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STARTUP NEWS ASIAMAY 2016 SUMMARY

updates & downloadsAs a reminder, news summaries for months past can be downloaded in pdf

format, and viewed online in flipbook format, via StartupNewsAsia.com, whilst

daily Southeast Asian startups news is delivered via Twitter and Facebook.

Questions, comments? Contact me via StartupNewsAsia.com.

in may 2016Arguably the biggest news in May for Southeast Asia’s startup scene was US

President Barack Obama’s visit to Vietnam, which saw him in conversation with

entrepreneurs in Ho Chi Minh City at an event hosted by Dreamplex Coworking.

Combined with April’s launch of The Ambassador’s Entrepreneurship Chal-

lenge, Mr Obama’s visit provides further evidence of two things: Vietnam’s

technology and entrepreneurship activities are attracting attention on the world

stage; and Vietnam is heading for long-term growth in these areas.

Beyond the increasing interest in Vietnam from America, the Vietnam-Finland

Innovation Partnership Program in May allocated 1 million euros in scale-up

grants, whilst Vietnam’s internet market was described by a Google Southeast

Asia executive as the most dynamic on the planet.

quick highlightsE Medtech: China, India, Singapore - where healthcare startups go to flourish

E Venture capital: Is crowdfunding the future of angel investor funding?

E Fintech: OCBC becomes the first bank in SEA to have an open API

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Chosen as Vietnam's best startup, MimosaTEK to join Seedstars Summit

A look at FORBES Philippines' list of top tech startups

Mobile wallet provider Cellum takes mcommerce to Myanmar

Lithan Technopreneur Accelerator to invest $3m in Myanmar startups

Silicon Valley and fintech giants head to Sydney in regional tech power play

Korea's K-Startup Grand Challenge: applications close June 14

Australia's Seatfrog: snag last-minute upgrades on your next flight

...lack of risk capital for tech startups in Myanmar...

Why Bitcoin is China's latest craze

MAY 30, 2016

A quick look at 30+ startups providing alternative data for investors

Limeroad, Indian online fashion retailer, enters menswear market

SolarPVExchange crowdfunds pioneer project, sets solar energy as asset class

A look at the rise of Chinese investors in US tech companies

Life.SREDA opens 'Banking on Block-chain' fund, targets corpus of over $100m

Melbourne rental broker startup finds opportunity in 'poorly serviced' industry

Indonesia's Kresna acquires two tech startups

Taiwan's HelloWings, low-cost airline ticket startup, lands seed funding

Bangalore opens India's first startup hostel

Sydney's HowAboutEat uses FB Messenger for office food delivery

Trov partners with Suncorp Group for on-demand insurance in Australia

Singapore's NUS and Microsoft launch program to boost data science

Singapore's ExpertDB, 'Uber for consulting' lands $500k

Startup fair set for Ho Chi Minh City later in 2016

A brief look at Swiss Re's broad list of emerging risks

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“...And the world is taking notice. A leading glob-al venture capital firm called 500 Startups just launched a $10 million fund here in Ho Chi Minh City. Next month at our Global Entrepreneurship Summit - some-thing that I’ve been hosting now for several years - I’ll welcome eight Vietnamese entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley, so that they can learn from some of the best entre-preneurs and startups and venture capitalists in the world.”

“And your success sends a message to global in-vestors about this country’s incredible potential

for innovation. Hopefully it also encourages other Vietnamese entre-preneurs to chase that new great idea and start that new company,

which will continue to fuel an ever-expanding Vietnam economy.”

Square Invoices launches in Australia

A look at 14 of Japan's startups at Infinity Ventures Summit

MAY 28, 2016

Fremantle startup Life Cykel: gourmet mushrooms from coffee waste

World's first driverless city may be in Wuhu, China

Women to Watch in Asia's Media and Marketing: Still time to enter/nominate

Australian Technology Competition open for entries

A look at Carhood's success, post-Shark Tank

HK's Nest launches Metta platform for entrepreneurs, startups, brands

A market map of insurance startups

Santander UK unit makes Blockchain payments available to staff

MAY 27, 2016

Microsoft Indonesia to partner local VCs for funding 20 startups annually

Alibaba now 3rd largest money market fund in the world

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Who uses which social sites in Japan?

