Beijing startup scene
Beijing is the new startup scene of China, which has become in less than 2 years a must-see of innovation. Indeed, the government has been promoting mass entrepreneurship by putting innovation at core of the five-year plan. The plan includes financial support, administrative assistance as well as partnerships with local actors (Tsinghua University, incubators, and […]
A visit of FuturePlay, Korea’s hard tech startup accelerator
It’s hard to find the good wording for FuturePlay, as its founder Jung-Hee Ryu says it’s not an accelerator per se, and the entities they take care of are not « startups » but « techups« , to stress the strong technology DNA of the ventures he supports in their growth. So no e-commerce or photo-sharing app here, but […]
Startup books #4: Startup Nation, The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle
Few books can boast having such an impact as Startup Nation, as the title has since then become a frequent nickname when it comes to Israel and its reputed technology industry. But beyond technology, Startup Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle shows how the country and its population are entrepreneurial in their roots and […]
The growth of online shopping
Shopping happens to be one of Singaporeans’ favorite hobbies. Bringing it online seems to be a sure-win recipe for retailers and not surprisingly, e-commerce is growing a lot in Singapore. According to Paypal research, the Singapore online shopping market has grown from S$1.1 billion in 2010 and is estimated to reach S$4.4 billion this year. […]
Learning Tour Israel 2015: welcome to the Startup Nation!
As we co-organized the Learning Tour Israel 2015 with our friends at Challengy, we felt extremely excited to bring some of our clients to the Startup Nation, at one of its key moments, during the DLD Tel-Aviv festival, which gathered more than 4,000 attendees, from all around the world and representing various sectors: private companies, […]
Learning tour in Shenzhen 2015: welcome to the Silicon Valley of hardware
“One week of work in Shenzhen is equal to one month at the Silicon Valley”. The rapidity of prototyping and manufacturing is the main strength of the Chinese metropolis according to all the startups, incubators and companies we met during our learning tour in what is considered already as the hardware capital of the world. We […]
China mobile stats for 2015 – Here comes the giant!
Here are a few useful digital statistics and trends from China, after we spent two days at the GMIC Beijing conference. The digital landscape is really amazing both by its sheer size – and there’s a lot of room for increase – and its specificity, which you can find more about in our other posts: […]
O2O: Why China leads the "Online to Offline" revolution
O2O has been one of the main buzzwords talked about during GMIC Beijing conference, the leading mobile event in China with 20,000 attendees and a platform for all the Chinese tech giants to announce their innovations. Some call it “our industry’s stupidest acronym” (Tech in Asia), other “the trillion dollar opportunity” (Techcrunch). If o2o as […]
The state of India startup ecosystem: here comes the growth (and 10,000 startups)
To kickstart the NASSCOM Product Conclave Conference in Bangalore, Rajat Tandon, Director at NASSCOM and Sunil Rao, Country Head-Startup Ecosystem at Google India, gave an amazing overview of the state of the India startup ecosystem. Their report, dubbed « NASSCOM 10000 Startups Report » or « Startup Landscape 2014 », shows the growth of India as the 4th largest […]
Top startups in Bangladesh and Dhaka (2015)
Better late than sorry, as we say in French. Here’s our report on the the Top startups in Bangladesh and Dhaka, following our attendance at Innovation Xtreme, the first event fully dedicated to the startup scene of this 160m population country of South Asia, neighboring India and Myanmar. Top startups from Dhaka and Bangladesh 2015 […]
