A month-end snapshot of tech and startup news headlines, reports and downloads from March 2022, looking at Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
The tech news headlines featured here were drawn from Startup News Asia’s daily tech news feeds in March 2022, posted to Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook, and via mobile app. Less frequently, we post digests via Medium, e-newsletter and on YouTube.
Don’t forget: Wild3 metaverse-themed conference, April 12-13, and the Wild Digital SEA Conference in July 2022.
Cambodia: March 2022
- Cambodia: Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Builders Forum launched by Swisscontact, Khmer Enterprise and USAID WE Act Project to boost activity and connections
- Cambodia Internet Startup Assoc’n partners Cambodia Assoc’n of Finance Technology to push cooperation around China’s Belt and Road Initiative
- Cambodia: SHANTI preps to launch Nutspay, a social lending project for the cashew nut market that uses blockchain and cryptocurrency
- EY Foundry, startup incubator program from EY professional services giant, announces expansion into Cambodia, Guam, Thailand and Vietnam
Sri Lanka: March 2022
- Sri Lanka: An overview of the recent Green Energy Champion competition demo day and the 5 winning startups that presented
- Sri Lanka: Hatch launches HERCapital program, aiming for 2 cohorts per year and 10 startups per cohort, backed by a fund of approximately $1M
- Sri Lanka: An intro to the 4 teams selected for the 2022 Southeast Asia New Market Competition of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup student-focused technology competition
- Sri Lanka: A brief intro to the Lankan Angel Network Angel Fund and the 4 startups backed to date
Thailand: March 2022
- Thailand: Revised tax policy exempts crypto traders from mandatory 7% VAT on authorized exchanges, plus offers tax exemptions up to 10 years for crypto startup investors
- Thailand’s True Digital Park inks strategic partnership with China’s TechNode Global media firm, aiming to boost interactions between startups in Thailand, China and SE Asia
- Thailand: Bank Of Investment joins National Innovation Agency for BCG Startup Investment Day, set to showcase 24 pitching startups seeking backing
- Thailand: BCG Startup Investment Day online/in-person event set for March 24, looking at ‘Bio-Circular-Green Economy’ startups
- Thailand: SEC bans use of cryptocurrency for payments, citing money laundering concerns, but does not ban crypto trading and digital assets
- Thailand: A brief intro to the 18 startups selected for SPACE-F, the country’s first globally-focused food-tech startup incubator and accelerator program
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