You Only Think You Know China: The 2018 China Internet Report Will Blow Your Mind

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Exclusively launched at last week’s RISE conference in Hong Kong is the China Internet Report 2018.

China has twice as many internet users as the total population of the United States — and it’s growing fast. This unique collaboration between Abacus, 500 Startups, the South China Morning Post, will break down everything you need to know about China’s thriving tech industry, the big players in each field, and lay out the four overarching trends that have emerged.

The best thing about this? You can download it for free here.

You can watch them summarize this at RISE here.

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Hong Kong’s Betatron Launches Cohort 3 With Ten Startups

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On Thursday 10th May, Betatron held a launch event to introduce the ten new startups in cohort 3. The event was held at naked Hub (Bonham Circus, 40-44 Bonham Strand, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong).

Programme Director, Erika Cheung, also provided an update on the traction from cohort’s 1 and 2. The four startups in cohort 1 have raised US$1.2M while the seven startups in cohort 2 have raised a collective US$2.7M to date, with several of the startups still in the fundraising process.

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Apply Now for ‘Runway to RISE’ and Represent Hong Kong at RISE 2018

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As you know, RISE – the leading technology innovation conference in Asia returns this July 9-12, 2018 at the HKCEC.

This year early stage pre-seed startups can apply to Runway to RISE which visits 8 cities this year with a winner from each city coming to RISE to compete for BREAKTHROUGH startup of the year and getting ALPHA stands and a chance to exhibit at Web Summit in November.

Hong Kong’s edition will be held June 21st at the HSBC offices in Central. To apply visit www.riseconf.com/runway.