 23, 2016

TIGERS@Mekong Vietnam StartupCompetition Grant open for applications

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Muru-D Singapore sees pioneer cohortexceed fundraising expectations

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Report: Investment in WA start-upbusinesses halved since mining boom

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SA Gov't report highlights innovation as key to economic transformation

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Slingshot accelerator to commit $10m to Victorian startups, acquires AngelCube

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South Korean President attends opening ofCreative Economy Startup Campus

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A look at Startup Weekend Brisbane;judges included Steve Baxter

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SE Asia's on-demand services startup RecomN lands funding

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Singapore's iFashion Group lands funding to grow Asia-based online fashion brands

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The most exciting thing about bitcoin isn’t bitcoin. It’s blockchain.

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GMEX partners Hanoi's FPT to launch Vietnam's first real-time clearing house

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IFC, private lending arm of World Bank Group, eyes Vietnam's tech space

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Creador to scout for Malaysian deals with $250m over 4 years

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Malaysia's IKnewIt lands seed round from global investors, media clients

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Bitcoin finds room in small funds; large institutions still on sidelines

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MARCH 22, 2016

Medical Departures startup raises funds to be Airbnb for medical tourism

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Vietnam's NOVAON Fund expanding toIndonesia, Singapore and Thailand

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Sunshine Coast's Tiltsta, video advertising startup, heads for Pioneers Asia

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Byju, test prep startup, lands India's largest education tech round

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A look at 4 Indian startups in the Start-Up Chile accelerator

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Jakarta launches app for residents to find best grocery prices

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Incoming AXA chief Thomas Buberl to focus on digital transformation

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Malaysia's ServisHero lands funding, flies into Thailand

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KPMG report: Australia's alternativefinance market grows 320%

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Australia plans FinTech use in public sector procurement

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A look at why college students prefer mobile payment methods

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Research says consumers happy with robo advisors for small investments

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MARCH 20, 2016

Collab+Sesame looking for startups that help kids

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MARCH 19, 2016

'Distributed ledgers are the future, but their advent will be slow'

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Blockchain...can not solve banks' main problem: the user experience

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A quick look at some of Singapore's fintech startups

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First 4 issuers get on board Malaysia'sequity crowdfund platform, pitchIN

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Domino's delivers pizza robot withAustralia's Marathon Robotics startup

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The Sunrise 2016: Australian startupconference set for May

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Indian biotechnology startup grows ahuman liver in the lab

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Dash, Dantia Smart Hub, set to open inNewcastle in April

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Singapore's Bolt startup aims to be Asia's content marketplace

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Australia’s $8m Incubator Support initiative: new & existing accelerators, talent

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Magazines must move faster in the age of apps, says Hearst's Troy Young

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Digital? For millennials, cash is still king when receiving

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Uber launches Instant Pay pilot in battle for drivers

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A collection of research papers on fintech g

European Fintech Awards & Conference set for Amsterdam in April

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Philippine VC Future Now Ventures backs IoT startup Reekoh

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India's HDFC Bank launches bankingsolution specifically for startups

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New Zealand's first Kaupapa Maori Start Up Weekend set for April

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MARCH 18, 2016

Microsoft partners with Australian social and media-sharing startup, Thred

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Aus Gov't to intro 'regulatory sandbox' to help early-stage fintechs cut thru red tape

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5 things the San Francisco startup scene has that Australia can benefit from

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South Korea takes steps towards firstonline-only bank

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Hitachi to establish FinTech researchorganization in Silicon Valley

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South Korea to allow overseas moneytransfer via mobile

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How Indonesians read news:On smartphones, on Sundays

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Barclays expands Rise fintech hub network to Mumbai

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Korea gains new $110m startup fund g g g

StanChart PE, Goldman put $28m inVietnam mobile e-wallet MoMo

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PwC report (pdf): Finance execs fear 1/4 business loss to new players by 2020

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Adelaide opens doors to ideas forlow-carbon technology concepts

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Why Latin American economies are turning to bitcoin

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Indian edtech startup Avagmah gainsfunding for tech enhancement

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MARCH 17, 2016

India's home services startup Gapoon lands angel funding

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Japanese electric scooter startup expands into construction-mapping drones

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India's Nasscom opens startups warehouse, featuring coworking and incubator

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A look at Tech In Asia Singapore 2016's FinTech schedule and speakers

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Personal mobility startup Arcatron in talks to raise angel funding

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Taiwan's travel ecommerce platform KKday lands funds for Asia expansion

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Sydney is too expensive for young people to take a risk on a good idea

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Fintech startup Instarem raises funds from investors led by Vertex Ventures

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HotelQuickly saves travelers time and money by offering dynamic deals at the best hotels in Asia-Pacific.Book reservations stress-free in seconds on the app,

available on iOS and Android devices.