Vivo Capital raises $100m for new Sino-healthcare VC fund

Sydney fintech hub Stone and Chalk set to expand to Melbourne

Ascendas-Singbridge partner NUS Enterprise to launch incubator

CSIRO's Data61 enters China tele-medicine market with Coivu

Byron Bay: The case for investing in innovation in regional Australia

Australia's Uno takes home mortgage finance to next platform

RiverPitch: 6 startups pitch to Australia's biggest investors

How Jaarvis Accelerator aims to shape India's startup ecosystem

2016 DBS Accelerator: applications open to June 5th

A look at 3 winners from Alpha Startups Vietnam Batch 1

Loop cowork platform wants to get Asia's freelancers into the right spaces

Hong Kong signs MOU with Austria to grow startup ecosystem

4 startups launching apps in Indonesia this week

The difference between angels and seed fund VCs

MAY 26, 2016

How FindFace, facial recognition app, could end anonymity

Projected internet use growth from 2014 out to 2020 in Asia-Pacific

Facebook users yet to take to Reactions

Bangladesh-based payment startup CloudWell raises $2m

Unicorns losing their horns? Maybe in US but not in Asia

Aus startups to pitch at Beijing O'seas Talent Entrepreneurship Conference

Infographic: 72 startups changing bricks-and-mortar retail experience

Australia's 1st Indigenous Startup Weekend set for July

HK: Social-Tech Incubation and Youth Entrepreneurship Programme launched

Deloitte on the level of hype around the burgeoning fintech industry

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China's Weidai fintech startup lands $153m

Open Data Lab Jakarta to help cities use data in decision-making

Google's Project Ara modular phone set to launch next year

SigFig lands banking partners for tech-enhanced advisory services

Malaysia's bumbung, the country's first tech-based real estate company

Finland's adtech startup Kiosked to invest up to $10m in Asia push

MAY 25, 2016

Logistics startup OpenPort lands funds to push into Indonesia

Comarch pioneers use of virtual reality in wealth management

Ping An becomes first Chinese member of R3 blockchain consortium

Gold Coast startup sees IoT potential in wireless mesh network

Singapore's soCash wants to convert every minimart into an ATM

Australia: Silicon Dragon Forum to explore Sydney as fintech hub

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Perkfec is about keeping your employees happy, motivated and productive in the simplest and liveliest way.

Saloneses provides mobile-based beauty service bookings.

Alpha Startups Vietnam pre-accelerator is a 5-day intensive bootcamp where selected teams get to test and validate a

scalable product/startup idea together with their peers.

The program ran in Ho Chi Minh City in May, and produced the 3 winning teams below.

Navi is a booking marketplace for hour-based karaoke rooms.

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Study: SEA's internet economy to touch $200b inside 10 years

A look at 10 startups in the Melbourne Accelerator Program

Unilever talks about taking its startup program Foundry to Asia

President Obama in discussion at Vietnam entrepreneurship event

Australia: Blackbird Ventures launches program to help tech startups recruit

Startup develops non-permanent tattoo ink, seeks investors

Singapore startup SiS lands US$1.45m to boost maritime IoT

BlockFin Asia 2016, Ho Chi Minh City: June 15 and 16

Malaysian fintech startup Jirnexu raises US$3M

Indonesian agritech LimaKilo lands funding from East Ventures

Vietnam's Hoozing aims for a solution to rental market woes

US President Barack Obama visits Vietnam’s Dreamplex Coworking

Next Generation Lending Summit Asia: July in Singapore

Oracle, Wharton report: Millenials' banking habits and preferences

A look at 10 early-stage healthy beverage startups

Sydney's Chronic Pain Australia hackathon: 60 people, 6 teams

Singapore uses data analytics to cater libraries to the elderly

Univ. of Dayton partners for Vietnam's HATCH! biz plan competition

PayPal cofounder warns Australia's mining, property focus holds back tech

The 8 top-ranked startups from Seedstars Manila

IBM report: How do you secure 100 million smart IOT objects?

