Startup News: China
4th Quarter 2017
- China: OneCrop agriculture startup aims to fix ‘white pollution’
- China: 3 AI-driven tech startups land major-league funding
- China: Tuputech set to take AI that identifies porn and violence to the US
- China: Alibaba DAMO Academy to set 7 future tech research labs
- China: CloudWalk startup to provide facial recognition for Bank of China
- China: Face++ AI-driven face recognition startup raises $460M
- China: Bitmain, maker of chips aimed at bitcoin mining, sets sights on artificial intelligence market
- China: A look at T-One, AI-enabled smart pen aimed at students
- China: FClassroom AI-driven education firm secures $15M
- China: TupuTech uses AI to help ‘net firms screen out explicit content
- China: A look at SpeakIn, startup working on AI-driven voiceprint recognition
- China: A look at AI in medical diagnosis in the context of second-tier cities
- A brief look at China’s moves into attracting the world’s brightest tech minds
- China set to build unmanned, AI-powered police station in Wuhan city
- China: A look at the likely risks of too much reliance on AI in educating children
- China: TouchPal launches AI engineer recruitment campaign with $1.5M package
- China: Google to open AI research facility in Beijing
- China: Tech giants Baidu and Xiaomi to partner around AI and IoT
- China: TuSimple autonomous truck startup sets for US entry with $55M backing
- China: $150M China Venture Fund reportedly backed 9 startups in big data, AI, IoT
- China: Walimai uses blockchain and dynamic RFID to tackle counterfeit products
- A look at 6 blockchain application scenarios for China
- How China’s coworking spaces are broadening appeal beyond tech startups
- China: A look at Shanghai’s coworking scene
- China: Distrii mid-to-high-end coworking startup raises $30M
- China: A look at how the 3 huge cowork chains differentiate
- China: WeWork, US coworking giant, expands with lease of 10-storey Shanghai tower
- China: naked Hub acquires Shanghai rival Raise Office
- China: UrWork coworking space operator raises $45M on $1.3BN valuation
- A brief look at how China’s coworking space sector is set to boom
- China’s crypto operators shift towards ‘friendlier’ jurisdictions of Japan, HK
- Will China’s Baidu beat Google in the race for self-driving cars?
- How China’s e-commerce giants, not US, will create new ways to shop
- 4 key trends that may make understanding the Chinese consumer easier
- China: Cross-border e-commerce set to pass $100BN by year-end
- China: Maoyan ticketing platform lands $150M from Alibaba rival Tencent for verticals growth
- JD, China’s 2nd largest online retailer, partners HK real estate developer for hundreds of staff-less stores
- China: Amazon launches ‘Next Generation Trade Link’ program to help China sell abroad
- China: Medlinker doctors’ social network raises $60M
- China: A look at the gradual evolution of fitness-focused apps
- China’s tech landscape from the viewpoint of a tech blogger in Shanghai
- China: A brief look at 5 consumer trends set to emerge thru 2018
- China: Hengqin island sets sights on future, spending over 10% revenue on attracting startups and talent
- China: Tech giant Tencent surpassed Facebook in market value – over $500BN
- China: Tongdun Technology risk management fintech lands $72.8M
- Chengdu aims to be China’s fintech hub in part via Financial Dreamworks cowork space
- A look at WeChat’s China domination and the coming age of mobile banking via super apps
- China: Alibaba to launch two car vending machines in January
- China: Loan apps offer instant cash but build unmanageable debt whilst collecting invasive data
- China’s Alipay (540M users) and WeChat Pay (650M users) move into North America
- China: Baidu’s student micro-loan unit considered for $194m debt by IFC
- Bits x Bites accelerator and VC fund on why foodtech is right for China
- China: Saltwater-tolerant rice developed, could feed over 200M
- China’s Bits x Bytes accelerator on why startups should enter the food tech space
- China: BigBasket grocery delivery startup backed to $300M by Alibaba
- China: Sprimo Labs’ personal air monitor platform and app places 2nd in 500
- China’s Sunsea, HK’s Run Liang Tai fund back US Ayla Networks IoT firm to $60M
- China: Fenox VC startup incubator set for Chengdu; planning for US$50M India-focussed fund for 2018
- Asia to continue as fastest-growing economic region to 2030, China and India leading
- Amadeus Next aiming for Asia-Pac growth; China, Indonesia, Vietnam in sights
- Smart buildings and IOT applications can help China manage energy use
- China: Qualcomm set to launch IoT and smart car lab
- China’s Haier Group opens Tel Aviv innovation centre, seeks smart home products
- China: Xiaomi ‘Home’ IoT range breaks 10M unit sales in December alone
- China: G7 Networks IoT firm gains $70M for fleet management IoT and big data solutions
- Beijing accelerator set to help Israeli startups launch in China
- China: Oppo backs Bugatone, startup that turns any earphone into sonar sensor
- Israel partners Chinese venture firms to launch 2 Beijing startup accelerators
