Richard Li, chairman and chief executive officer of Pacific Century Group, speaks during the Hong … [+] Kong Fintech Week in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Nov. 1, 2022. The conference runs throug...
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Forbes Asia 100 To Watch 2022
Asia-Pacific’s small companies and startups on the rise As Asia-Pacific moves into post-pandemic mode, the qualities of creativity, resilience and capacity for change shine through in the second Forbe...
Hong Kong SaaS Startup Raises $15 Million Series B For Global Expansion
FreeD Group cofounders (from left) Kenneth Lee and Abel Zhao. Courtesy of FreeD Group Hong Kong-based SaaS startup FreeD Group has raised $15 million in Series B funding led by Daiwa ACA APAC Growth, ...
GogoX, Hong Kong’s First Tech Unicorn Startup, Slumps In Trading Debut
Cofounders Reeve Kwan, Nick Tang and Steven Lam of GoGoVan pose in Kwun Tong. PAUL YEUNG/South China Morning Post via Getty Images Six months after Hong Kong saw its first tech unicorn IPO, another te...
Singapore Financial Data Startup To Double Down On Global Expansion After Insignia-Led Funding Round
Bluesheets cofounders Christian Schneider (left) and Clare Leighton (right). COURTESY OF Bluesheets Bluesheets, a two-year-old Singapore startup that uses AI-powered software to integrate financial da...
Meet The High-Tech Urban Farmer Growing Vegetables Inside Hong Kong’s Skyscrapers
Gordon Tam, cofounder and CEO of vertical farming company Farm66, wants to show that agriculture, combined with technology, has a promising future in cities, deserts and even in outer space. In early ...