INSEAD aims to break 'cookie-cutter' system by launching incubator

2016 Singapore ICT tenders expected to value at S$2.82 billion

Islamic crowdfund site EthisCrowd gets US$362K seed for homes projects

MAY 23, 2016

A quick look at some of the UK's challenger banks

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Vietnam launches slew of initiatives to develop startup ecosystem

In Fortune: Here's why the Blockchain powers prosperity

Chinese tech firms tap crowdfund sites to crack US market

Moody's: Fintech can't disrupt Wall Street

Steady start to Singapore's startup funding seen in 2016

Global from Day One Fund II raises NZ$38 million

Google exec: Vietnam's 'net market the most dynamic in the world

OCBC reveals participants in 'The Open Vault' fintech accelerator

MAY 22, 2016

In April: 114 fintechs raised $7.3 billion

FT Asia Banking Forum set for June, in Singapore

Japan: PlayStation VR more appeal than Oculus, tho brands not known

A quick look at 75 startups reshaping how and where we buy consumer goods

Nasdaq explores how Blockchain could fuel solar energy market

India emerging as a hub for fintech startups

Coworking Unconference India set for September

Nabable: Clearance and second-hand furniture, delivered

India's peer-to-peer lending portal i2ifunding raises lands funding

Google Search to get 'rich cards', start-ing with recipes, movies on mobile

In 2 days Melbourne's Nura crowdfunds $200k for smart headphones

Regional startup Rundl targets Australia's geographic isolation

Unpitch, Australia: 60 startups, 20 VCs - May 26th

We need to talk about startups...it's 1999 all over again'

MAY 20, 2016

Malaysia: Venture builder LaunchPad raises $6m for tech, early investments

Halal Speed Dating seeks $87k on FundedByMe platform

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A quick look at 11 startups improving the lives of the elderly

HSBC to close near 50% of India branches, focus on digital banking

Vietnam's startup scene in one online spreadsheet, from Geektime

Facebook co-founder's VC firm raises $143.6m, looking at SEA, India

Vietnam’s startup community showcases solutions at FPT Tech Day

Sydney Stock Exchange developing Blockchain trading system

Japan's IMJ Investment Partners scouts for more deals in Vietnam

A look at Springboard Enterprises, global entrepreneur network for women

StartupAUS independence questioned with likely $360k govt funding

Thailand launches constitution referendum app

Bangkok Bank enhances mobile banking with Mobiliti Edge

MAY 19, 2016

Who will own your data if the tech bubble bursts?

Staying the course as a tortoise entrepreneur, again on Inc

Flipper entrepreneurs vs builder entrepreneurs, on Inc

A look at Born2Global, Korean startup hub

An infographic look at how startup funding works

25 startups building their own fashion brands

India's BHIVE Workspace raises $1m

New $1.3m Ho Chi Minh City Startup and Innovation fund launched

Female Fantastic panel from Advance Queensland Innovation Summit

Perth's BankVault one of top finalists in World Cup Tech Challenge

Deepdive Travel wins WIT Indonesia's Start-Up of the Year

AOL Launches DeskAid for Australian NFP startups

Australian tech entrepreneurship under the microscope from StartupAUS

Finca and First Access join forces for microfinance fintech

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Thailand waives venture tax, launches 500m baht startup fund

9 startups selected for UOB FinLab accelerator programme

3 years from now, analytics and big data skills expected to be in high demand

A look at 8 Malaysian startups presenting at TOP100 Echelon Asia

Android Pay now in the UK; Australia and Singapore are next

Goxip, 'shoppable Instagram', lands 1.6m seed round

The 29 startups on DBS Singapore HotSpot Pre-Accelerator Programme

A look at the surge in mobile banking in Asia, from Fintech Singapore

HK's Cyberport Creative Micro Fund open for applications until June 1st

A look at insurance accelerator activity in Asia

MAY 18, 2016

Japan:ABBALab incubator sets up $14m fund for IOT startups

SPRING Singapore partners incubators, investors to support tech startups

Nest partners Edelman Hong Kong to fuel startup ecosystem

Zoom2u raises $1.85m to expand into Australia's regional areas

Major tech firms, Aus startups back new innovation organisation TechSydney

Sony invests in US startup Cogitai, bets on AI as key business pillar

Geodesic Capital launches $335m debut fund to bridge Silicon Valley, Japan

How Qualcomm India is backing tech hardware startups

Philippine Startup Challenge returns for third year

New Zealand's TechWeek AKL 2016, on now

Vietnam: Internet group VNG acquires 38% in Tiki ecommerce startup

TechSG: Singapore's NUS platform working to integrate startup community

OCBC the 1st bank in Southeast Asia to have an open API

S’pore National Research Foundation funds companies to invest in startups

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Australia's MyState sets for digital banking transformation

