CHINA:
2 Chinese Startups And Venture Capitalists Bet Big On Open Source RISC-V
3 Over One-Third of the Global Industrial Robots Were Manufactured in China
4 China’s big telecoms pare losses triggered by NYSE delisting
5 Didi Prepares to Raise over $60B for 2021 Hong Kong IPO
6 Xpeng and NIO Announce Annual Vehicle Delivery Results, Both Set New Records
8 Tencent-backed Chinese healthtech firm DXY bags $500m
9 China’s Machinery XCMG ties up with Tsingshan Group to invest in $843m new energy project
10 Apple supplier Foxconn in talks to invest in embattled Chinese Tesla challenger Byton
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1 India’s CRED raises $81 million, buys back shares worth $1.2 million from employees
2 Indian payments startup BharatPe looks to raise $200m equity funding, $500m debt
3 IPO-bound Zomato’s losses ballooned four-fold in FY20 as expenses rose
4 Indian auto major M&M in talks to offload majority stake in Ssangyong, India’s largest SUV Maker
5 Vietnam-based PE firm Mekong Capital closes fifth fund at $246m
6 Vietnam’s EcoTruck secures $4.3m Series A funding and other SE Asia deals
7 With group revenues topping pre-COVID levels, Grab puts up a strong face for the future
8 Online grocery wars: Grab challenges Lazada for dominance
9 Tribecar partners with Carro, NTUC Income to launch usage-based motor insurance in S’pore
10 Indonesia’s SiCepat secures $60m from Falcon House, close to sealing $100m Series B round
11 Indonesia’s Gojek in advanced talks with e-commerce major Tokopedia for $18b merger, IPO
12 Indonesian stock trading apps Stockbit, Ajaib raising new rounds riding on retail investor surge
CROSS-BORDER:
2 Google and Snap in talks to invest in India’s ShareChat, India’s social network
3 OPPO Shipments In Western Europe Tripled From Last Year
4 Huawei Pay joins hands with Aleta Planet to introduce NFC, QR code payments for S’pore users
5 Swedish Telecom Giant Ericsson Pressures Government to Overturn Huawei Ban
6 LOGOS, Canada’s CPPIB partner to set up new logistics venture in Indonesia
7 Indonesia’s MNC Group buys controlling stake in US brokerage Auerbach Grayson
8 Thailand’s state-owned PTTEP to invest $2b in Myanmar power plants, gas fields
OVERSEAS:
1 Italian court rules against ‘discriminatory’ Deliveroo rider-ranking algorithm
2 Hundreds of Google Employees Unionize, Culminating Years of Activism
3 Airbnb gets skeptical Wall Street analyst calls after stock price more than doubled from debut
4 Twitter acquires social podcasting app Breaker, team to help build Twitter Spaces
5 Uber researchers propose AI language model that emphasizes positive and polite responses
6 Haven, the Amazon-Berkshire-JPMorgan venture to disrupt healthcare, is disbanding after 3 years
7 Health Tech Company Color Inks $1.5B Valuation With $167M Series D
8 Lidar startup Aeva raises another $200M ahead of its debut as a public company
9 AMP Robotics raises $55 million for AI that picks and sorts recyclables
10 Workplace messaging service Slack hit by outage, disrupting remote work after holidays
11 SS&C Technology withdraws $2.3b offer to buy Australia’s Link Group
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