Category: Start-ups

EEE Innovations Oy short-listed as one of this year’s Red Herring 100 Europe!

April 16, 2018

#EEEInnovationsOy short-listed as one of this year’s #RedHerring 100 Europe! Please see the complete list of 2018 Top 100 Europe Finalists below. This is an exception to my previous articls/news, because it concerns the company I work for. Since 1996, technology industry executives, investors, and strategists have valued the Red Herring 100 lists as an … More EEE Innovations Oy short-listed as one of this year’s Red Herring 100 Europe!

Didi pockets $4b to boost AI and Sets its Sights on the Chinese Tourist

December 21, 2017

Didi Chuxing, China’s largest ride-hailing platform, is beginning its expansion abroad and into new sectors. Didi has already pushed out foreign competition from Uber in China and now seeks to leverage its dominance in the domestic ride-hailing market to open up opportunities in Taiwan and the fast-growing mobile payments market. The key overlap between these … More Didi pockets $4b to boost AI
and Sets its Sights on the Chinese Tourist

Alibaba invests in electric car startup Xpeng

December 14, 2017

Online shopping giant Alibaba has invested in an electric car startup, it said today. Alibaba confirmed the move this evening to Tech in Asia following rumors in Chinese media about it funding Xpeng(also known as Xiaopeng), which last month launched its first vehicle, the all-electric Identy X SUV. The funding amount isn’t disclosed, but several … More Alibaba invests in electric car startup Xpeng

“The Most Advanced Wearable in the World”

November 30, 2017

ŌURA has done it again by introducing probably one of the coolest physical products to ever come out from the Nordics! Finnish startup Oura took the Founder Stage on Thursday by revealing their latest product. Their new wearable tech is a ring, which monitors its wearer’s sleep cycle. Further, this ring is a comprehensive body … More “The Most Advanced Wearable in the World”

China’s growing appetite for Indonesia shouldn’t discourage local founders, say VCs

November 1, 2017

Some of China’s biggest internet firms left no doubt about their intention to be part of Southeast Asia’s slowly awakening digital economy. In the past months, companies like Didi Chuxing, Alibaba, Tencent, and JD have poured billions of dollars into funding and acquiring businesses in the region, especially in Indonesia. Read More

Ola gives its auto-rickshaws free wifi while Uber struggles to kickstart Indian tuk-tuks

October 30, 2017

There’s something romantic about an auto-rickshaw ride on Indian roads. It is not just the countless regional movies where heroes playing intrepid auto-rickshaw drivers sing, dance, and take down gangsters or rescue beautiful maidens. The ubiquitous three-wheeled tuk-tuks of India have the agility of a two-wheeler to maneuver the chaotic Indian roads. That’s why it’s … More Ola gives its auto-rickshaws free wifi while Uber struggles to kickstart Indian tuk-tuks

How to Protect your Product from China Counterfeiting with 360° Trademark Protection

October 28, 2017

When American and European and Australian companies would come to my law firm for China trademarks to protect their brand names from Chinese copycats, we would tell them that applying for such a trademark would take about a week, but actually getting that trademark could take more than a year. We would then say that … More How to Protect your Product from China Counterfeiting with 360° Trademark Protection