October, November & December 2020
Hong Kong startup news
The quarterly collection of Hong Kong startup news gathered below provides you with a brief, one-page source for Q4 2020’s technology, funding and startup news headlines from Hong Kong across October, November and December of 2020, pulled from Startup News Asia’s monthly Hong Kong startup news summaries.
Similarly to our monthly news collections, startup news headlines here are hyperlinked to the original, free, online article behind each headline – no middle-man platforms, no misappropriation of authorship, and providing Hong Kong startup enthusiasts with one-click access to the platforms and journalists behind the articles.
October 2020 | November 2020 | December 2020
December 2020
- Blockathon Asia 2021, a 3-month competition for high school students, set for launch in January
- HK Monetary Authority and Digital Currency Institute of China’s central bank discussing pilot testing of e-CNY, digital renminbi, for cross-border payments
November 2020
- Silentmode fitness wearables startup raises $1M pre-series A, building on existing products with launch of new Breathonics ‘gamified meditation’ app
- Statrys digital payment services platform raises $5M with SME focus, and payments and trades offered in 11 currencies
- Moody’s financial services firm acquires minority stake in MioTech, HK fintech using AI to generate data for asset managers and investors
- Coherent insurtech startup secures $14M Series A in part from Franklin Templeton with focus on aiding insurance providers in digitizing backend operations
- Pickupp logistics startup lands Series A with 4-hour delivery tech solutions and presence in Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan
- China’s Ping An Smart City and Hong Kong-based Sino Group launch PropXTech program with broad property-tech and real estate tech aims
- Hong Kong’s Elevator Pitch Competition 2020 selects The Philippines’ PearlPay as winner of fintech category
October 2020
- Hong Kong Blockchain Week set for November 18th, running virtually
- 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
- Elevator Pitch Competition global contestant application deadline extended to October 21st, for November 6th pitch event
- Hong Kong FinTech Week 2020 set for 2-6 November, running online – here are the main conference tracks
- Accenture selects 10 startups for FinTech Innovation Lab AsiaPacific mentorship program, including firms from Hong Kong, India, Singapore and Australia
- ICYMI: Bank of Thailand and HK Monetary Authority exploring distributed ledger tech to boost cross-border payments efficiency with Inthanon-LionRock project
Asia’s tech news, today
All-day technology news looking at 17 primary locations in South & Southeast Asia, Australia & New Zealand:
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