- Tujia, ‘China’s Airbnb’, sets expansion sights on Japan
- China’s Sensetime AI firm partners Japan’s Honda around smart cars
- China: Alibaba, Xinhua roll out ‘robot journalism’ raising privacy fears
- China: Toutiao creating fake news to train its anti-fake news AI how to spot it
- Macau fostering cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking entrepreneurs
- China: Shopping via mobile expected to hit $15TN this year, $45TN by 2021
- China: Huajuan video and m-commerce startup lands $40M
- China: A look at the spending focus of over-50s, a demographic that grew 40% in Q3 2017
- China: Xingbianli checkout-free store startup backed to $57M
- China: 36Kr Media tech news spinoff secures $45M for multifaceted services
- China: Yidian Zixun mobile news aggregator lands $112M from state fund, based on $1BN valuation
- China: CastBox lands $16M for spoken audio content platform
- China: Putiandi pop-up space rental platform raises $13.6M
- A brief intro to 10 of China’s cashierless stores
- China: Xiaoe Weidian checkout-free snack bar startup lands $30M
- China: Sogou search engine aims for near $585M US IPO
- China: Mobike, Ofo in early talks around merging
- China: Singapore’s Genaro Network partners Storj Labs on blockchain data storage
- Global Innovation Alliance launches to connect Singapore and China tech firms
- China: Maimai professional networking platform raises $75M for LinkedIn-beating growth
- China: Supermonkey share-gym startup lands ‘hundreds of millions of RMB’
- Sino Track accelerator unveils 10 for Sino Track Goes Slush pitch, aiming for China entry
- China: A quick advance look at TechCrunch China, set for Shanghai late November
- China: Xiaozhu, Airbnb rival, raises $120M on billion-dollar valuation
- China: Shaanxi province sets policy to boost startups, entrepreneurs
- China: Huashenghaoche auto trading platform gains $150M backing
- China: GSMA announces Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2018
- China: Nio launches its first mass-produced electric car, at half the price of a TeslaX
- A female Chinese entrepreneur’s take on US-China business differences
- China: Slush Shanghai event – October 12
- China: nHack accelerator launches to bring Nordic startups to Shanghai
- China: A look at Techstars Startup Weekend Shanghai, spotlighting student innovation
- China: A look at Norway’s moves into Shangai’s startup ecosystem via the nHack accelerator
- China: Zhongguancun reportedly overtakes Silicon Valley as top tech hub
- China: Techstars Startup Weekend set for Shanghai and Suzhou in November
- China: Nio electric car startup reported to be raising over $1BN
- China: Kuaikan Manhua comic art platform lands $177M
- China: A quick look at Tsinghua University incubator
- A look at Chinaccelerator’s latest batch, taking on traditional business
- ExpoPromoter aims to transform China’s $10BN trade show market
- China: University of Toronto Impact Centre accelerator creates ‘soft landing program’ in Nanjing
- Chinese government set to enter boards of Chinese tech giants
- China’s tech giants increasingly aiming for cross-sector moves
- China: Didi Chuxing raises $4BN on $56BN valuation for global move in ride-hailing space
- China’s EHan Inc eyes Saudi Arabia, Dubai for ‘flying taxi’ rollout
- China: Geely buys Boston’s flying car maker, promises street-legal ‘planes’ in 2019
- China: AWS opens second cloud region in Ningxia Region
- China: Blue Sky Labs takes $150K TechCrunch Shanghai competition prize
- China: Wuhan government sets US$7.64BN guiding fund for Donghu high-tech zone development
- China: A look at how Shenzhen became a tech colossus
- China: iFlytek AI firm plans $150M fund for software and hardware startups
- China: Gobi Partners aims for year-end close of ASEAN Growth Fund at $100M
- China: Yu’E Bao, Alipay internet fund, exceeds 1TN Yuan in Q1 2017
- Euro 65M fund for China-focused startups announced at Sino Track Goes Slush Helsinki event
- China: Plex-VR Digital Technology backed to US$15.3M by Alibaba for VR/AR application of light field tech
- Australia: China Boot Camp applications still open for Shanghai, Nov 20-24
- Cambodia: PiPay partners with China’s AliPay for customer use of Alipay wallet
- Hong Kong eyed as growth entry for China’s BingoBox staff-less convenience stores
- India: ZDream China Business Trip set to connect China-India ecosystems
- India has highest number of proptech deals in APAC, but China’s proptechs take most in funding
- Fenox Venture Capital to expand in Asia with India and China funds
- India: Xiaomi smartphone major set to invest $1BN in India’s startups
- India: NASSCOM set to enter Dalian with online Sino-Indian Digital Collaboration Plaza platform agreement
- A look at the likely future for Indonesian and Chinese startup ecosystems
- Honda Innovations expanding early stage innovation program to Japan, China, Detroit and Europe
- Malaysia and China’s Alibaba launch SEA regional logistics hub
- IE Singapore partners to reach into China’s tech ecosystem
- International Enterprise Singapore partners Sichuan government around tech, innovation and services opportunities
