Dec 13, 2021
Asia’s tech news #121: NZ cybersec, Indian agritech, HK food accelerator, Taiwan Digital Drinks…
In this issue: Indian agritech for the marginal farmer, China’s food accelerator in Hong Kong, used car sales online in Australia, Hong Kong fintech in Indonesia’s banking system, nation-state cyber-attacks…
A quick overview of the recent Hong Kong Fintech Week 2021 event — fintechnews.sg
The five-day event themed “Scaling Fintech Future Together” had attracted over 20,000 attendees. The conference was host to over 300 speakers, more than 400 exhibitors, and 39 international delegations and representatives.
Australia: Carma online used car platform raises $20M, opening first inspection facility — techcrunch.com
Carma has been operating in stealth for the past nine months and said the funding enabled the company to recruit an executive team, develop…
China’s DayDayCook launches The Good Food Accelerator Program in Hong Kong — finance.yahoo.com
“The Good Food Accelerator Program’s mission is to build a leading food tech ecosystem in Hong Kong, and kickstart a stream of commercial…”
Taiwan Digital Drinks Quarterly Mixer evening — Jan 19 2022 — www.eventbrite.com
We support each other by sharing resources, news, advice, events, Q&A related to digital in a Line group chat. We also exchange ideas over drinks in-person, approx. every 6–8weeks.
Hong Kong’s WeLab raises $240M to buy Indonesia’s Bank Jasa Jakarta, to launch digital bank for… — techcrunch.com
With the deal, WeLab is planning to launch a digital bank to capture the country’s enormous unbanked population in the second half of next year. A consortium led…
New Zealand: Onwardly cybersec firm raises NZ$1M for cybersec self-assessment for SMEs — www.startupdaily.net
Onwardly is a SaaS platform helping tech leaders create well-defended businesses through self-assessment to manage their cybersecurity.
2021 ASEAN-Korea Startup Week Pitch Comp Winners in brief — www.koreatimes.co.kr
This year, 29 ASEAN startups took part in the business matching program online in November and 23 among them presented their ideas to global investors from Nov. 29 to 30 to attract investment. Participating companies come from a wide range…
Taiwan: Gov’t Industrial Development Bureau backs AdvMeds with Smart City Taiwan Project — www.healthcaredive.com
The Taiwanese government estimates that more than one-fifth of the population in Taiwan will be senior citizens aged 65 or above by 2025. Therefore, how to create a living environment suitable for the elderly…
India: Agrix gains backing with platform focusing on small and marginal farmers — www.hindustantimes.com
Agrix said it takes an integrated approach to engage and empower the small and marginal farmers. The company said it also involves and empowers the farmers across the agri-value chain.
Why It’s Time to Talk About Nation-State Attacks…Again — www.infosecurity-magazine.com
Nation-states and the cyber realm: “The fear is that without accepted norms in cyber-space — something most experts believe is a pipe dream — kinetic escalation is inevitable.”
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