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page 1 of 4 updates / archives / connect startup news snapshot: september 2015 #startup news september 2015 snapshot @wadekwright updates archives connect ASEAN 's largest 3D printing facility launches in Singapore #3dprinting  /   #technews  /   #CTOnews Qualcomm to invest $150m in Indian startups via Qualcomm Ventures arm #startupAsia  /   #startupnews  /   #startupIndia Australian tech startup Flaunter heads to Paris Fashion Week #startupAus  /   #techstartups  /   #fashionstartup  /   #fashion  /   #startupnews Telstra's Muru-D to seed 10 startups with up to AU$60k, co-collab space, mentoring #startupAus  /   #startupnews  /   #startups Optus partners with startup hub Stone and Chalk to boost Aus fintech innovation #startupAus  /   #startupnews  /   #fintech Malaysia's fitness platform KFit merges with Australian competitors #startupAus  /   #startupAsia Thai fashion e-marketplace WearYouWant secures undisclosed amount #startupAsia  /   #startupnews  /   #fashion R3CEV receives backing from major banks for fintech solution #fintech  /   #blockchain  /   #bitcoin  /   #startupnews  /   #CFOnews Ride-sharing apps vie to replace private car ownership in Vietnam #startupnews  /   #startupVN  /   #technews  /   #startupAsia Blackbird Ventures on what's needed to boost Australian start-up ecosystem #startupAus  /   #startupnews  /   #startups New Zealand P2P lender Harmoney starts in Australia #fintech  /   #fintechnews  /   #startupnews  /   #CFOnews Study: Australia to be cashless society by 2022 #startupAus  /   #bitcoin  /   #cryptocurrency  /   #techstartups  /   #startupnews ADB: Vietnam among most attractive investment destinations #startupAsia  /   #startupVN  /   #startupnews  /   #VCnews Malaysia's Mavcap partners China's Gobi for $50m SEA/China fund #startupAsia  /   #startupnews  /   #startupMY  /   #entrepreneurs Telstra CEO (Australia) eyes innovation through startups, IoT, M2M #startupAus  /   #IOT  /   #startupnews  /   #entrepreneurs Aus Labor Party pledges loans for graduates to create start-up companies #startupAus  /   #startupnews  /   #entrepreneurs Skype co-founder looks to invest in Taiwanese startup #startupAsia  /   #techstartups  /   #startupnews  /   #taiwan

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Page 1: Startup news: September 2015

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ASEAN 's largest 3D printing facility launches in Singapore

#3dprinting   /   #technews   /   #CTOnews

Qualcomm to invest $150m in Indian startups via Qualcomm Ventures arm

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #startupIndia

Australian tech startup Flaunter heads to Paris Fashion Week

#startupAus   /   #techstartups   /   #fashionstartup   /   #fashion   /   #startupnews

Telstra's Muru-D to seed 10 startups with up to AU$60k, co-collab space, mentoring

#startupAus   /   #startupnews   /   #startups

Optus partners with startup hub Stone and Chalk to boost Aus fintech innovation

#startupAus   /   #startupnews   /   #fintech

Malaysia's fitness platform KFit merges with Australian competitors

#startupAus   /   #startupAsia

Thai fashion e-marketplace WearYouWant secures undisclosed amount

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #fashion

R3CEV receives backing from major banks for fintech solution

#fintech   /   #blockchain   /   #bitcoin   /   #startupnews   /   #CFOnews

Ride-sharing apps vie to replace private car ownership in Vietnam

#startupnews   /   #startupVN   /   #technews   /   #startupAsia

Blackbird Ventures on what's needed to boost Australian start-up ecosystem

#startupAus   /   #startupnews   /   #startups

New Zealand P2P lender Harmoney starts in Australia

#fintech   /   #fintechnews   /   #startupnews   /   #CFOnews

Study: Australia to be cashless society by 2022

#startupAus   /   #bitcoin   /   #cryptocurrency   /   #techstartups   /   #startupnews

ADB: Vietnam among most attractive investment destinations

#startupAsia   /   #startupVN   /   #startupnews   /   #VCnews

Malaysia's Mavcap partners China's Gobi for $50m SEA/China fund

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #startupMY   /   #entrepreneurs

Telstra CEO (Australia) eyes innovation through startups, IoT, M2M

#startupAus   /   #IOT   /   #startupnews   /   #entrepreneurs

Aus Labor Party pledges loans for graduates to create start-up companies

#startupAus   /   #startupnews   /   #entrepreneurs

Skype co-founder looks to invest in Taiwanese startup

#startupAsia   /   #techstartups   /   #startupnews   /   #taiwan

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Chinese startup Zuwoba raises $1.5M to help you rent / lease skills and knowledge

