Top 10 Startup Funding This Week [02 – 07 October]

Here is a list of top funding deals that happened in Startup Ecosystem this week ... The funding round was led by Epsilon Venture Partners, a Hong Kong-based VC funding innovation and entrepreneurship across Asia and Tara India Fund IV, which is managed ... ( read original story ...)

Bangalore Based Agri-tech Startup Farm Taaza Raises $8 Million

The funding round was led by Epsilon Venture Partners, a Hong Kong-based VC funding innovation and entrepreneurship ... The Phaneesh Murthy-backed startup, which provides expert advice to the farmers on improving the yield and improving the field ... ( read original story ...)

Indian startups back on radar of global investors

NEW DELHI: Global hedge funds and asset management companies, including several from Hong Kong, are making a cautious return to India's resurgent startup ecosystem, some 18 months after they pulled back amid a churn in the domestic market. A number of Hong ... ( read original story ...)

Navigating the startup scene in China

Kenny Chien, vice president for China of Cherrypicks, a Hong Kong developer of branded online-to-offline platforms that is now owned by Chinese tech company NetDragon, shares his views on how startups can tap the China market. Here are some edited excerpts ... ( read original story ...)

Yum China Announces New Replacement for CEO

Before joining Watson, Wat spent seven years in management consulting, including with McKinsey & Company's Hong Kong office from 2000 to 2003. The company anticipates the continued rise of a new generation of younger consumers who are digitally ... ( read original story ...)

Citigroup considering onshore cash equities business in China

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc (C.N) is considering setting up an onshore cash equities business in China and expanding research coverage of Chinese stocks, to boost its share of the business in Asia, said the head of its regional equities unit. ( read original story ...)

How McKinsey and Trillian milked billions from SA Inc

McKinsey would not confirm Essa and Moodley had brokered its ... who by then had also registered a company in Hong Kong called Regiments Asia. Once again, Nyhonyha and Pillay said before being alerted by the media they had no idea that Regiments had ... ( read original story ...)

Yum China Announces CEO Succession Plan

Before joining Watson, Ms. Wat spent seven years in management consulting, including with McKinsey & Company's Hong Kong office from 2000 to 2003. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of ... ( read original story ...)