MAY 17, 2016

Bank of Queensland and River City Labs partner for banking hackathon

Finnovasia Hong Kong conference set for end of May

Philippines: 8th BankTech Asia - Manila Series, 24 and 25 May

Singapore's YCH Group launches US$7.3M fund for logistics startups

Aus Budget 2016 roundup for startups and SMEs from BizSpark Australia

Indonesia to deploy part of SME credit scheme to fund local startups

India: 15-25 consumer tech startups on IDG Ventures's radar

Melbourne's Shopping Links named to Anthill Magazine's SMART 100 Index

IFC to invest $3m equity in Myanmar ride-hailing service Oway

India's travel tech startups closing the funding gap with Chinese counterparts

Leftover foreign change at the airport? WorldKoins app may be able to help

Australia's biggest techs and startups join forces for TechSydney

Meet Saloneses, a Vietnam beauty care app startup

Survey: startup news habits?

Bangkok Angel Investors Meetup launched, seeks members

Demo day near for 10 HCMC startups chosen from Alpha Startups Vietnam

MAY 16, 2016

Malaysia plans $123 million entrepreneurship fund

Startup news habits - a quick survey

Business Speed Networking + Pitching: 15 meets, 10 pitches, in Bangkok

Meet CarryBack, a Singapore startup for getting foreign products

Malaysia: StoreHub lands $850K to enable retail management via iPad

Vietnam's ELSA app helps you pronounce English without an accent

Singapore runs startup scheme for elderly care, mental health

Entrepreneur Summit Thailand 2016 set for May 25th in Bangkok

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India and China at two ends of foodtech funding spectrum

Seedstars World heads back to Ho Chi Minh City, June 29th

Japanese angel Hajime Hotta on finding investment-ready startups in Vietnam

H2 Ventures backs 5 new startups, basing them in Sydney

First FinTech Bridge established between Britain and Singapore

CES Asia 2016: a look at products and Best-Of-Show winners on final day

MAY 15, 2016

Singapore's car-pool app RYDE expanding to HK in June

Nordea seeking fintech startups for 2nd Stockholm accelerator intake

MAY 14, 2016

In the US, Android share up to 65.5%; in China over 77%

A quick look at the insurers actively investing in IOT startups

Bosch injects $2.5m into Tasmanian agritech startup, The Yield

'Australia wants fintech opportunity despite low budget commitment'

Swiss council area to soon accept Bitcoin for some public services

Fintech Brisbane Startup Weekend set for July 8-10

Australian teachers' simple startup helps schools 'see and save' kids

A quick glance at what Asian investors want in Australian tech startups

Malaysian POS startup StoreHub raises $850k

Korea's K-Startup Grand Challenge seeks 40 high-potential startups

Barclays swerves Android Pay with smartphone NFC payments

MAY 13, 2016

Japan's GREE Ventures closes 1st round for $60m fund, adds India to targets

India's Unacademy edtech startup lands $500k funding

India: IDG Ventures raises $150m for $200m 3rd fund

FinovateSpring 2016 Best of Show winners announced

Why it'll be Visa and MasterCard, not tech startups, that truly disrupt banking

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Slush Asia, startup event in Japan, on now

Jaipur's crowdfund startup Dreamwallets lands funding

2 Indian startups have SE Asia in sight for ecommerce, transportation niches

In the WSJ: Asian startups hit by venture-capital slowdown

6 Indian startups selected for Google Launchpad's 2nd batch

Australian startup CliniCloud aims to bring doctor's office into US homes

US$29.2m gov't fund for Singaporean startups unveiling next week

Vietnam: Startup Wheel 2016 contest opens in HCM City

Australia's new StartMesh fund raising $20m to back tech startups

ShopWings, Grocery Butler join forces for grocery deliveries in Australia

Crowdfunding: the future of angel investor funding?

