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Enterprise Singapore, a government agency under the country’s Ministry of Trade and Industry, has partnered with Silicon Valley-based early-stage venture fund 500 Startups to run Global Launch, an accelerator program that would help startups in the city-state establish a presence in San Francisco.

Investments in UK tech startups hit record levels in 2019, despite looming Brexit

Tech Nation is partially funded by the UK government and was announced by former UK Prime Minister Theresa May in 2017. Mitsubishi took a 20% stake in Ovo Energy for $200m in February to help expand its business in Germany, France, Spain and Australia.

Hong Kong Science Park on track to attract top research institutes, CEO says

The Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corp is on track to achieve its goal of attracting the first batch of research institutes to the city in health care, artificial intelligence, and robotics.

Startup Accelerator Betatron Increases Investment up to US$150K and Opens Applications for Cohort #5

Betatron recently announced that they’ll be investing up to US$150K into each startup for their next cohort which starts in September 2019. They’re aiming to invest in 8-12 startups with applications closing on 18th July.

HK Startup Society正式成立連結Startup凝聚創業力量！

Startup界的又一盛事，由香港貿易發展局（HKTDC）籌辦的HK Startup Society終於正式宣布成立！究竟這個最新的本地Startup集中地有什麼過人之處？拾捌堂立即帶大家認識！

Singapore’s Bet on Tech Startups Gains Ground With 150 VC Funds

Singapore’s effort to create an ecosystem to support startups is gaining ground, with the city-state now home to more than 150 venture capital funds. L’Oreal SA, Microsoft Corp. and Oracle Corp.

China’s ‘996’ work culture comes under scrutiny

During the internet boom of the 1990s, Silicon Valley tech workers clocked up long hours to keep their startups afloat amid fierce competition and rapidly changing technology trends.

An overview of Japan’s startup ecosystem, which ranked sixth globally in venture funding in 2017, as interest in deep tech startups ramps up (Norihiko Isawa/Tech.eu)

Editor’s note: this insightful guest post was penned by Norihiko Isawa, a strategy consultant at the Tokyo Office of Roland Berger. Although the news was inconspicuous at the time in Japan, it was indeed remarkable that Airbus Ventures participated as a lead investor in the $7.