Asia’s Startup News: October 2020
17 country-and-jurisdiction focused startup news collections, gathering coverage of technology headline news items in each country’s startup ecosystem across October of 2020.
Summaries are collected at month-end, hence the lag between today’s date and the monthly startup news collections below.
For technology-focused collections, covering blockchain, fintech, artificial intelligence, and cryptocurrency news, see Other News.
- For monthly news specific to each country, individually, refer to the index for monthly startup news by country.
- For quarterly news specific to each country, individually, refer to the index for quarterly startup news by country.
Australia: October 2020
- WeMoney gains $2M with app helping people to manage their finances which includes a social component
- CSIRO’s Data61 and Monash Blockchain Technology Centre unveil protocol claimed as secure against quantum computers while protecting user and transaction privacy…
Cambodia: October 2020
- Smart Farm Assistance takes first place at She Loves Tech Cambodia 2020 with IoT-based agritech solutions
- Central bank rolls out Bakong digital currency, built on blockchain tech designed by Japan’s Soramitsu…
China: October 2020
- Central bank digital currency trials of ‘digital yuan’ set for toy vending machines that accept cashless payments, reportedly in preparaton for 2022 Olympics
- Available now: Attention Factory, The Story of TikTok and China’s ByteDance – 300+ pages of original analysis and reporting on China’s fastest-growing tech company…
Hong Kong: October 2020
- The Elevator Pitch Competition set for November 6-13, organised by Nordic Innovation House Hong Kong and HK Science Park
- 2020 Hong Kong Fintech Week online event set for November 2-6…
India: October 2020
- WeKan product accelerator unveils 20 India and US-based startups selected for Future of Work cohort
- Supply Chain Labs unveils 11 startups selected for Cohort 2020, working on warehousing, track and trace solutions, AI-driven automation and more…
Indonesia: October 2020
- A look at the country’s steps in Sharia-compliant fintech, with regulator OJK adapting to both a growing market and a requirement for banking without interest
- Ministry of Industry launches Startup4industry programme in new step towards Making Indonesia 4.0 roadmap ambitions…
Japan: October 2020
- Andpad secures $18.8M with cloud-based schedule, blueprint and work sharing app for construction workers, supervisors and clients
- Get In The Ring Osaka 2020 AI edition applications now open – finals to be held online December 3rd…
South Korea: October 2020
- A look at DamoGO, startup connecting consumers with perfectly good, unsold food from restaurants, bakeries, grocery stores and farms
- Uber to invest $150M in JV and partnership with SK Telecom to boost moves into Korean market as the telco proposes splitting off its mobility business…
Malaysia: October 2020
- HealthMetrics corporate healthcare benefits and wellness management platform raises $5M
- A brief look at recently-launched Gojo, ride-hailing app and driver platform…
Myanmar: October 2020
- Myanmar-founded Better HR sets sights on $500K fundraise in Q1 2021, aiming to expand to Thailand, Cambodia and Laos by year-end
- An intro to Mother Finance, crunching mobile data for credit scores and digital lending, focusing on the unbanked population…
New Zealand: October 2020
- A brief look at YY Nation, making shoes from ocean waste and renewable resources and currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter
- US Dept of Homeland Security R&D branch awards MATTR Limited blockchain startup $200K to aid development digitally issued essential worker licences…
The Philippines: October 2020
- A brief intro to Closing The Loop Technologies, social enterprise helping communities upcycle plastic waste into materials for new products
- Venio expands services nationwide, providing nano-credit between $1 and $5 to unbanked consumers via smartphone…
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Singapore: October 2020
- SingTel likely to commit $440M to joint venture with Grab to start digital bank in Singapore
- The Digital Feed Episode 2 – The Basics of Blockchain, from UNDP Singapore Global Centre…
Sri Lanka: October 2020
- disABILITY app launches to support children with a disability and their families, including teletherapy services for people with cerebral palsy
- SLASSCOM launches Women Technopreneurs Forum to support, promote and grow women technopreneurs, aiming for 1000 startups by 2025…
Taiwan: October 2020
- 2020 Meet Taipei Startup Festival set for November 18-21
- Microsoft to establish datacenter region in Taiwan as a part of ‘Reimagine Taiwan’ initiative; and to provide digital skilling for over 200K people in Taiwan by 2024…
Thailand: October 2020
- Yindii launches mobile app to combat food waste in Bangkok to connect consumers with food outlets offering flash sales on food that would otherwise go to waste
- Thailand MICE Startup Competition launches its 3rd edition, focusing on startups innovating for the meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions industry…
Vietnam: October 2020
- Saigon Innovation Hub launches Initial Public Offering training program for startups and investors
- VIISA – Vietnam Innovative Startups Accelerator – launches batch 8 program with startups working in medtech and fashion-tech…
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Monthly startup news across Asia: 17 countries and jurisdictions