The 6 Indonesian startups joining the Google Launchpad accelerator in June

Vietnam: AIESEC Alumni Int'l Startups Meeting 2016 set for Hanoi

MAY 12, 2016

Curren$eek, Kapital Boost, Prime Keeper win at Asean Fintech Challenge

A simple rebrand helped this Sydney startup accelerate growth

Lazada Group opens Bangkok tech hub to drive regional mobile development

HK Efficiency Unit: citizen complaints cut by 50% in 1 year via better comm's

Mumbai's TranServ hires former MasterCard, MobiKwik execs

50% South Korea's digital bank sub-scribers are active, numbers rising

UC Capital, Indo-European investment firm, launches $171m Eu-focused fund

Bank Negara Malaysia reviews regulations in light of fintech

Sydney's GorillaStack aims to help IT managers control costs

Meraki Startup Kit for Australian startups - apply for 1 of 10 free kits

New Union: Singapore crowdfund platform putting up big numbers

Money-change app Curren$eek wins at Asean Fintech Challenge

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IBM Watson to bring cognitive computing to South Korean banking

Marketers, organisations struggle to make sense of big data

A look at 11 Thai startups heading for the Echelon Asia event

Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship for AsiaPac: helping women excel in tech

MAY 11, 2016

China's Kuang-Chi launches $300m int'l innovation fund, incubator in Israel

Has the food-tech concept lost its flavor for investors?

Indian banks taking a serious look at Blockchain tech

India: Aarambh Ventures launches broad-focus tech accelerator

OMG Mobile looks to capture youth market with access to fun experiences

India's HealthifyMe health and fitness app lands funding

Singapore's Temasek backs Farfetch, online shopping for high-end boutiques

Digi Accelerate selects 3 Malaysian startups for bootcamp

New Zealand's RipeTime aims to beat food waste problem

Melbourne's Giggedin: Netflix-style subscription for live music

Enterprise Monkey heads to India with Australian Sports Tech trade mission

500 TukTuks funds 10 new startups, soon to be Thailand's top investor

A quick look at 5 of Asia's service industry startups

Design Make Produce, helping ASEAN fashion designers and manufacturers

Mentioned in Startup News Asia, April 2016 edition @MagicCyberjaya @Groupama @KNOLSKAPE @clusterVR @MassChallenge

A look at how small banks can partner with fintechs

MAY 10, 2016

Singapore's IZMUS-IIPL aims to bridge ASEAN / Israeli startup opportunities

Singapore's iFashion Group seeks hot Asian e-commerce startups

Singapore: 4 companies crowd-raise $750k on FundedHere

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You're in April's Startup News Asia: on/offline @WhatClinic @ribitdotnet @sgfintechfest @Fishburners @plattarglobal

RBS and RocketSpace to open tech startups campus in London

Startup looks to connect breached data with likely fraud victims

India: Knowlarity Comm's buys custom-er engagement startup Smartwards

US report warns on big data discrimination risks

Oneflare lands $15m as trades market-place space becomes 2-horse race

The 29 startups in DBS HotSpot Bootcamp: 8 to be selected

Singapore tests video games, apps, sensors for elderly care

Singapore's Tagit, mobile banking app builder, lands $9m

US Ambassador's Entrepreneurial Challenge in Vietnam, open now

Point72 venture unit signs first fintech investment

MAY 9, 2016

Suncorp partners Trov for on-demand insurance tech platform

China, India, Singapore: where health-care startups go to flourish

A quick look at Offpeak in Vietnam, in Startup News Asia's April edition

KPMG Challenger Banking report: A new landscape (pdf)

WeWork to set up coworking spaces in Shanghai, Hong Kong

Research: 'Artificial intelligence, risks and regulation in financial markets'

Australia's H2 Ventures backs 5 new fintech startups

Australian Budget paves way for fintech 'regulatory sandbox'

India: Funding increases for IoT startups; 13 deals in Q1

Aus investors among world's least willing to go for investment tech

Ho Chi Minh City seeks smart city and IOT ideas from startups

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April 2016 Startup News Asia summary: online and offline

