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Qualcomm launches AI investment fund, starts with AnyVision

November 30, 2018 News Centre 1

Qualcomm has announced the launch of the Qualcomm Ventures AI Fund to invest up to an aggregate of $100 million in start-ups working in artificial intelligence. The fund will focus on startups that share the Read more…

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EY expands ‘wavespace’ innovation network to Hong Kong

November 9, 2018 News Centre 0

EY has launched its ‘wavespace’ flagship center in Hong Kong to enable businesses – with a particular focus on financial services, technology, media and telecom sectors – to tap into experts across EY’s global network Read more…

Infiniti start-ups
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Eight start-ups join new Infiniti Lab initiative in Hong Kong

October 31, 2018 News Centre 0

Infiniti Motor Company has unveiled a new Infiniti Lab initiative in Hong Kong to connect international entrepreneurs with local startups, corporate partners and Infiniti executives to accelerate the innovation cycle and find new ways of Read more…

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Indonesia plans to create more SEA startup unicorns

August 13, 2018 News Centre 0

JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia wants southeast Asian nations to cooperate in helping startups in the region worth at least $1 billion expand outside their home countries, the communication minister said on Friday. The effort aims Read more…

JLL
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JLL and Lendlease launch regional PropTech accelerator

June 27, 2018 News Centre 0

International real estate companies JLL and Lendlease have jointly launched Propell Asia, a Singapore-based regional property technology (“PropTech”) accelerator that will connect ambitious start-ups to Asia Pacific’s commercial real estate market, which was worth $16 Read more…

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Mandatory content filter tech will hurt EU start-ups: study

June 19, 2018 News Centre 0

Imposing content-filtering technology on online platforms could be very difficult to implement and costly for European start-ups and scale-ups, according to a new survey from Analysys Mason commissioned by Allied for Startups. Legislators in the Read more…

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India needs to get into the global AI game – here’s how (and why)

June 11, 2018 Guest Writer 0

Artificial intelligence has become a hot new buzzword, although the concept has existed in theory for more than seven decades. But AI came into the limelight only recently when bots developed by DeepMind Technologies and Read more…

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Grab launches innovation arm to accelerate tech start-ups

June 6, 2018 News Centre 0

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Southeast Asia’s Grab on Tuesday launched Grab Ventures, its innovation arm to develop technology start-ups in sectors such as transport, food services, logistics and financial services, further expanding beyond ride-hailing. Grab, which Read more…

agncy app crowdsources labor violation reports
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Prize-winning app crowdsources labor violation reports

June 4, 2018 News Centre 0

After six months of intense work, the team Agncy was announced the winner of the fifth annual Telenor Youth Forum for their platform that crowdsources labor violation reporting. Tackling UN Sustainable Development Goal #10, their Read more…

Alibaba, SenseTime HKSTP
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Alibaba, SenseTime and HKSTP create AI R&D lab in Hong Kong

May 22, 2018 News Centre 0

Alibaba, SenseTime and Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (HKSTP) have launched the HKAI Lab, a nonprofit initiative that aims to advance AI R&D and empower start-ups to commercialize their new inventions. Alibaba Hong Kong Read more…

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How Silicon Valley accelerators are exporting start-ups to China

May 21, 2018 News Centre 0

NEW YORK/ SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Beijing’s unquenchable thirst for the latest technology has spurred a proliferation of “accelerators” in Silicon Valley that aim to identify promising start-ups and bring them to China. The surge Read more…

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SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son already planning second Vision Fund

May 16, 2018 News Centre 0

TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group chief executive Masayoshi Son, founder of the world’s largest private equity fund, said on Tuesday a second Vision Fund would be set up in the near future, with funds from Read more…

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Cloud numbers enable privacy in the sharing economy

April 27, 2018 News Centre 0

Sharing economy apps make use of mobile voice calls, but users don’t like sharing their private number with strangers. Solution: telcos can provide disposable cloud numbers for such apps. The seamless transition between digital apps Read more…

cyber security singapore
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Singtel Innov8 and NUS Enterprise launch cyber security start-up hub

March 7, 2018 News Centre 0

Singtel Innov8 and NUS Enterprise have launched Innovation Cyber Security Ecosystem at Block 71 (ICE71), billed as Singapore’s first integrated regional cyber security hub to spawn and support early stage and growing start-ups, entrepreneurs and Read more…

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AI expert Andrew Ng launches $175 million AI start-up fund

January 31, 2018 News Centre 0

(Reuters) – Andrew Ng, who formerly led artificial intelligence projects at Google and Chinese firm Baidu, has raised a $175 million fund to invest in AI startups, starting with one of his own aimed at Read more…

Grab iKaaz
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Grab buys iKaaz to boost its GrabPay payments platform

January 19, 2018 News Centre 0

Grab has acquired Bangalore-based payments startup iKaaz with the aim of leveraging iKaaz’ mobile payments platform to accelerate feature development and partner integration of Grab’s own payments platform, GrabPay. Grab plans to expand across all Read more…

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Dialog Axiata launches $150m fund for Sri Lankan digital startups

December 21, 2017 News Centre 0

Sri Lankan operator Dialog Axiata announced the launch of the Digital Innovation Fund, the country’s first digital venture capital fund to exclusively focus on financially supporting Sri Lankan digital startups. The fund, initiated and anchored Read more…

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Silicon Valley disruptors have shifted from heroes to villains

December 18, 2017 John C. Tanner 0

Silicon Valley startups have had a great run at becoming the big disruptors of stodgy old business models. Until their CEOs started acting like jerks. And now they’re starting to lose their rock-star status as Read more…

AI
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Element AI launches $45m fund with SKT, Hyundai and Hanwha

November 17, 2017 News Centre 0

Element AI announced it has established a joint $45 million fund with SK Telecom, Hyundai Motor Company, and Hanwha that will target emerging AI-based technologies including autonomous vehicles, household robots, manufacturing, drones, and hardware. The Read more…

Forte Insurance joins Smart Axiata startup fund
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Forte Insurance joins Smart Axiata fund for Cambodian startups

November 17, 2017 News Centre 0

Cambodian cellco Smart Axiata announced that regional insurance provider Forte Insurance will join the Smart Axiata Digital Innovation Fund (SADIF) as co-investor to help spur Cambodia’s digital economy. SADIF also announced the first three startups Read more…

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