Asia’s tech News: August 2022
Technology news headlines from ecosystems across South & Southeast Asia, Australia & New Zealand, drawn from online coverage of tech, startup and VC funding developments across Asia-Pac and the Indo-Pacific.
Each link below takes you to a country index page for that jurisdiction’s news round-up for August 2022, with each tech news headline linked to the free-to-read online news item behind it.
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The State of the Metaverse in 2022 / Nextrope
Australia: August 2022
- THRIVE Australia Venture Fund launches agri-tech ecosystem, featuring accelerator, corporate innovation, programs and events, and annual Innovation and Investment Summit
- Hello Clever raises $4.5M seed funding with ‘buy-to-earn’ platform, giving shoppers real-time rewards on purchases…
Western Australia Dealroom: Data for founders, investors, executives…
Cambodia: August 2022
- SmartStart Young Innovator Program unveils 5 startups selected, working in AI-assisted translation, home security, financial inclusion and more
- An overview of the Kingdom’s considerations around a new digitally-driven economic model
Startup Cambodia / Events, ecosystem, resources
China: August 2022
- Deloitte and Alibaba partner for Deloitte-Alibaba Cloud Auto Industry Center in Hangzhou to focus on computing aspects of driverless vehicles
- Tech majors including Huawei, Tencent and Epic Games partner universities for Joint Research Institute of Metaverse and Virtual-Real Interaction…
US-China: Mid-Decade Challenges to National Competitiveness
India: August 2022
- India Blockchain Forum launches, aiming to make India a global hub for blockchain and web3 technology, alongside building an ‘India Blockchain Stack’ as a development template
- Meta, Reliance Retail and Jio Platforms bring grocery shopping to WhatsApp in claimed global-first end-to-end shopping platform running on the instant messaging platform…
India: State of the FinTech Union 2022 report from Boston Consulting Group
Indonesia: August 2022
- Duckie Land takes win at Alibaba x KrASIA Demo Day with blockchain-based, cross-platform multiplayer online game allowing players to earn, collect and own in-game assets
- Bank Indonesia and Bank of Thailand announce implementation of cross-border QR payments, bringing 76 payment system providers from both countries into the project…
Social Commerce in Indonesia 2022 (pdf) / AC Ventures
Japan: August 2022
- Defense Ministry lists combat drones, hypersonic weapon research and long-range missile mass production in record $40.7BN budget request for 2023
- Gov’t Pension Investment Fund, one of the world’s largest institutional investors, to begin investing in Japanese startups…
Defense of Japan 2022 / Ministry of Defense
Korea: August 2022
- Startup accelerator DCamp marks 100th demo day, and celebrates a total of 6,874 startups having pitched from the first event to today
- Tornado Cash virtual currency ‘mixer’ sanctioned by US Dep’t of Treasury over transaction obfuscation that has helped North Korean hacking collective in money-laundering…
Korea: A Policy Framework for Blockchain and Digital Assets (pdf) via Ripple
Malaysia: August 2022
- Malaysia’s Securities Commission adds Huobi Global cryptocurrency exchange to Investor Alert List over operating without regulator registration…
Creative Digital District / George Town, Penang, Malaysia
The Philippines: August 2022
- 8 startups from Dynamic Space San Francisco Startup Pitch Night, working on prop-tech, on-demand services, e-learning…
- Open PHinance Challenge launches 8–week accelerator with 11 startups selected to work on a new wave of open finance products for the Philippines and SE Asia…
The Philippines: August 2022 >
“The Metaverse in 2040: Hype? Hope? Hell? Maybe all 3.”
Singapore: August 2022
- NTU Singapore selected by Algorand Foundation to host research & education centre aimed at developing and advancing blockchain tech
- Take App gains backing from Meta, Y Combinator and others with WhatsApp-based e-commerce tools…
2022 Singapore FinTech Festival / November 2-4
Taiwan: August 2022
- New Ministry of Digital Affairs began operation on August 27th – The Diplomat provides an overview of the ministry’s intentions and challenges
- Taiwan preps to deploy domestically-developed drone defense system, and related systems, to counter and deter hostile drone incursions from China…
Taipei Blockchain Week / December 12-17 2022
Thailand: August 2022
- National Cyber Security Agency inks MoU with Huawei, hoping to create “a globally trusted cyberspace in Thailand”
- Central bank to launch pilot study of a retail central bank digital currency with 10,000 retail users selected by the bank…
Deloitte: Women At Work in 2022 study
Vietnam: August 2022
- Vietnam-Singapore Icetea Labs partnered by Polygon and Alpha Venture DAO for Web3 accelerator, focusing on SE Asia-based projects…
Deloitte: Digital Banks in Asia-Pacific – adding value to financial svcs? (pdf)
‘Quieter’ tech locations: August 2022
- Hong Kong’s tech news, August 2022
- New Zealand tech in August 2022
- Sri Lanka’s startup news in April 2022
Southeast Asia’s digital consumers / Meta and Bain & Co (pdf)
PR Newswire Asia: Startup press releases
- Country and location-focused press releases
- Technology-specific news feeds
PR Newswire Asia and Startup News Asia >
KPMG: Pulse of FinTech H1 2022 reports
