Authorities have destroyed a large marijuana plantation over four hectares in size in Bolikhamxay Province.
Authorities in Laos Destroy 4.2 Hectare Marijuana Farm
Cyberport Venture Capital Forum 2021 concludes drawing 110,000 views
Premier venture capital event attracts 2,500+ online and offline participants and facilitates 300+ deal flow
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 3 November 2021 – Cyberport’s premier annual venture capital event, the Cyberport Venture Capital Forum (CVCF), ended on a high note today. Presented for the first time in a brand-new hybrid format of online and offline engagement, the two-day CVCF main forum gathered a host of global venture capital experts, investors, innovation and technology enterprises and Cyberport start-ups. Together with the spotlight events, including Cyberport FinTech InnoCon 2021, Edventures Global Business Acceleration Summit and the world-renowned venture event Silicon Dragon Online 2021 held during CVCF, the affair attracted more than 2,500 participants. Since its launch on 20 October, CVCF’s interactive online platform has recorded a total of around 110,000 page views.
The one-on-one meetings arranged by CVCF for investors and start-ups received all-round enthusiastic feedback. More than 300 meetings were arranged to facilitate deal flow.
Dr. George Lam, Chairman of Cyberport, said, “With the successful conclusion of this year’s CVCF, I would like to thank the over 100 distinguished speakers for sharing their insights and practical tactics with no reservation. I believe the participating investors and start-ups have gained a much deeper comprehension of the future developments of venture capital and the dynamics of the fundraising marketplace. I am also pleased to see investors and start-ups being enabled to exchange and explore future opportunities for win-win collaboration, with a sizable number of fundraising matching meetings successfully held at the event. Cyberport will continue to promote and facilitate the connection of start-ups with investors in hopes to expand their business network and turn the fruits of their innovations into business opportunities.”
The start-up workshop held on the second morning of the main forum assembled professional investors to share with start-ups their practical skills on topics such as positioning in an ever-changing environment, strategies for retaining talents, getting the best out of your angel investors and mentors, and intellectual property strategies in the digital age.
Among the spotlight events this year was the Edventures Global Business Acceleration Summit (Edventures GBA Summit), organised jointly by Cyberport and Esperanza. Founder of Esperanza John Tsang commented, “Themed ‘Think Big with EdTech, From Quick Fix to Driver of Change’, the Edventures GBA Summit this year explored how education technology (EdTech) has transformed from an auxiliary tool for remote learning during the COVID pandemic into an innovative instrument that drives learning in the 21st century.”
EdTech experts from mainland China, United States, Finland, Israel and Hong Kong deliberated on a huge variety of topics. These included the trends, development and opportunities of the global application of EdTech, how to cross the digital divide chasm, the transformation of new models of workforce development in the digital age, different funding models for EdTech ventures, validating efficacy and learning outcomes, and fostering cross-sector and cross-border partnerships. The topic on developing Hong Kong as an education innovation hub in the Greater Bay Area was also discussed, with a report on this fascinating area to be published by Esperanza in the first quarter of 2022.
Peter Yan, Chief Executive Officer of Cyberport said, “The pandemic has accelerated digital transformation within society, driving the development of EdTech and its adoption by the general public. These developments have prompted us to reimagine our models of education and talent cultivation in the 21st century. Cyberport’s EdTech community continues to grow and now consists of more than 140 EdTech start-ups who are thriving under the various support programs provided by Cyberport. I am keen to see more talented entrepreneurs join Cyberport in the future to inject new impetus into the Hong Kong growing EdTech ecosystem.”
Another highlight of CVCF was the final presentation of the “Edventures Global Business Acceleration Fellowship” in which 12 promising EdTech start-ups from Israel, Canada, India, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States and Hong Kong presented their innovative solutions for early childhood education and special education, K12 learning programmes, higher education, career development, and lifelong learning. The Global EdTech Startups Awards (GES Award) China Final was also held during CVCF, with four of the six finalists coming from the Cyberport community. They were AESIR, Find Solution AI, Connect AR and Big Bang Academy. Find Solution AI won the China Final and will enter the global contest on behalf of the China region, while Big Bang Academy was the first runner up.