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Invoice trading, the new darling ofAustralia's fintech loan market

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Indonesian news app Kurio lands funds from Japanese counterpart Gunosy

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Report: Lessons from world-leading smart city, Barcelona

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Xiaomi to expand transport empire with smart bicycles

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3 trends that city mayors should be up-to-speed with

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MARCH 16, 2016

Singapore's AsiaMX startup gains funding for advertising monetisation

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UK gym management startup Membrexpands across US, Europe & Asia

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Canada's digital-only Tangerine Bankfintech incubator

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Australian gov't seeks feedback on $8m Incubator Support Programme initiative

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Australia to intro tax incentives to boost startup investment, transition from mining

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Inkitt startup aims to predict futurebestselling books

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FinLeap incubator and SolarisBank launch 'Banking as a Platform'

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Singapore to use analytics to shape itsfuture workforce

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Boston-based digital health hub to launch with $250k grant, accelerator

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Former Wall St titans aiming to shake up banking with fintech investments

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Australian Treasurer tells regulators toprepare for new fintech rules

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Startupbootcamp FinTech selects 10 int’l startups for Singapore programme

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MARCH 15, 2016

New head for Malaysia's MaGIC to beappointed next month

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Explosion of tech startups from SE Asia heading to Australia

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Vietnamese Silicon Valley needed: 500 Startups' Eddie Thai

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Australian startup runs a product sampling trial via Uber

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Growing numbers of Australian startups head to Singapore to grow

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New Zealand's Lightning Lab recentlyoffered first female-focused intake

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Seedly aims to simplify personal finance for millennials

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Huawei launches China-only mobilepayment service, Huawei Pay

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Early-stage VC Cherubic Ventures launches US$120M high-tech fund

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Malaysia sets new scheme to fundinnovative products

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Retail Banking Analytics Europeconference: June, in London

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Expanding to Indonesia? Local market near as diverse as Southeast Asia itself

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Treasurer of Australia on how fintech is helping Australia's economic transition

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A look at the schedule for TechInAsia 2016, set for April in Singapore

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IoT Business Platform Asia conference schedule & registration online

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Japan debates Bitcoin sales tax and stricter rules for Exchanges

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InvestHK sets team to chase HK fintech hub goal, looks at London, New York firms

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80 insurance tech companies shaking up this trillion-dollar industry

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MARCH 12, 2016

Blockchain: A very light explainer of the technology involved

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GM acquires Cruise Automation startup, takes lead on driverless cars

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CSIRO to run Australia's first solar hack-athon in April

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Sydney startup to tackle diabetes through specialised home-delivery meals

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Inside China's $338bn tech startup venture capital experiment

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Ex-MakeMyTrip execs start RedDoorz to work SE Asian budget hotel market

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Microsoft adds Capitalise to latest round of high-growth tech accelerator

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Pakistani tech startups gaining traction with investors

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Forget fin, forget tech - focus on the client g

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Wearables vs killer diseases: Is technology winning the fight?

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Biometrics are coming, along with serious security concerns

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MARCH 11, 2016

Nominations open for Innovate Finance's 2016 list of female FinTech influencers

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KPMG and CB Insights' quarterly fintech VC report, looking at Q4 2015

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Canadian banks embrace fintech even as global CEOs see tech threats

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Mizuho Bank and Fujitsu work together to boost blockchain security

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Future Bank Asia 2016 conference, set for April in Singapore

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Australian startup Bomb'd aiming to take on Snapchat

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Finland's Tekes to help Vietnam startups with funding and building ecosystem

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Baltimore edtech startup partners with Perth's Moodle

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Applications open to end April for WA tech startup incubator, Vocus Upstarts

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On Business Insider: The Australian startup problem no one's talking about

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Australian tech startup Adventure Junky releases adventure-planning app

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PlantMiner gains funds as construction industry finally wakes up to online world

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1/2 of retail banks worldwide say branches to disappear in 5 years, due to digital

