Event: The Rise Conference in Hong Kong - July 2015
One of the biggest conferences of tech startups in Asia was help on July 31st: Rise. The usual suspects were in attendance, all there to try to cash in on the opportunities in the Asian regions. Similar to the conference in Las Vegas the other month, Collision, Rise attracted exhibitor startups across an expansive set of niches and industries, from cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin to social media apps for tweens. One of the stages, Rise Conference, Hong Kong, July 2015. "It’s carpet bombing." Of note were there Bitcoin teams from the Philippines that were in attendance. Paylance is a payment....
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