Australia's CSIRO exploring bitcoin's blockchain technology

Atom Bank adds system to its tech set-up; readies mobile app

Brisbane startup Winja encourages customers to complain

Philippines' Future Now Ventures backs 5 more tech startups

PayPal launches incubator in Singapore, focusing on fintech and tech startups

Why digital buyers in Japan prefer certain ecommerce sites

Alibaba fund invests in 3 Hong Kong startups

Meet 9 Philippine startups presenting at June's TOP100 Echelon Asia event

Single digital profile for citizens across gov't agencies launched in Singapore

Digital Wealth Asia 2016 set for June in Singapore

UN launches data contest for ASEAN citizens

India's Kalaari Capital accelerator Kstart puts $500K each in 3 startups

Start Tel Aviv opens for Vietnam's female-driven startups

A look at 3 notable Philippines fintech startups

MAY 8, 2016

Infographic: a look at the media compa-nies moving into AR and VR

Indee gives indie filmmakers tech tools usually reserved for big budgets

Malaysia's MaGIC graduates raise $4m collectively, cohort 2 launched

Big Frame founder joins NZ VR start up 8i as President of Studios in LA

MAY 7, 2016

Australia to launch 5th and final startup 'landing pad' in Singapore

Citigroup to launch voice recognition in Asia in drive towards digital banking

Malaysia's MaGIC completed MVP phase, now to scale up: CEO

MAY 6, 2016

Expara Vietnam Accelerator steps in as 1st investor in graduating startups

Report: Blockchain, wearables and AI to transform insurance

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MAY 5, 2016

Malaysia's Tripfez raises funding led by Gobi Partners, Intres Capital

Upcoming fintech and digital banking events in SE Asia

China may take board seats, stakes in websites, apps in swap for news licenses

China's Lenovo plans to invest $500m in tech startup fund

Lithan's Technopreneur Accelerator in Myanmar to invest $3m in startups

World Fintech Forum: Seoul, June 2016

Mumbai's Seclore tech startup raises $12 million from Sistema Asia Fund

Gobi Partners-backed dining app Offpeak plans Vietnam expansion

Interactive Advertising Bureau, S’pore, launches startup competition

Asia's first free stock trading app, Securities, launched

Malaysia, IDB to join and found world-first Islamic Venture Capital

Australia to set up Au$500m innovation fund

Surf app 'Pulse' takes top honours at Startup Weekend Sunshine Coast

QubeRider, Telstra-backed startup, is off to space

Griffin Accelerator aims to be catalyst for Canberra startup ecosystem

Australia considers options to cut double taxation from digital currencies

MAY 4, 2016

Swiss Re 'InsurTech' accelerator in India to select 5 startups

Entrepreneur Summit Thailand: May 25th

Chain Open Standard: Blockchain standard developed w/ major financials

1st Annual Australian FinTech Awards: June in Sydney

The ecosystem of female Australian entrepreneurs and business owners

Malaysia's Tripfez scores funding to focus on Muslim holidaymakers

MAY 3, 2016

Mid-career and want to lead a startup? Singapore's Jungle Ventures wants you

A quick look at Asia's accelerators

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MasterCard looks to virtual reality, connected cars and AI bots

Australian Silicon Valley star returnee heads home for tech talent

Silicon Valley GSVLabs incubator looks to establish in Australia

Sydney stakes its claim to Australia's startup culture

Color Genomics cancer testing startup now available for Aus, NZ use

16 of India's startups serving the solo consumer

Singapore makes open data easier with developer portal launch

IOT and IIOT: A look at GE's Predix and Flutura's Cerebra

Lean Startup Machine event set for Kuala Lumpur, May 13-15

Grants4Apps Accelerator Program seeks NZ health tech innovations

Indonesia's HaloDoc raises funding from Djarum, Go-Jek, Mensa Group

Online-only startup bank Tandem raising $1.4M by crowdfunding

Gen Z: post-millenial customers for your future product, services

MAY 2, 2016

Thai fintech T2P secures funding from 500 Startups, Benchachinda

Vietnam-Finland IPP2 gives $1.14m in grants for startups

Infographic: Most active VCs in ed tech and their investments

EveryThingIOT Smart Cities Forum: Sydney, May 12th

Microsoft gives BlueChilli startups a cloud boost with BizSpark Plus

CeBIT Australia, on now in Sydney: Startup Zone, Conference, PitchFest

Vietnamese startups need more business leaders: Hackanoi's Tran

InnovFest unBound, Singapore, May 17-18: mediatech and more

Why fintech is different in Asia

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