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 ...)
After the Umbrella movement: healing a divided city must start with truthfulness
Three years ago this week Hong Kong witnessed the start of the largest and most sustained protest in its history. Occupy Central with Love and Peace, and the resulting birth of the Umbrella Movement, will most likely be remembered around the world as a ... ( read original story ...)
From retail experiments to start-up incubation – how Victor Fung’s Explorium is playing a role in his trading firm’s long term survival
These carefully picked young companies – some of them Hong Kong or overseas ventures seeking to crack the ... “Many overseas Chinese artificial intelligence experts have come back to China to start their own businesses. We can tap into their expertise ... ( read original story ...)
L.A. Taco King Esdras Ochoa Becomes Global Taco King with New Hong Kong Hotspot
"In L.A., there's a couple drops of rain, and there are traffic jams and people start panicking," Ochoa says. "I give credit to people in Hong Kong. They'll wait in the rain for anything. Rain is just normal; rain is whatever." But it was still a shock ... ( 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 ...)
John Kerry named Chairman of Bank of America Global Advisory Council
Frederick Ma (Hong Kong), Chairman of MTR Corporation Limited ... Advisory Board Member of Rolls Royce, Akbank, Allianz SE, McKinsey & Co., Trustee of King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Chairman of Asia Business Council. ( 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 ...)
Going Mobile: The Personalized, On-Demand Future of Urban Transportation
Hong Kong’s metro system is often benchmarked for scale ... Restrepo, “Urban World: Mapping the Economic Power of Cities,” March 2011, www.mckinsey.com. 4.M. Bloomberg, “Keynote Speech” (UN Economic and Social Council 2014 Integration Segment ... ( read original story ...)
Hong Kong’s CLP Seeks Acquisitions to Diversify, Expand in India
Hong Kong’s largest power utility CLP Holdings Ltd. is scouting ... The company is also planning to enter the electricity transmission business. Last month, it bid for a 200 kilometer (124 mile) power-transmission project connecting the northern and ... ( read original story ...)