Nov 9, 2021
Asia’s tech news #103: K-Pop NFTs, China’s EVs, Tencent & anime, HK pitch comp…
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India: How smartphone lock-screens could be key to reaching even the most casual news consumers — www.niemanlab.org
Glance, which partners with manufacturers to come preinstalled on phones, keeps a light news diet only a tap away from its users — all 115 million of them.
China: NIO completes 600 battery swap stations, adds to 455 supercharging stations and more — autonews.gasgoo.com
As of today, NIO has also deployed 455 supercharging stations, 567 destination charging stations, and had access to over 420,000 third-party charging poles across the country.
South Korea: K-pop group BTS joins NFT stampede with mgmt firm Hybe partnering parent of Upbit — www.forbes.com
Hybe also announced the same day in a company filing that it’s planning to acquire a 2.5% stake in Dunamu, which runs Korean crypto trading platform Upbit, for nearly 500 billion won ($422 million)…
‘Scaling your startup across Southeast Asia’ online event set for November 16th, from StartupBlink — www.meetup.com
How can startups succeed in Southeast Asia? By having a keen understanding of the opportunities and challenges in the region: the intense competition, the diverse nature of the SEA market…
Access To Health online startup pitch comp applications open to Nov 30 for startups in Indonesia, Vietnam and… — www.techshake.asia
The Access to Health Pitch Competition 2021 aims to identify and support healthcare startups that provide innovative solutions in addressing health system gaps and increasing patient access to medicine…
Philippines: 3 Filipino startups on Next Innov’n with Japan accelerator — www.bworldonline.com
Financial credit company Plentina, micro-business capital service Packworks, and agricultural e-commerce platform Mayani are the three Philippine-based start-ups that recently qualified for the…
Hong Kong: Winners from the recent Elevator Pitch Competition, selected from over 600 tech startups — finance.yahoo.com
Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) today held its first-ever hybrid Elevator Pitch Competition (EPiC), with over 600 startups from Hong Kong and around the world joining the annual signature event. HKSTP is…
Japan: Tencent to take 6.86% stake in Kadokawa publisher, initially focusing on presence in anime — www.marketing-interactive.com
Tencent will acquire a 6.86% stake in Kadokawa for ¥30 billion (US$264 million) via its subsidiary Sixjoy. After the acquisition, the Chinese tech conglomerate will become Kadokawa’s third-largest shareholder. Kadokawa said the…
Philippines: IGNITE Cyber 2021 conference set for Nov 16–18 — www.ignite.ph
For almost half a decade, the IGNITE team, composed of TechShake, dentsu X, and Brainsparks, have connected thousands of startups, investors, and corporations in order to promote collaboration through innovation.We continue this yearly…
New Zealand: Startup Weekend Taranaki set for November 12–14 — events.humanitix.com
Enjoy the Startup Weekend Taranaki 2021 (Hybrid Event), Hosted online, During 12th of November. Tickets are only $25 NZD. Only on Humanitix
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