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Tuesday 20 July 2021
Asia Venturing: Cross-border investments by corporate VCs are key driving force for tech innovation
The first panel talk at Asia Venturing online forum, held on July 16, 2021 by DIGITIMES and Anchor Taiwan, featured the vice president and general manager of Business Solutions Group...
Tuesday 20 July 2021
China MEMS foundry startup boosts monthly output to 70,000 wafers
Semiconductor Manufacturing Electronics (ShaoXing), a China-based MEMS foundry startup formed by Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) and the local government, has managed...
Tuesday 20 July 2021
With sensitivity and specificity rivalling that of central lab devices, BluSense Diagnostics enables fast and high-precision virus screening
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to ravage countries across the globe, screening has become a necessary weapon for fighting the epidemic. Currently utilized testing methods, however,...
Thursday 15 July 2021
Digital signature authentication: Q&A with Hungarian startup Birosign CEO Balazs Nagy
Although digital signature of remote documents is no longer a problem, how to distinguish the authenticity of signature documents and how to verify that the signature is made by the...
Monday 12 July 2021
South Korean firms building smart city in Vietnam
South Korea's SparkLabs Korea, Daewoo E&C Vina, and Bespin Global have signed a strategic partnership to construct a smart city platform in Vietnam, according to SparkLabs Grou...
Monday 12 July 2021
Foxconn-Byton partnership facing headwinds
An abrupt top management shakeup at China's Byton Auto is casting clouds over a cooperation deal between Foxconn Technology Group and the Chinese EV startup.
Monday 12 July 2021
Philippines' Globe Telecom ventures into startups to generate revenue from value-added services
The Philippines' Globe Telecom created revenue growth of more than 60% of revenue in seven years, with its almost 9% in average annual growth higher than the average of 6.53% for...
Friday 9 July 2021
Investing in innovation: Q&A with Taiwania general partner Cheng Wu
Cheng Wu, a general patner at Taiwania Capital Management, has founded several high profile companies with total market value of NT$180 billion (US$64 billion). Wu has been embracing...
Tuesday 6 July 2021
The mmWave opportunity: Q&A with MixComm CEO Mike Noonen
Mike Noonen has witnessed the vicissitudes of the semiconductor industry over the past 20 years. With a vision to lower the threshold of innovation for semiconductor startups, he...
Friday 2 July 2021
Medical startup iXensor launches smart antigen testing solution for COVID-19
Taiwan-based medical technology startup iXensor has launched a smart antigen testing solution that is able to detect COVID-19 infections and can show the rest results via its smartphone...
Friday 2 July 2021
Increasing battery range by 30%, FTEX's powertrain solution boosts EV efficiency
Electric vehicles (EV) have been regarded as the mainstream of next-gen automobiles. According to the statistics by DIGITIMES Research, with a global annual growth rate of 19% in...
Thursday 1 July 2021
More unicorns to appear in Thailand in next 2-3 years
Following the birth of Thailand's first unicorn Flash Group, Ruangroj Poonpol, founder of Thailand-based 500 TukTuks venture capital and chairman of Kasikorn Business-Technology Group,...
Wednesday 30 June 2021
Connecting AI and supply chain: Q&A with Scale AI CEO Julien Billot
Scale AI is Canada's artificial intelligence (AI) platform dedicated to building the next-generation supply chain and boosting industry performance by leveraging AI technologies.
Tuesday 29 June 2021
Laser-as-a-service: Q&A with InPhocal CTO and co-founder Martijn Boerkamp
Selected as one of the 46 must-see startups by the Garage+ program of Epoch Foundation at the Computex Taipei 2021 Virtual Exhibition, Netherlands-based InPhocal develops laser technology,...
Monday 28 June 2021
Online learning startup Byju's becomes largest unicorn in India
Education technology startup Byju's has become the largest unicorn in India, surpassing Paytm, according to media reports.