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Indonesian startup Kostoom aims to be Uber of dressmaking

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Mobile Payment China 2016 conference, set for June in Shanghai

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Malaysia releases digital government plan for 2020

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Part 2: "how Blockchain couldtransform the music industry"

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How the Blockchain (and VR) can change the music industry, pt 1

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Ticketing platform redBus aiming to expand SE Asia footprint inside 3 months

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MARCH 10, 2016

A look at the lineup for the EchelonIndonesia 2016 startup conference

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Why consumers get a raw deal frominternet banking

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10 of the female tech powerhouses attending Echelon Indonesia 2016 in April

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Only one UK bank significantly lower fees for digital-only customers...

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UK fintechs consider future in the event of an 'out' vote on EU membership

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Amadeus Next partners Tune Labs todevelop travel tech startups

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Silicon Valley's 500 Startups sets sights on Vietnam

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NZ's Vend CEO on tech's bro culture, tax and stepping down

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Meet 10 of India's most inspiringwomen entrepreneurs

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February 2016 tech startup news summary, pdf download

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India's car-pooling startup Cloudacarlands funding

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A look at the Tech In Asia Singapore 2016 conference, set for April

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EdTech startup Quipper broadens reach g

Malaysia aiming for Digital Economy to drive 20% of GDP by 2020

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Next-gen 'challenger' banks must strike balance between mobile and card

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MARCH 9, 2016

India's fintech startup Finomena lands funding

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India's Paytm ties up with US fintech firm FIS Global for payments bank

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Indian gov't opens digital marketing portalMahila e-Haat for women entrepreneurs

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India's SantWatch wearable aims to give parents peace of mind

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Innovyz announces strategic partnership with Western Sydney Uni

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500 Startups rolls out $10m regionalmicro-fund for Vietnam

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Chinese startup, LiangMa, joining NZ's Lightning Lab accelerator

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Indian period-tracking app LoveCycles lands funding

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Culture Amp, Australian workplace culture startup, raises $10m

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Malaysian wellness startup PurelyB acquires Singapore's Stretch City

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A look at the key points from the NSW Trade Mission to Silicon Valley

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Singapore plans to transform healthcare: IOT, robotics, data, apps

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Paktor dating app raises new round from Indonesian media conglomerate

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Thailand plans government digital service revamp

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Square mobile payments now available in Australia

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Philippines' mobile fintech Pitaca lands funding from Carillion Partners

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Indian education tech startup Civilsdaily raises seed funding

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Google scouting Indonesian startups for Launchpad Accelerator in US

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MARCH 8, 2016

India's startups' focus shifts to conserving cash as funding environment toughens

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Beeketing's founder on his fellow startups in Vietnam

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Can HK's latest tech startups get thefinancial backing they need?

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Thailand's GetLinks raises $500K toconnect tech talent with SE Asia

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Toong raises 7-digit round, becomesVietnam's 1st chain-brand cowork space

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Beware 'barbell bubble' in tech as investor demand outstrips startup supply

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This weekend: Australia's Health Startup Weekend

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Spark Bureau reveals incubator intakedominated by female founders

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London-listed Coinsilium sets week-long Blockchain Tech Lab for April

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UNSW to host Australia's first fishhackathon in April

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Indonesia plans to create startup IPOmarket to draw investors

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Tasmanian Government allocates funds toinnovation hubs in Hobart and Launceston

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Signal Ventures seeks early-stage Australian tech startups with $10m fund

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‘Startup spring’ set to be a busy March for Vietnam's startups

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Lloyds Banking Group creates digitalanalytics team with ASI and Google

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Blockchain is a zero-sum game forinvestment banks

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Ulster Bank & KPMG launch 'world'slargest free business accelerator'

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Companies want to provide shareholders with employee health data: bad idea

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MARCH 4, 2016

India's IoTfy, self-service IOT, lands funds from Seattle B2B accelerator

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TeamseyRoll, electronic waste app, wins 2015 Philippine Startup Challenge

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Australian fintech startup, MoneyBrilliant, acquired by AMP

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Australian startup Aipoly uses Artificial Intelligence to help blind people see

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Australian universities & CSIRO bid for Sydney's 'Silicon Harbour'

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Dimo launches app, aiming for moreIndonesians to try e-wallet

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Bitcoin network's capacity to processtransactions maxes out, payments affected