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #startups

Singapore's Early Stage Venture Fund to invest S$40m in 3rd edition

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #startups

Australia can't recreate Silicon Valley, expat startup founders warn

#startupAus   /   #startupnews   /   #startups

HATCH! launches second edition of national Vietnam startup competition

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #techstartups

Micro-investing market set to spike in Australia

#startupAus   /   #startupnews   /   #fintech   /   #CFOnews   /   #CTOnews

Malaysia's CIMB Bank aims to develop fintech with InnoChallenge winners

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #fintech

Google Ignite HK: Access for HK youth to over 80 jobs, more than 40 companies

#technews   /   #CMOnews   /   #CTOnews

A look at Tech in Asia Jakarta's Bandung pitch battle winners, Sociocaster

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #sociocaster

Singtel, European telcos join hands to boost startup networks

#startupnews   /   #startups   /   #techstartups   /   #coworking

Research: Australia's next wave of startups could come from the over-55s

#startupAus   /   #startupnews   /   #startups

CIO? CMO? CMTO concept mooted in India

#CMOnews   /   #CIOnews   /   #CTOnews

9 of world's biggest banks to form blockchain partnership

#bitcoin   /   #blockchain   /   #CTOnews   /   #CFOnews   /   #financenews

The Women's Foundation and ANZ HK launch accelerator women entrepreneurs

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #businesswomen

Australia's largest start-up VC fund launches with $200m to invest locally

#startupAus   /   #startupnews   /   #startups

ANZ partners with Melbourne start-up hub, the York Butter Factory

#startupAus   /   #startupAustralia   /   #startupnews

Australian gov't delivers AU$14m funding boost to Entrepreneurs Programme

#startupAus   /   #startupnews   /   #CTOnews

Another aspect of taxi industry disruption, focusing on India

#disruption   /   #startupAsia   /   #CIOnews   /   #startupnews   /   #CMOnews

China's Cheetah Mobile bets on India to invest in early-stage tech startups

#techstartups   /   #mobilenews   /   #startupAsia

A look at 9 fintech startups shaking Indonesia's piggy banks

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #fintech   /   #techstartups

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Hive Shibuya courts foreign startups with Tokyo coworking space

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #coworking   /   #techstartups

13 startups vie for top spot at Techventure 2015's Int'l Startup Challenge in Singapore

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews

Japanese startup SanSan steps into digital networking niche

#startupAsia   /   #sansan   /   #technews   /   #techstartups

PA startup Helpr launches in Malaysia backed by former Groupon APac execs

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #technews

Australian system "lets down nation' innovators"

#startupAus   /   #startupnews   /   #techstartups   /   #technews

TechInAsia Jakarta 2015 Bootstrap Alley: Free booth for early-stage startups

#startupAsia   /   #techstartups   /   #startupnews

Malaysia's MaGIC keen to work with o'seas ecosystems to build Asian startup hub

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #VCnews

500 Startups launches $30m microfund for Japan

#startupAsia   /   #techstartups   /   #technews   /   #asiatech   /   #startupnews

Bitcoin Group the first crypto co to IPO, set for ASX on Nov 11

#bitcoin   /   #technews   /   #CTOnews   /   #CFOnews   /   #cryptocurrency

Myanmar digital agency NEX raises $150K from existing investors for regional growth

#startupAsia   /   #technews   /   #asiatech

A look at new US$60m BEENEXT fund for early-stage internet and mobile startups

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #technews

Rocket Internet's APACIG to bring 4 startups to Asia each year

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #asiatech   /   #techstartups

Taiwan's Foxconn to invest $1b in Indian startups: Report

#startupIndia   /   #startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #techstartups

Google to continue to sharpen focus on India

#technews   /   #CTOnews   /   #CIOnews

Securities Commission Malaysia aims at fintech innovation

#fintech   /   #fintechnews   /   #CFOnews   /   #techstartups   /   #startupAsia

WeWork may soon open in Sydney, Australia

#coworking   /   #startupAus   /   #techstartups   /   #startupnews

Thai government may consider data centre incentives to attract Facebook, Google

#CTOnews   /   #technews   /   #technewsasia

Indonesian tech startup Octagon making waves in augmented reality

#techstartups   /   #startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #CTOnews

Singapore's Techventure 2015: technopreneurs and investors, September 21 and 22

#startupAsia   /   #techstartups   /   #startupnews

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Future Assembly tech and startup conference: Melbourne, November

#startupAus   /   #startupnews   /   #techstartups   /   #VCnews

Australia's Hackett believes battery start-up RedFlow can take on Tesla

#techstartups   /   #startupAustralia   /   #startupnews

Why 500 Startups is pushing money into Vietnam

#startupAsia   /   #startupnews   /   #techstartups   /   #CTOnews   /   #startupVietnam

Trimantium's members-only Henley startup club launches in Sydney

#startupAus   /   #VCnews   /   #startupnews   /   #entrepreneurs

Australian startup FirstStep wants to bring micro-investments to the masses

#fintech   /   #technews   /   #startupnews   /   #startupAus