To provide start-ups with an all-round platform to explore venture opportunities, more than 100 online booths will be featured until mid-November as part of CVCF and its series of spotlight events. Through this platform, start-ups can showcase their innovative technology solutions, participate in investor matching and put forward project pitches.
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1. Cyberport Venture Capital Forum 2021 recorded X views in total. The event received more than 2,500 participants online and offline. Since its grand opening on 20 October, CVCF’s interactive online platform has recorded a total of around 110,000 page views.
2. Dr. George Lam, Chairman of Cyberport, thanks the over 100 distinguished speakers for sharing their insights and practical tactics with no reservation, allowing participating investors and start-ups to gain a much deeper comprehension of the future developments of venture capital and the dynamics of the fundraising marketplace.
3. The one-on-one meetings arranged by CVCF for investors and start-ups received all-round enthusiastic feedback. More than 300 meetings were arranged to facilitate deal flow.
4. Industry experts shared their new trends, development and opportunities at the Edventures GBA Summit. Founder of Esperanza John Tsang (left) and Dr. George Lam, Chairman of Cyberport (middle) held a dialogue with young moderator Ryan to kick-off the summit.
5. Peter Yan, Chief Executive Officer of Cyberport introduces Cyberport’s EdTech community which now consists of more than 140 EdTech start-ups who are thriving under the various support programs provided by Cyberport.
6. The Global EdTech Startups Awards (GES Award) China Final was also held during the summit. Cyberport start-up, Find Solution AI won the China Final and will enter the global contest on behalf of the China region, while Big Bang Academy was the first runner up.
Viola Lam, CEO and Co-founder of Find Solution AI (left) and Peter Yan, Chief Executive Officer of Cyberport (right)
7. Presented for the first time in a brand-new hybrid format of online and offline engagement, more than 100 online booths will be featured until mid-November as part of the Cyberport Venture Capital Forum and its series of spotlight events to provide start-ups with an all-round platform to explore venture opportunities. Through this platform, start-ups can showcase their innovative technology solutions, participate in investor matching and put forward project pitches.
More information about the contents and speaker line-up of Cyberport Venture Capital Forum 2021 is available at: http://cvcf.cyberport.hk/
About Cyberport
Cyberport is an innovative digital community with around 800 on-site start-ups and technology companies. It is managed by Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited, which is wholly owned by the Hong Kong SAR Government. With a vision to be the hub for digital technology, thereby creating a new economic driver for Hong Kong, Cyberport is committed to nurturing a vibrant tech ecosystem by cultivating talent, promoting entrepreneurship among youth, supporting start-ups on their growth journey, fostering industry development by promoting strategic collaboration with local and international partners, and integrating new and traditional economies by accelerating digital transformation in the public and private sectors.
For more information, please visit www.cyberport.hk
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Justin Sun Makes Another Lavish Investment in TRON Ecosystem
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 3 November 2021 – TRON founder Justin Sun recently tweeted about his plan to establish a $1,111,111,111 (roughly $1.1 billion) fund to power the growth of the TRON ecosystem and provide developers with more efficient and affordable developing tools. Meanwhile, it can also allow the protocols in the network to yield more returns while giving users access to transactions at the lowest costs.
Justin Sun, the founder of TRON, has long been seen as the bellwether of the crypto industry and has navigated TRON to lead the races in DeFi, DApp, stablecoins, and distributed storage, among others. This year, Justin and his TRON went a step further to enter the NFT market. After clinching Beeple’s “OCEAN FRONT” with $6 million, Justin Sun then won the bids for “Femme nue couchée au collier (Marie-Thérèse)” by Pablo Picasso at $20 million and “Three Self-Portraits” by American artist Andy Warhol at $2 million. Later, he purchased the NFT of Time magazine’s first computer-themed cover, a whole set of NFT artworks named “Cube” by the renowned artist Pak, ROCK ID 87 of the EtherRock series, and avatar Tpunk #3442. He donated most of the artworks, which are worth over ¥300 million, to APENFT Foundation.
