Asia’s tech news #093: HK fintech, Singapore VC, Vietnam e-commerce, blockchain gaming…
Asia’s tech, startup and funding news in brief, drawn from South & SE Asia, Australia & NZ, with wider-world items for reference. Get the app here
Singapore: Auspac Investment Mgmt launches US$50M fund, looking at 2–3 deals each quarter over 3 years — e27.co
The vehicle recently joined the US$6 million Series A round of Malaysian insurtech startup PolicyStreet and plans to deploy its new capital in two to three more in the next four months in tandem with Auspac…
3 startups advance to Grand Finals of WiT Startup Pitch 2021 with travel-tech & sustainability solutions — www.webintravel.com
Indie provides software that empowers tour guides to sell their products at scale, something that will be essential to any kind of recovery, when small tour hosts have been some of the hardest hit by the…
Hong Kong: Bloom lands collab with Visa to boost cash-back app with city deals, rewards, brands exposure — www.finextra.com
In celebration of its first anniversary, local technology startup Bloom announced a collaboration with Visa, the world’s leader in digital payments, to create Hong Kong’s first true spending cash-back app…
New Zealand: ‘Space for Planet Earth Challenge’ to address climate change using satellite technology — www.startupdaily.net
The selected teams will be invited to take part in a 2.5 month online research incubator programme starting on November 15. The incubator will offer insights into remote sensing and data analysis…
Q3 2021 Blockchain Game Report available to read online now from the Blockchain Game Alliance — dappradar.com
Game footprint becomes more visible in NFTs as in-game NFT collectibles generated $2.32 billion in sales during Q3, which represents 22% of the total NFT trading volume industry-wide.
Vietnam: AIA Group insurance leads $240M round in Tiki e-commerce platform — www.businesstimes.com.sg
The e-commerce company, which competes against Sea’s Shopee and Lazada, also snagged investors including the London branch of UBS, South Korean investment manager Mirae Asset, Korea PE firm…
Tech In Asia: ‘Scaling your startup across Southeast Asia’ online event set for November 16th — www.eventbrite.sg
In recent years, what unique characteristics, opportunities, and challenges define Southeast Asia? Why has Singapore come to be widely regarded as “Asia’s Silicon Valley”? What factors help companies like Shopee, Grab, Salesforce, and Amazon find…
Singapore Cybersecurity Strategy 2021 available — 3 strategic pillars and 2 ‘foundational enabler’ statements — www.csa.gov.sg
The Singapore Cybersecurity Strategy 2021 outlines Singapore’s updated goals and approach to adapt to a rapidly evolving strategic and technological…
ICYMI: The Future of Work survey results online now, drawn from 400 IT and security tech staff — www.netmotionsoftware.com
Work has changed for good. The bizarre and unprecedented events of 2020 inspired ten years of digital transformation in just ten months. Priorities of the CIO were accelerated, abandoned and adjusted…
“Apple has taken a public stand on privacy…But it has also created comprehensive new ways to track us” — www.wired.co.uk
“Many of Apple’s latest features are about enhancing surveillance — even if Apple would never call them that. The new iPhone operating system, iOS 15, can digitise text in photos, enabling users to copy…”
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