“Decentralised catering services will emerge as a new trend in the global catering business. Wada Bento is dedicated to decentralising the traditional catering sector, which concentrated on restaurant sites.”
“Leveraging our patents, the hot-chain bento robot converts office buildings, schools and hospitals into mini-restaurants, allowing consumers to purchase fresh, appetising, hygienic and hot meals in 17 seconds…”
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in September 2022
- Hong Kong: Wada Bento vending machine startup gains $2.8M Pre-Series A with hardware-as-a-service approach to food provision
- Hong Kong’s Animoca Brands raises $110M in round led by Singapore’s Temasek and Korea’s Mirae Asset Mgmt
- Hong Kong’s WeLab fintech platform and Indonesia’s PT Astra conglomerate complete acquisition of PT Bank Jasa Jakarta, with plans to launch Indonesia-focused digital banking services
- South Korea: Over 120,000 merchants so far added cross-border e-wallets as payment method, spanning Hong Kong’s AlipayHK, the Philippines’ GCash, Malaysia’s Touch ‘n Go eWallet and Thailand’s TrueMoney
- China: Central bank completes digital yuan trial, handling 160+ cross-border payments and for-ex transactions totalling over $21M, with Hong Kong, Thailand and UAE taking part
in August 2022
in July 2022
- Hong Kong: StartmeupHK Festival 2022 is set for September 5-10 – prop-tech, the metaverse, smart cities, healthcare and more to be covered
- ICYMI: Hang Seng Indexes Company recently launched the Hang Seng China Metaverse Index, and Genomics and Oncology Index, focusing on performance of Chinese companies
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