Besides launching the first NFT standard TRC-721 this March, TRON has improved the world’s largest distributed storage system BTFS, providing a comprehensive and efficient infrastructure to transform artworks into NFTs on the blockchain. TRON is also proactively making inroads into GameFi and NFTFi: “WIN NFT HORSE”, a horse-racing game jointly launched by APENFT Foundation and WinkLink, is going to launch its IGO on Binance NFT.
TRON has been on a fast track of development since its inception and has grown into one of the world’s top three public chains, boasting upwards of 60 million users, more than 2.5 billion transactions, the world’s largest DApp ecosystem, and a TVL of over $11.7 billion. It also hosts the most-circulated stablecoin worldwide and supports on-chain circulation of major stablecoins including USDC, USDT, TUSD, and USDJ. Moreover, the daily transfer volume of TRON-based stablecoins has topped $10 billion multiple times already.
On October 30, TRON and BitTorrent officially launched the cross-chain scaling solution BitTorrent Chain (BTTC) with its Testnet enabled. As BTTC arrives, TRON will see the emergence of a closed-loop ecosystem of layer 1 and 2 networks with sound cross-chain connectivity, integrating both a robust underlying network of Global Human Settlement Layer and a heterogeneous, scalable cross-chain network BitTorrent Chain that features high throughput and full compatibility with EVM.
In a further effort to drive adoption, Justin Sun announced his plan to earmark $1 billion to encourage the migration of projects from Ethereum to BTTC. As a critical bridge connecting assets on TRON with many other heterogeneous chains, BTTC allows users from other chains to jointly contribute to the growth of the TRON ecosystem.
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Lao Government and EU Meet to Consider LAK 210 Billion Contribution to Education and Nutrition.
Yesterday, the European Union Delegation to Laos, together with the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Education and Sports, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Ministry of Finance, hosted the fourth Inter-Ministerial Budget Support Steering Committee.
ADB Donors Pledge USD 665 Million to Support ASEAN Green Recovery
Four Asian Development Bank donors have pledged USD 665 million for green infrastructure development in Southeast Asia, which is one of the world’s most vulnerable regions to climate change.
Incomlend Capital Receives Capital Markets Services Licence from Monetary Authority of Singapore, Expanding Trade Finance Investment Opportunities for Investors
Incomlend Capital aims to raise and manage US$500 million for the Incomlend ESG Invoice Financing Programme
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 3 Novemver 2021 – Incomlend Capital, an Incomlend Group company, has received the Capital Markets Services (CMS) licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to conduct fund management activities. The CMS license allows the company to set up and manage funds and collective investment schemes. Incomlend Capital now offers institutional and accredited investors a range of competitive and stable trade finance investment solutions.
Incomlend Capital aims to provide investors with superior returns in the trade finance receivables market on a risk-adjusted basis. Investors will benefit from the fund management team’s active portfolio management, risk management, and security selection in addition to having their investments in a transparent, secured, and ring-fenced asset-holding structure.
One of the significant funds that Incomlend Capital will be managing is the Incomlend Environment Social, and Governance (ESG) Invoice Financing Programme, Asia’s first ESG-focused structured finance programme. Incomlend Capital aims to raise US$500 million for the programme and is in the advanced stages of discussion with institutional investors. This includes the US$60 million investment from the European alternative asset manager, Fasanara Capital.
The initiative allows Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) that meet the ESG and financial criteria to access quick turnaround invoice financing solutions. It also connects socially conscious investors with responsible, sustainable SMEs and enabling investors to find investments that better fit their values and financial goals.
Furthermore, Incomlend Capital will allow accredited investors access to the Incomlend Group’s global invoice financing marketplace through the management of funds. The marketplace currently gives SMEs access to working capital solutions by matching proven exporters and importers with world-class investors. Since its launch in 2016, Incomlend Group has financed over $500 million in trades in over 50 countries.
Incomlend Group currently counts prominent venture capital funds, including Sequoia Capital and GTRVentures, and logistics multinational corporations, such as CMA CGM, as its strategic partners. With the CMS licence, Incomlend Capital is looking to partner with more global fund managers to place their products with accredited and institutional investors.
