Tag: business

Prenetics, a Hong Kong-based startup that offers genetic testing services for patients, is expanding outside of Asia and into the consumer space after it acquired London-based company DNAFit. The deal — which a source told TechCrunch is worth $10 million ... ( read original story ...)

Gene testing company Prenetics has acquired UK-based DNAFit to expand its global footprint and extend its reach in the consumer market. Prenetics, which partners with insurers to provide genetic profiling to help people tailor their diets, do family ... ( read original story ...)

Grail Inc., the cancer-detection startup backed by the world’s two richest men, is seeking to raise about $1 billion to boost growth ahead of its planned initial public offering in Hong Kong, according to people familiar with the matter. Charlotte Arnold ... ( read original story ...)

By acquiring ALL IN’s corporate customers, we are able to expand our scale to enhance efficiency.” The Hong Kong startup entered the Taiwan market in 2016 a year after its launch a year earlier. The Taiwan unit of Boxful now operates in four northern ... ( read original story ...)

The 2.3 favourite will go down in the records as Purton’s 800th Hong Kong win. “I’m happy with that – it’s a nice number to get to. Now everyone can start talking about something else!” Purton quipped after becoming only the fourth rider in ... ( read original story ...)

naked Hub has appointed Golin Hong Kong as its 2018 communications partner. The agency will support the business across corporate and consumer media relations and community events, as well as developing partnerships for both naked Hub@Bonham Strand and ... ( read original story ...)

Loong is the founder of WanderSnap, a Hong Kong-based venture she launched in 2016 to connect ... which she says set apart her venture as something new and fresh from the start. “We’re different from other platforms in this space, which are typically ... ( read original story ...)

Gaze a little too long at one of Peter Yuill’s geometric artworks, made up of painstakingly hand-drawn concentric circles, and your eyes will start to play tricks on you. The Hong Kong-based Canadian artist’s hypnotic, hypotrochoid shapes bisected with ... ( read original story ...)

When the Hong Kong SAR comes of age on 1 July ... Although there are significant differences between China's various legal systems, a start must be made somewhere, and Macau is the obvious starting point. Given that Macau has no death penalty, and a ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong regained the top spot last year as Asia’s most expensive city for business travellers, who faced daily expenses of HK$3,971 (US$506) on accommodation, transport, meals and incidentals. The city overtook Tokyo in the regional rankings, with ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong is now the most expensive location in Asia for business travel. This was one of the findings of the latest Daily Rates research published by ECA International, the world's leading provider of knowledge, information and software for the management ... ( read original story ...)

McKinsey conducted the survey in the second half of 2017 to garner opinions from 17,000 consumers in 15 Asian markets, including Australia, mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam. “The survey findings come as new ... ( read original story ...)

Fast forward almost 80 years, and the spirit not only remains but is driving the city’s thriving startup scene. “I think Hong Kong has always been the perfect environment for entrepreneurship,” said Terence Kwok, founder and CEO at Tink Labs. ( read original story ...)

OMD Hong Kong has made key leadership appointments as a result of the agency's continued growth. Gary Wong, previously the General Manager for OMD Hong Kong, has been promoted to Managing Director with immediate effect, while Desmond Ko has been appointed ... ( read original story ...)