Hong Kong’s Q4 2021 tech news
• October, November & December of 2021
• Technology and startup news headlines
• Quick reference for time-poor readers
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The fourth quarter 2021 collection is drawn from
Startup News Asia’s daily updates.
October 2021 | November 2021 | December 2021
October 2021 headlines
APAC Ecommerce Report 2021 (pdf)
- Hong Kong: MangDang launches Kickstarter campaign for those fascinated by Boston Dynamics’ Spot robot, the make-it-yourself small-scale MiniPupper
- Hong Kong: FoundersHK holds its first demo day for FoundersHK Accelerate equity-free accelerator program, showcasing 11 tech startups
- Hong Kong: A brief intro to the 10 startups selected for Alibaba Cloud x KrASIA Global Startup Accelerator HK Demo Day, pitching in the program’s first in-person event
- ICYMI: Hong Kong Monetary Authority publishes technical whitepaper on possible retail central bank digital currency, an ‘e-HKD’
- Hong Kong: Bloom lands collaboration with Visa to boost cash-back app featuring city-wide deals, rewards and brands exposure
- Hong Kong’s Opharmic Technology selected as winner of Asia Pacific Medical Technology Ass’n 2021 accelerator programme with ultrasonic non-invasive ocular drug delivery
- China’s Powerbridge Technologies to deploy 2600 high-performance bitcoin and ether mining rigs in Hong Kong
- Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund/HSBC JumpStarter 2022 Global Pitch Competition applications close November 28th, delivering opportunities in Guangdong-HK-Macao Greater Bay Area
Digital Societies in Asia Pacific / GSMA
November 2021 headlines
Facebook / Meta Report on the Surveillance-For-Hire Industry
- Hong Kong-based gaming platform, The Sandbox, raises huge $93M in round led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2, with in-game NFT monetization
- Hong Kong: A look at the winners from the recent Elevator Pitch Competition, selected from over 600 tech startups from HK and around the world
- Hong Kong’s Animoca Brands NFT and blockchain firm partners K-Pop talent agency to issue NFTs based on songs, albums, portraits and avatars
- Hong Kong Green Finance Association sets 3rd annual forum date of November 30th under the theme of ‘Financing Carbon Neutrality in Asia’
- Hong Kong: A quick intro to Growgreen, using IoT and smart technology to encourage urban residents to grow herbs and vegetables in their homes
pwc: The Future Of Work – The journey to 2022 (pdf)
December 2021 headlines
The Block Research: 2022 Digital Asset Outlook (pdf)
- ICYMI: A quick overview of the recent Hong Kong Fintech Week 2021 event
- Hong Kong’s WeLab fintech unicorn raises $240M to buy Indonesia’s Bank Jasa Jakarta, aiming to launch digital bank for the country’s huge unbanked population
- Download: ‘Rekindling Hong Kong’s Economic Growth Through Innovation’ report now available from Deloitte and Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund
- Hong Kong: Brinc accelerator raises $30M led by Animoca Brands
- Hong Kong: RISE Conference postponed by organisers, Web Summit, now provisionally set for March of 2023
- Hong Kong: “The city could see its first blank-cheque companies – SPACs – go public very soon, as the new regime takes effect on January 1st 2022”
- Hong Kong: Monkey Kingdom NFT project hacked in phishing attack, losing $1.3M of the community’s crypto funds, and launches compensation fund in bid to make things right
- China’s DayDayCook direct-to-consumer brand launches The Good Food Accelerator Program in Hong Kong, seeking commercially-viable products and food solutions
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