January, February & March 2021
Hong Kong tech news
January 2021 | February 2021 | March 2021
Hong Kong tech news: March 2021
- ICYMI: HK Monetary Authority and Bank of Thailand announce central banks of China and UAE to join project using blockchain for regional payments
- Hong Kong’s Avant Meats cell-based marine protein startup enters partnership with China’s QuaCell biotech firm, projecting a 90% reduction in production costs
- Hong Kong: A look at Aqumon, robo-advisory startup helping users build portfolios of global assets using data science and AI
- Alibaba Hong Kong Entrepreneurs Fund’s Jumpstarter 2021 competition selects HK’s Rice Robotics and China’s Lingxi AR Technology as winning tech startups
- Mark your calendar: Asia Crypto Week currently set for November 22-28, running from Hong Kong – details TBC
- Hong Kong: viAct secures $2M with AI-driven platform helping construction sites run round-the-clock monitoring
- Hong Kong: Hex Trust digital assets and blockchain firm raises $6M with focus on digital custodian services for banks, exchanges and corporates
- Hong Kong: Chinachem Group and HK Science and Technology Parks Corp partner to launch 2 startup support programmes, focusing on smart city tech and commercialization
- Hong Kong: Dash Living co-living space operator raises $8.8M with sights set on expansion to Tokyo, Sydney and other major Asia-Pacific cities
- A brief intro to the 7 startups graduating from the 10th cohort of Taiwan’s Mobile Only Accelerator, hailing from Singapore, Pakistan, Hong Kong and India
- Hong Kong: InfoSec Summit 2021 set for March 9-10, with workshops running from March to May
Hong Kong tech news: February 2021
- Hong Kong: OnTheList launches Phenix mobile platform, helping F&B firms turn surplus food into income by allowing customers to purchase food otherwise going to waste
- Download: The state of social enterprise in Hong Kong – a report from the British Council (pdf)
- ICYMI: Hong Kong’s Social Enterprise Directory, a reference for responsible consumption across gov’t departments, public organizations, NGOs, corporations and beyond
- Hong Kong: Avant cell-based seafood startup adds skincare industry focus with cultivated marine protein, aiming for cruelty-free cosmetic use
- Singapore’s women-focused VC firm, Her Capital, makes inaugural investment in Hong Kong’s Neufast video interviewing HR startup
- ICYMI: A brief mention for the 25 winners of the recent UNWTO SDGs Global Startup Competition, including startups from Malaysia, Singapore, India and Hong Kong
Hong Kong tech news: January 2021
- Babel Finance making life easier for bitcoin miners and other crypto participants by accepting mining machines as collateral against USD loans
- An intro to Avant Meats, producing cell-grown fish meat and shrinking the sustainability footprint to the size of the bioreactor used for production
- E-Commerce Payments Trends via JPMorgan: Hong Kong’s modestly-sized e-commerce market is growing, driven by smartphone users
- Hong Kong hit by internet restrictions on spurious ‘national security’ grounds, raising concerns of coming imposition of Great Firewall
- 2021 Censorship Predictions, Facial Recognition Pushback, Hong Kong Media Arrests, via Freedom House
- ICYMI: PwC Annual Global Crypto Tax Report 2020 launches, touching on Hong Kong’s rankings around cryptocurrency tax guidance
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