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PAGE 1 OF 18 STARTUP NEWS ASIA MAY 2016 SUMMARY updates & downloads As 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 2016 Arguably 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 highlights E 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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    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 Asias startup scene was US

    President Barack Obamas visit to Vietnam, which saw him in conversation with entrepreneurs in Ho Chi Minh City at an event hosted by Dreamplex Coworking.

    Combined with Aprils launch of The Ambassadors Entrepreneurship Chal-

    lenge, Mr Obamas visit provides further evidence of two things: Vietnams 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 Vietnams 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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    MAY 31, 2016

    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 Ive been hosting now for several years - Ill 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 countrys 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 Vietnams 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

    Vietnams 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

    Spore National Research Foundation funds companies to invest in startupsgg

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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 bankingg

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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, Spore, 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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    The 3 winners of the seedstarshochiminh* pitching event were...

    The other seedstarshochiminh* finalists were...

    MimosaTek, developers of an Internet of Things platform for precision agriculture.

    Ma Belle Box, your personal beauty adviser and

    your beauty best friend.

    Ephaisto, a platform foron-demand hand-madeclothes and accessories