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Singapore bank UOB to invest $10m in OurCrowd equity crowdfunding site

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Dataset for developers: Flood prediction in Christchurch, New Zealand

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MARCH 3, 2016

40 major banks test R3 CEV'sblockchain-based bond trading system

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Philippine startup PawnHero secures major backing; aiming at 'unbanked citizens'

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Malaysian fund Khazanah leads funding of UK augmented reality startup Blippar

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A crash course in the basics of South Korea's startup scene

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HK's tech startups the new gold for China's wealthy as economy slows

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7 reasons why startups shouldn't use the agile business model

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CSIRO to develop digital STEM resources with edtech startup, Stile

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Pandora director heads to new Australianhybrid advertising tech firm, GumGum

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StartCon startup & growth conference set for Sydney in November

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Mizuho Bank plans to use IBM platform for customer service-oriented robots

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Malaysia's Carsome lands funding forregional expansion

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Australia opens postcode datasets, free, to developers

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Indonesian crowdfunder, DanaDidik:vocational & university student loans

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S'pore startup Airfrov lands funding: get travellers to bring you stuff from o'seas

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MARCH 2, 2016

Singapore's Whatifics aims at startupbusiness modeling analytics

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Philippines startup Zipmatch adds 360virtual reality for real estate in SE Asia

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Investec Australia buys into H2 Ventures, aiming at fintech startups

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Indonesia: social recruitment platformKerjaDulu gains seed funding

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QUT CEA to host Australia's 1st Startup Weekend solely for creative tech

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A look at Accreditation@IDA, theSingapore Government startup lab

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Malaysia's Cradle Fund adds 6 partners; US$12.4M to local startups

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Singapore's new coworking space houses library, cafe, art gallery

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Indonesia's Bandung to launch makerscentre for tech startups

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Deutsche Bank whitepaper on fintech:opportunities through strategic alliance

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MARCH 1, 2016

Fintech in 2016: why you need a different strategy

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India's DriveU raises $1m from Unitus Seed Fund, SV angel investors

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India's tech-driven investment platform Tauro Wealth gains seed funding

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Caltex invests $2.5m in Australia's Car Next Door startup

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Tech startup investor Jackson launches P2P fintech platform, FundX

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Australian Gov't looks to Shanghai for next startup & entrepreneur landing pad

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Rocketspace San Francisco a new Landing Pad for Australian startups

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The hashtags listed here are not

at all a comprehensive listing,

ut they may be useful as an at-

a-glance reference when seek-

ing information on a particular

country in South or Southeast

Asia, or Australasia.

Bear in mind that some

locations don’t currently have

an active startup presence on

social media - Cambodia, for

example, #startupKH - and so

some hashtags won’t deliver

much in the way of results.

Also worth mentioning is that,

often, different locations

unknowingly use the same

hashtags - for example,

both South Africa and South

Australia might use the tag

#startupSA - so being specific

regarding cities can be a

useful drill-down; in this

case by using #startupAdl for

Adelaide, South Australia’s

capital city.

It can also sometimes be

useful to search for an interest

by adding a suffix like ‘news’

to the hashtag e.g. #CFOnews,

#VCnews, and so on.

This listing may grow over time,

depending on both changes in the

overall startup scene, and on

the growth of the tech space in

different locations.

#fintech #finservs

#finance #insurtech

#cfo #cfonews

#vc #vcnews

#bitcoin #blockchain

#crypto #cryptocurrency

#ecommerce #iot

#iotnews #mobilepayments

#startups #startupnews

#tech #techstartups

#technews #innovation

#opengov #bigdata

#startupasia

#startupchina

#startupcn

#startupindonesia

#startupid

#startupindia

#startupin

#startupjapan

#startupjp

#startupcambodia

#startupkh

#startupkorea

#startupkr

#startupmyanmar

#startupmm

#startupmalaysia

#startupmy

#startupphilippines

#startupph

#startupsingapore

#startupsg

#startupthailand

#startupth

#startupvietnam

#startupvn

#startupaustralia

#startupaus

#startupvic

#startupmelb

#startupqld

#startupbrisbane

#startupwa

#startupperth

#startupnsw

#startupsydney

#startupadl

#startupcanberra

#startupnt

#startuptasmania

#startuptas

#startupnewzealand

#startupnz

south & southeast asia

australasia

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