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in marchE Indonesia: A look at Baca, Indonesia’s news aggregator

mobile app startup

E Singapore: S$20M to be set for 1st-time entrepreneurs

under StartupSG initiative

E South Korea: A look at Jandi, a Slack alternative for

Southeast Asia

STARTUP NEWS ASIATODAY / MONTHLY / QUARTERLY

MARCH 2017 IN BRIEF

AUSTRALIA:

Accenture opens Liquid Studio

in Sydney for business innovation

Available in hardcopy mid-April 2017

Startup news from Asia and Oceania

JAPAN:

WAmazing wins B Dash Camp

with tourism-relates service

one full year of news

The coming publication of Startup News Asia’s Q1 2017 summary marks a full year of aggregating the movements in the broad Asian and Oceanian startup ecosystems.

This represents a comprehensive data set on developments and funding at the country level.

At-a-glance country information

Included in the quarterly summary now is additional information regarding each country listed.

Details are deliberately provided in an at-a-glance format - in keeping with Startup News Asia generally - and outline internet penetration and use levels, and smartphone penetration and use levels. These are included to provide some context around overall population levels and also as food for thought around, for instance, the impact of fintech on Asia’s emerging markets as time goes on...

The Q1 2017 summary will be online shortly.

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India: Rajasthan's International Startup

Challenge opens registrations

A look at the 33 VR startups

HTC's Vive X accelerator funded

Australia: 3 Day Startup set

for 21 April in Melbourne

Sri Lanka: R3 invites Central Bank

to join blockchain consortium

Malaysia: Exabytes to grant US$4.5M in

online solutions to local entrepreneurs

New Zealand: A look at NZ's plan

for AI in Government

Indonesia: Telcos launch mobile remittance

service aimed at the unbanked

New Zealand: A look at Halter,

solar-powered cattle data agri-tech startup

Vietnam: Hebronstar Advance

startup event set for HCMC in April

Japan: Dely culinary media startup

secures $27M

Vietnam: Women & Entrepreneurship in

Vietnam talk - HCM City, April 14th

Taiwan: ASUS to spin off AR & VR

development teams as independent startup

India: Ithaka travel-tech startup

raises $325K

Australia: Evari insurtech startup

launched by former Zurich Aus/NZ CEO

Australia: 1Scope edtech startup

secures $1M

Hong Kong: Freightos logistics startup

lands $25M

Singapore: OOjiBO fintech startup raises

$3.6M to serve the unbanked

India: Indus OS startup lands funding

to build on 12 languages

A look at regional Australia's

innovation ecosystem

Vietnam IoT startup

competition launched

India: Intex handset maker launches

$30M early-stage startups fund

A look at the security implications of

the fintech landscape in Asia-Pacific

Snapcart raises $3M to track SE Asia's

offline commerce data

Instagram advertiser base

breaks the 1M mark

SRI LANKA / #STARTUPLKPOP: 20.7M (2015)

TAIWAN / #STARTUPTWPOP: 23.3M (2015)

VIETNAM / #STARTUPVNPOP: 93.4M (2015)

THAILAND / #STARTUPTHPOP: 67.9M (2015)

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India: GrabOnRent item & product

rental startup close to raising $3M

Could blockchain be operating system

of cities of the future?

India: Haqdarshak social impact app

startup secures $2M

Blockchain could help artists profit

more from their works

Singapore: A look at ShopBack's growth

and future aims

Australia: A brief look at how digital

is disrupting higher education

India: Swiggy food-delivery startup

in talks to raise $50M

Australia: Caternow aiming to disrupt

event catering with AirBnB-style service

Hong Kong: WebConf Asia tech

conference set for June 3rd

Citi claims 1M users for

voice authentication tool in Asia-Pacific

New Zealand: China's government and

investors now hungry for NZ technology

India: 8 startups selected for funding

from Startup India Rocks

CHINA / #STARTUPCNPOP: I.37B (2015)

INDIA / #STARTUPINPOP: 1.3B (2015)

SOUTH KOREA / #STARTUPKRPOP: 25.1M (2015)

SINGAPORE / #STARTUPSGPOP: 5.6M (2015)

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Vietnam: APEC Startup Forum,

new part of APEC 2017, set for September

Startup SG Equity and Startup SG Founder

launched to simplify fund rules

India: A very quick look at 4 T-Hub

incubator startups making moves

India: Square Yards launches portal

aimed at cross-border real estate investment

China: SuperG Capital to establish

AI-assessed incubator network

Singapore in talks with firms to trial

'flying taxi' concepts

Australia: Fleurieu Gifts wins Pack & Send

grant in all-female competition final

Taiwan: COMPUTEX InnoVEX Startup

Exhibit in May seeks startups

China's CIOs reportedly preparing

for a digital ecosystem surge

China: Yongqianbao fintech startup

builds 'data detective' to assess loans

Australia: Accenture opens Liquid Studio

in Sydney for business innovation

Report: Refugee entrepreneurs create

new jobs, help Australian economy

Australia: Jak Uber-style trades app

startup aims for $1M funding

Singapore: StarHub opens Hubtricity

innovation center

A look at the challenges to India's steps

towards smart cities

Japan: Corporates increasingly acquiring

startups in search of tech, talent

India: Delhivery e-commerce logistics

startup lands huge $100M investment

China: Haoeyou lands $40M to help

Chinese patients get US medical treatment

Cambodia: BarCamp Ratanakiri 2017

user-generated tech conference set for April

Indonesian bourse launches startup

incubator with intake of 24 startups

THAT LIST

AUSTRALIA / #STARTUPAUSPOP: 23.9M (2015)

INDONESIA / #STARTUPIDPOP: 255.4M (2015)

JAPAN / #STARTUPJPPOP: 126M (2015)

MALAYSIA / #STARTUPMYPOP: 33M (2015)

startup news asia: march 2017

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Cambodia: Khmerload Buzzfeed-style news

site lands Silicon Valley funding

Indonesia: Israel's AppsFlyer marketing

analytics to expand to Indonesia

India: Bizom supply chain platform,

Distiman mobile marketplace app land

funds

India: Former FBStart startup

BabyOnBoard parenting app raises funding

China: Kuaishou photo-sharing app

lands US$350M

Vietnamese startups see 46% investment

rise with fintech leading

India: Karnataka's Idea2POC scheme

funds 8 tourism startups

India: Google to extend Internet Saathi

initiative to bridge online gender gap

Australia: Investfit predictive financial

planning startup secures $1.5M

Singapore: S$20M to be set for 1st-time

entrepreneurs under StartupSG initiative

Mastercard creates new role to focus on

digital products in Asia-Pacific

South Korea: A look at Jandi, a Slack

for Southeast Asia

Walmart Store No 8 tech incubator

set to push omnichannel commerce

Japan: WAmazing wins B Dash Camp

with tourism-related startup service

Malaysia: Jirnexu fintech closes

aggregate equity funding totalling $6M

Indonesia: A look at Baca,

mobile app news aggregator startup

India: pi Ventures maiden fund

gains $3M backing from World Bank IFC

Are startups worth all

the attention they get?

Philippines: Revolution Precrafted

prefab home firm backed by 500 Startups

India’s Paytm steps into Canada with

mobile bill and tax payment service

SINGAPORE / #STARTUPSGPOP: 5.6M (2015)

CAMBODIA / #STARTUPKHPOP: 15.1M (2015)