CHINA:
1 Chengdu to distribute $7.7 million in its first digital yuan lottery: report
2 Ant Group’s IPO could be revived after ‘problem solved’, hints China’s central bank governor
3 ByteDance’s revenue doubled to $37b in 2020
4 Geely Begins RMB4.12 Billion Low-Orbit Satellite Internet Project
5 China’s Didi Chuxing said to have raised $1.5b for freight unit
6 China battery maker Eve and its parent to invest $278m in Huayou Cobalt
7 China’s MEMSIC Semiconductor raises over $154.3m in Series A round
8 Chinese online training platform Yunxuetang 云学堂 raises $100m from Tencent
10 China’s cross-border Fintech startup XTransfer raises Series C2
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1 Ex-Singtel, Facebook execs back influencer agency Gushcloud
2 Indonesia bourse launches new classification to lure tech, healthcare investors
3 PE firm General Atlantic invests $55m in Indonesian life sciences firm KGBio
4 Ex-Traveloka exec’s fintech startup Credi Book bags $1.5m in pre-series A funding
5 Indonesia’s fintech OVO rolls out new affordable investment product to consumers
6 Malaysia’s e-fulfillment company iStore iSend secures $5.5m Series B
CROSS-BORDER:
1 GIC, other wealth funds caught in the crossfire as US, China feud over technology
2 IFC weighs $8m for Cambodia solar power plant project of Thai-listed Prime Road Power
3 YouTube says its TikTok competitor Shorts is getting 3.5 billion views a day in India test run
4 Lendela bags US$2M pre-Series A to expand consumer credit platform in Singapore, Hong Kong
5 Apple just had its best quarter in India
OVERSEAS
1 Japan’s SoftBank appoints CTO Miyakawa as CEO
2 Alphabet and Facebook rise after Microsoft reports surprisingly strong advertising revenue
3 Microsoft reports 17% revenue growth as cloud business accelerates
4 S Korea’s shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy plans IPO for green tech investment
5 Snap looks to enhance augmented reality features with acquisition of British research lab Ariel AI
6 Twitter acquires newsletter platform Revue
8 Sila Nanotechnologies raises $590M to fund battery materials factory
9 GIC-backed online video platform Vimeo raises $300m equity at $6b valuation
10 Rhino raises $95M to scale its rental deposit replacing insurance product
11 Roostify Raises $32M Series C For Home Lending Amid Hot Real Estate Market
12 Berlin’s Remagine secures $24M to finance high-growth and impact-led startups
13 Calibrate Inks $22.5M Series A To Help People Lose Weight
14 Supply chain & Procurement start up Tealbook Looks To Grow 300% After Closing $14.4M Series A
15 With $7M Series A, Parse Biosciences Makes Gene Sequencing Accessible To All
16 Zero, a plastic-free grocery-delivery startup, to launch in LA
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