CHINA:
1. Shanghai starts construction on $898 million e-sports arena, as it pushes to be world gaming capital
2. Number of online hospitals in China increased sixfold last year
3. Chinese Venture Firm Dayone Capital Raises $600 Million For Debut Fund
4. Warren Buffett-backed Chinese electric car company BYD outsells its start-up rivals
5. Farfetch shuts store on JD.com, turning to Alibaba’s Tmall
7. IQiyi’s VR equipment arm IQiyi Smart raises Series B funds for hardware, content development
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1. Tata Group may explore AirAsia India-Vistara merger as it doubles down on aviation
2. India’s Udaan raises $280M for B2B e-commerce
3. Indian agritech firm CropIn nets $20m in series C round
4. Indian payments firm BharatPe raises $8.2m from InnoVen
5. Sequoia’s Surge-backed edtech startup Kyt raises $5m in series A round
6. Gojek suffers $17m impairment loss over Pathao investment
7. Indonesian food-tech firms bet big on delivery platforms for growth
8. Singapore multicurrency e-wallet YouTrip partners with Visa
CROSS-BORDER:
1. US officials may be planning to add Alibaba, Tencent to list of banned China stocks
2. TikTok rolls out its first lidar-powered AR effect
3. Chinese EV maker Xpeng and rivals bet on European market
4. Aleph Farms to bring lab-grown meat to Japan with Mitsubishi’s Food Industry Group
5. Sea Group is hiring in Indonesia for digital banking push after possible acquisition
OVERSEAS:
1. California governor’s stimulus plan includes $1.5 billion to boost electric and hydrogen vehicles
3. Nvidia’s $40 billion Arm acquisition to be investigated by UK competition regulator
4. A SoftBank-backed education start-up Kahoot could be Europe’s first major tech IPO in 2021
5. Gamzing company Roblox raises $520 million ahead of planned stock market direct listing
6. Twitter acqui-hires creative agency Ueno to help design new products
7. Social media management platform Hootsuite acquires Sparkcentral, a customer engagement tool
9. Senti Bio raises $105 million for its new programmable biology platform and cancer therapies
10. Sales engagement platform SalesLoft Raises $100M, Reaching $1.1B Valuation
11. Oxbotica raises $47M to deploy its autonomous vehicle software in industrial applications
12. Veo raises $25M for AI-based cameras that record and analyze football and other team sports
13. New Wave Foods Brings In $18M Series A To Provide Plant-based Shrimp, Shellfish
14. Plant-centered prepared food delivery startup Thistle raises $10.3 million
15. Teamflow lands $3.9 million for a productive virtual HQ platform
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