October, November & December 2020
Myanmar startup news
The Q4 2020 collection of Myanmar’s startup news, below, provides readers with a brief, one-page source for startup news headlines concerning Myanmar which were reported online in October, November and December of 2020. Headline news items featured were drawn from Startup News Asia’s monthly Myanmar startup news coverage, which itself was drawn from our daily tech news feeds.
Myanmar startup news headlines listed below are, just like Startup News Asia’s monthly summaries, directly linked to the articles behind each Myanmar tech news headline – but with no middle-man platforms in the way, and no misattribution or misappropriation of ownership. This provides Myanmar’s startup observers and enthusiasts with one-click access to the platforms and journalists responsible for each news item, in a quick-reference quarterly format.
October 2020 | November 2020 | December 2020
December 2020
- A brief 1-page download of recent tech and startup-related news items from Myanmar, linked for online reading and QR coded for offline readers
- An intro to the 10 startups selected for Habitat For Humanity’s ShelterTech accelerator, working to address housing livability and affordability
November 2020
- A 1-page download, collecting Myanmar’s recent tech news headlines, linked online to each article and QR coded for offline reading later
- Myanmar’s UMG Idealab early-stage VC backs Indonesia’s SociaBuzz, an online marketplace connecting businesses or individuals with social media influencers, creators and talent
- Karzo wins Startup World Cup 2021 regionals during Wild Digital Conference with logistics management platform, moving on to grand finals in San Francisco
- NearMe digital-services platform partners Ninja Van last-mile logistics firm, providing Ninja Van’s business and retail partners with options for e-payments
- Singapore-based Ascent Capital PE firm closes inaugural Ascent Myanmar Growth Fund I at $88M, with part focus on United Nations social development goals
- Singapore’s Bank-Genie partners Australia’s Cufa NFP to implement digital banking solutions with 23 credit unions in rural Myanmar
- An overview of the country’s startup ecosystem opportunities and challenges through the eyes of Ascent Myanmar Growth Fund
- Hi-So gains news funding with online shopping platform and delivery for food and groceries and more than 1200 partner stores
October 2020
- Cyberattacks strike the registration portal for the country’s COVID-19 QR pass system, exposing large-scale security flaws
- ThitsaWorks B2B fintech gains backing from BOD Tech Ventures VC with services spanning data analysis, operational efficiency, client education and more
- An overview of how data-led agritech is transforming the lives of Myanmar’s farmers
- 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
- Facebook takes down 655 pages and 12 groups, some with over 1M followers, for inauthentic behaviour blending political and for-profit content
- National Payments Corporation of India and Euronet fintech make joint bid to build Myanmar’s proposed real-time Retail Payments System
- Philippines: GCash moves into mobile gaming with partnership with Myanmar’s Goana Games in step towards becoming a Filipino super app
- A look at 9 agri-tech and foodtech startups set to pitch at the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit, set for November 18-20
- Cambodia: Mediaload digital news portal gains series A backing from Thailand’s True Group with focus on Myanmar and Cambodia
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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