Asia’s tech news #134: Indian angel funding, Philippines social enterprise, Indonesian fish farming…
In this issue: Angel investment funding in India, social commerce backed in Vietnam, joint projects for Taiwan and Lithuania, social enterprise for education in The Philippines, fish farm management in Indonesia…
Vietnam: ON social commerce startup gains $1.1M seed funding — e27.co
ON helps entrepreneurs earn extra income by starting an online business with assistance such as order handling, fulfilment, returns, shipping, and transactions…
India: Agility Ventures angel investor network approved for $60M fund — www.indianweb2.com
The angel fund will invest INR 75 crore in over 50 startups this year The year has begun on a promising note for Agility Ventures. One of th…
Sri Lanka: MediaInc unveils 3 startups for news media incubator, drawn from over 80 applications — www.themorning.lk
MediaInc has finalised its first cohort: three innovative startup media outlets that will receive comprehensive support in implementing their ideas and launching their platforms.
Taiwan unveils plans for $1BN joint projects fund between Lithuanian, Taiwanese firms — www.bnnbloomberg.ca
Taiwan plans to open a $1 billion fund for joint projects between Lithuanian and Taiwanese companies in reaction to economic pressure on the Baltic country from China.
Download: Journalism, Media & Technology Trends and Predictions 2022 (pdf) — ow.ly
‘Generational change will also continue to be a key theme, leading to more internal soulsearching in newsrooms over diversity and inclusion, about emerging agendas such as climate…’
Philippines: InvestEd, social enterprise helping Pinoys finish education via non-collateral loans — www.youtube.com
Forbes Asia 30 under 30 list: The magazine recognized her work for ‘InvestEd’, a ‘social enterprise’ Carmina Bayombong co-founded to give Pinoys a chance to finish their education…
Indonesia: eFishery closes $90M Series C round with end-to-end platform for fish and shrimp farmers — www.businesstimes.com.sg
The company has deployed thousands of smart feeders for over 30,000 farmers across 24 provinces in Indonesia, it said.
How to read a smart contract and why you’d want to: “…can investigate the details of every transaction…” — threadreaderapp.com
Thread by @chriscantino: Reading a smart contract gives you insight into the popularity of a project, how distributed its ownership is…
Technology For Change Week Asia 2022 set for March 8–11, organised by The Economist — events.economist.com
The second Technology for Change Week will bring together 2,000+ leading policymakers, entrepreneurs and decision makers from major corporations, big tech, finance.
ICYMI: Associated Press to launch marketplace to sell NFTs of photojournalist work — www.theverge.com
The Associated Press is creating an NFT marketplace to sell its photographers’ work as blockchain-based tokens. The outlet seems to be targeting collectors, who will have the ability to resell the art to…
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