Incomlend Capital CEO Swajit Rath commented:
“As a global financial hub, Singapore is a nexus for investors seeking access and quality investment opportunities across markets in the Asia Pacific and the world. With the CMS licence, we can deliver bespoke investment solutions and support that enable investors to achieve optimal returns at a risk level suited to their unique needs. It’s also a strategic move to scale Incomlend Group’s global invoice financing marketplace. With more investors and funding, we can deliver alternative working capital solutions to more quality SMEs globally, enabling them to accelerate their business growth.”
About Incomlend Capital
Incomlend Capital is an Incomlend Group company that offers managed fund services to institutional and accredited investors. The Singapore-based fund management company combines custom-tailored advice, the latest technology, and industry research for investors to achieve optimal returns at a risk level suited to their needs. For more information, visit www.incomlendcapital.com.
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Rob Mackay appointed CEO of Regnology
- With his background from executive positions in Itiviti, FIS, and SunGard, Rob Mackay has successfully built leading international companies in the financial software sector
- Regnology’s founding CEO, Jürgen Lux, has decided to assume a more strategic role and will continue sharing his knowledge and experience as a senior advisor to the Board of Directors of Regnology and to its owner Nordic Capital
FRANKFURT, GERMANY – Newsaktuell – 3 November 2021 – Regnology, a leading international provider of innovative regulatory, risk, and supervisory technology solutions (RegTech, RiskTech, and SupTech), announced the appointment of Rob Mackay as new CEO of the company. Regnology’s founding CEO, Jürgen Lux, has decided to assume a more strategic role as a senior advisor to the Board of Directors of Regnology and to its owner Nordic Capital.
Regnology’s Board of Directors selected Rob Mackay for the position on account of his extensive experience from the financial services sector as a successful executive with a strong track record and customer focus.
Rob Mackay was until recently the CEO of Itiviti, a world-leading financial service company and technology provider for the capital markets industry. Prior to that, he was responsible as Chief Operating Officer for the Cross-Asset Trading & Risk business unit at FIS, the world’s largest provider of banking technology. His previous management experience includes positions as Chief Operating Officer of Hedge Funds & Risk and Managing Director of Alternative Investments.
“We are very pleased that Rob joins Regnology as CEO. With his valuable experience, he will support Regnology to reach the next level and further strengthen its extraordinary growth journey. Rob comes with extensive operational and commercial leadership experience. With his background from executive positions in Itiviti, FIS, and SunGard, he has successfully built leading international companies in the financial software sector. He is highly results driven and admired for his ability to create high performance cultures. The Board is confident that his deep understanding of customer needs and his strong track record in driving international growth makes him the right leader to take Regnology to the next level as an innovative and reliable partner to our customers,” says Johan Ek, Chairman of the Board, Regnology.
“Regnology is a company with a strong offering and great, dedicated people. I am looking forward to build upon the impressive foundation that has been established to date and to working with Regnology’s many talented and passionate colleagues, contributing to its continued development, and delivering the service, solutions and innovation that customers require to support their business and strategic ambitions,” said Rob Mackay, incoming CEO of Regnology.
By the acquisition of Vizor in 2021, a solid steppingstone for further opportunities for Regnology outside the DACH region has been created. The company is now in a position of strength, with significant potential to further accelerate its international growth journey. The goal is also to accelerate the product and service offerings.
“The Board of Directors of Regnology would like to thank Jürgen for his outstanding dedication and contributions since inception of the business more than 25 years ago. Under his leadership Regnology has established itself as a leading software provider in the RegTech space, particularly in the DACH region. We are looking forward to continue working with Jürgen in his capacity as a senior advisor,” comments Johan Ek.
“After almost three decades, now is the right time for me to step aside and make a change. Regnology is ideally positioned for a successful future and is fully on course for growth. With Nordic Capital, we have the right partner at our side. I am pleased to be able to contribute to the new chapter of the company’s success story as Senior Advisor,” says Jürgen Lux.
Until end of 2020, the company was part of BearingPoint group and operated under the name BearingPoint RegTech. Since the sale of the RegTech business to private equity firm Nordic Capital, the company is independent. In June 2021, the company joined forces with Vizor Software and recently changed the name to Regnology.
