Startup news round-up: August 2015

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page 1 of 3 updates / connect startup news snapshot: august 2015 #startup news august 2015 snapshot @wadekwright updates connect Hub Singapore expanding, to launch S$1m investment fund #startupAsia  /   #startupnews  /   #technews  /   #CTOnews  /   #entrepreneurs TechInAsia Jakarta 2015 tickets now available #startupAsia  /   #startupnews  /   #techstartups  /   #entrepreneurs  /   #startups A look at the issues with the ATO’s guidance on crowdfunding in Australia #startupAus  /   #crowdfunding  /   #startupfinance Stone and Chalk opens Australian fintech hub in Sydney #fintech  /   #techstartups  /   #startupnews  /   #fintechnews Startup solving the worst thing about a holiday’s end: Leftover foreign currency #startupnews  /   #fintech  /   #technews CoAssets in talks with Malaysia’ Securities Commission re equities crowdfunding #crowdfunding  /   #fintech UBS launch startup competition to identify disruptive ideas, fintech solutions #startupnews  /   #fintech  /   #CFOnews Gazelles key to Australia’ economic future but we are obsessed with mice and elephants’ #startupAus  /   #startupnews Philippines unveils startup roadmap, pushes for senate bill #startupAsia  /   #startupnews  /   #techstartups  /   #technews “Fintech will lead PH to a new digital payments landscape” #startupAsia  /   #fintech  /   #startupnews  /   #CFOnews  /   #fintechnews Infiniti Labs launches entrepreneurship initiative, the Founder Series, in HK #startupAsia  /   #startupnews  /   #techstartups HK Cyberport joins with Stanford to nurture FinTech leaders #startupAsia  /   #startupnews  /   #CTOnews  /   #fintech  /   #techstartups McKinsey to help Malaysia develop tech startup hub capabilities #startupAsia  /   #startupnews  /   #CTOnews  /   #techstartups Melbourne-based IoTCo seeks women for tech startup accelerator #startupAus  /   #startupnews  /   #womenintech  /   #techstartups Aus education tech startups tour China seeking partners #edtech  /   #techstartups  /   #startupAsia  /   #startupAus  /   #startupnews 500 Startups steps into Vietnam to expand Southeast Asian reach #startupAsia  /   #startupnews  /   #VCnews  /   #venturecapital Telstra-backed Muru-D accelerator unveils pioneer Asian cohort

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A monthly round-up of startup news from August 2015, featuring SE Asian and Australian startup news, and broad tech startup news

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startup news snapshot: august 2015

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Hub Singapore expanding, to launch S$1m investment fund

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #technews   /   #CTOnews   /   #entrepreneurs

TechInAsia Jakarta 2015 tickets now available

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #techstartups   /   #entrepreneurs   /   #startups

A look at the issues with the ATO’s guidance on crowdfunding in Australia

#startupAus   /   #crowdfunding   /   #startupfinance

Stone and Chalk opens Australian fintech hub in Sydney

#fintech   /   #techstartups   /   #startupnews   /   #fintechnews

Startup solving the worst thing about a holiday’s end: Leftover foreign currency

#startupnews   /   #fintech   /   #technews

CoAssets in talks with Malaysia’ Securities Commission re equities crowdfunding

#crowdfunding   /   #fintech

UBS launch startup competition to identify disruptive ideas, fintech solutions

#startupnews   /   #fintech   /   #CFOnews

Gazelles key to Australia’ economic future but we are obsessed with mice and elephants’

#startupAus   /   #startupnews

Philippines unveils startup roadmap, pushes for senate bill

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #techstartups   /   #technews

“Fintech will lead PH to a new digital payments landscape”

#startupAsia   /   #fintech   /   #startupnews   /   #CFOnews   /   #fintechnews

Infiniti Labs launches entrepreneurship initiative, the Founder Series, in HK

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #techstartups

HK Cyberport joins with Stanford to nurture FinTech leaders

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #CTOnews   /   #fintech   /   #techstartups

McKinsey to help Malaysia develop tech startup hub capabilities

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #CTOnews   /   #techstartups

Melbourne-based IoTCo seeks women for tech startup accelerator

#startupAus   /   #startupnews   /   #womenintech   /   #techstartups

Aus education tech startups tour China seeking partners

#edtech   /   #techstartups   /   #startupAsia   /   #startupAus   /   #startupnews

500 Startups steps into Vietnam to expand Southeast Asian reach

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #VCnews   /   #venturecapital

Telstra-backed Muru-D accelerator unveils pioneer Asian cohort

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#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #techstartups   /   #technews

Hanoi to kickstart tech ecosystem with ‘incorporated-in-Vietnam’ startups

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #techstartups

A look at women start-up founders in Asia

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #bizwomen   /   #entrepreneurs   /   #CIOnews

Vietnam’ deputy PM gets serious about startups

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #CTOnews   /   #technews

Indonesian motorbike taxi startup Go-Jek hiring 16k drivers at sports stadium

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #CTOnews

iCube and MaGIC to promote entrepreneurship in Sarawak

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #startups   /   #malaysia   /   #entrepreneurs

Venture capital drought threatens Australian economy

#VCnews   /   #startupAus   /   #startupnews   /   #CFOnews   /   #venturecapital

Indonesian gov’t to launch ‘Coding Mom’ program in 2016

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #bizwomen   /   #coding   /   #techstartups

Payments startups innovate where banks and telcos never will

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #fintech   /   #cryptocurrency

China’s top ‘Uber for laundry’ startup cleans up with $100M funding

#startupnews   /   #startupAsia   /   #startups   /   #CIOnews

4 simple reasons to consider pivoting toward Asia

#startupnews   /   #startupAsia   /   #techstartups   /   #entrepreneurs   /   #startups

Philippines: Next startup centre, with a focus on fintech, credit and cash?

#fintech   /   #startupAsia   /   #startupnews

Indonesia’s Bubu hunts for next big local startup

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #CTOnews   /   #techstartups

Australia’s Startmate seed fund begins search for 8 startups

#startupAus   /   #startupAustralia   /   #startupnews   /   #technews

DBS Accelerator kicks off in HK to shape fintech future of banking

#fintech   /   #startupAsia   /   #startupHK   /   #startupnews

Golden Gate Ventures unveils $50m fund for SE Asia

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #startups   /   #techstartups   /   #VCnews

Australian tech start-ups not doing as well as expected

#startupAus   /   #startupAustralia   /   #startupnews

Incubators and accelerators: Valuable assets or a waste of time and money?

#startupAus   /   #startupnews   /   #startups

Amaysim CMO: Marketing must become a newsroom

#CMOnews   /   #CIOnews   /   #marketing   /   #advertising

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Singapore’s Woomentum building bridges for women entrepreneurs in Asia

#startupAsia   /   #startupwomen   /   #bizwomen   /   #startups

Sydney releases Draft Tech Startups Action Plan

#techstartups   /   #startupAus   /   #startupnews   /   #startups

Aus startups praise Wellington NZ gov’ts support for startups

#startupnews   /   #startups   /   #startupNZ