About Regnology
Regnology is a leading international provider of innovative regulatory, risk, and supervisory technology solutions (RegTech, RiskTech, and SupTech), of AEOI and tax reporting products, as well as of services along the Regulatory Value Chain for financial services. Regnology has been a partner for banks and regulators for 25 years. In total, Regnology serves more than 7,000 financial services firms with reporting solutions. At the same time, the company enables more than 50 regulators and tax authorities to collect data from 34,000 firms in 60 countries. The combined company has a total workforce of over 770 employees at 17 office locations in 12 countries.
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Like Medi uses a new and unique LightSheer® technology to launch “True. Painless” Laser Hair Removal Treatment with Vacuum Technology
HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 3 November 2021 – After many years of experience, Like Medi found that most customers are most concerned about the pain caused during and after laser hair removal. In view of this, in order to let customers have the best experience when receiving laser hair removal treatment, they combined Advanced technology and ingenious operation skills <True. Painless> permanent hair removal treatment, using the new and unique LightSheer® technology.
The LightSheer® technology launched by Like Medi this time is produced by Lumenis, the world’s largest energy medical device company for beauty, surgery and ophthalmology applications. This product is positioned at the forefront of the market. Provide laser hair removal treatment with a wavelength of 805 nm or 1060 nm, no need to stop, in addition to painless hair removal, it can also treat pigment and vascular diseases. Doctors can combine LightSheer®’s high-speed vacuum assist technology with ChillTip (TM) integrated contact cooling technology to achieve excellent results and provide customers with pleasant, effective, fast and safe treatment.
LightSheer® is the latest generation of Lumenis hair removal system, using the “vacuum patented negative pressure suction laser hair removal principle” to suck the skin surface with vacuum technology to expand the epidermis, reduce the density of epidermal melanin, and temporarily block blood circulation in the blood vessels, allowing energy It reaches the deep hair follicles more accurately, and the hair shaft and hair follicles are damaged, which prevents the hair from growing again. Compared with general laser hair removal, no anesthetic is required before the treatment. Its first HIT vacuum painless technology and breakthrough semiconductor infrared laser (800 nm) make the hair removal process as comfortable as thermal massage, greatly reducing pain and achieving effective The hair removal effect, coupled with the patented ChillTip™ Contact Cooling cryoprotection technology, provides a constant temperature of 4°C throughout the treatment, which is safer and more comfortable than traditional laser hair removal. For particularly thick hair (such as men’s hair removal or Bikini hair removal) More effective. After years of all verification, it has been approved by the US FDA as a medical device for permanent hair reduction.
The LightSheer® hair removal system also allows to provide 3 different sizes of treatment probes customized treatment according to different hair colors, different skin types and different body parts, such as ET cold pressure probe for small-scale hair removal (face hair removal, hand hair removal, Bikini hair removal ), HS vacuum probe is aimed at large-scale hair removal (men’s laser hair removal, back hair removal). The number of hair removal treatments and the laser hair removal effect required by the customer depends on the hair color and the target area. Because hair grows periodically, it requires multiple treatments to get the best results. Each hair removal treatment lasts 10 to 30 minutes.
Before each treatment, the Like Medi will remind customers to prepare before hair removal and avoid receiving fruit acid peeling treatments or using fruit acid skin care products on related parts. In addition, avoid receiving optical treatments such as color light, laser, radio frequency, microneedles, etc. on the relevant parts within 4 weeks before the treatment. Just pay attention to wearing loose clothing before laser hair removal After the treatment, the customer will be reminded not to use antiperspirant, fruit acid, alcohol-containing skin care products within two weeks after the laser hair removal, and moisturize after the hair removal, and apply high-moisturizing skin care to the laser hair removal area. Good care after laser hair removal can prevent dry skin and even red spots after hair removal.
About Like Medi
Like Medi’s business philosophy is “Intentions, Sincerity, and Word of Mouth”, providing high-quality life beauty and medical beauty treatments, shaping a new definition of “beauty”, crafting aesthetics in the subtleties, and letting technology create health and beauty. In addition to women’s hair removal, it has also been available in recent years. Men began to pay attention to hair appearance, so Like Medi also launched men’s facial hair removal. They use European and American medical beauty brands and professional-grade equipment to perform
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