CHINA:
1 Huawei’s Richard Yu to lead cloud, AI units as telecoms giant pushes into new growth markets
2 ByteDance Challenges Tencent’s Gaming Empire With Bigger Team And More Investments
3 Ant Group’s Micro-Lending Platforms Adjust Quota Management Functions
4 Alipay, JD Digits, Didi remove all bank deposit products: report
5. Tencent-backed Kuaishou’s IPO overbought 1,200 times by retail investors, sets record
6. Pinduoduo Reveals China’s Rising “Single Economy” Amid Lunar New Year Season
7. Chinese Phone Maker Transsion Saw Profit In 2020 Up 47%
8. Sequoia-backed Chinese EV startup Leapmotor lands $665m in its series B round
9. Chinese energy IoT platform Newlink Group bags $100m led by CMB International
10. ICW raises US$5.7M Series A+ to further develop its B2B supply chain management platform
11. LandSpace Completes Zhuque 2 Rocket Fairing Separation Test
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CROSS-BORDER:
1. US lobby group urges India not to tighten foreign e-commerce rules
3. Google updates Play Store policies on gamified loyalty programs following confusion in India
6. Online wholesale retailer Boxed taps Aeon for Asia expansion
7. Swedish investment firm EQT strengthens APAC presence with opening of Japan office
OVERSEAS
1. SoftBank’s Son expects mass production of driverless cars in 2 years
2. Elon Musk’s explosive SpaceX rocket test reportedly violated its FAA license
3. Robinhood raises $1B after trading halts to keep its platform running
4. Physna raises $20 million for AI that analyzes and digitizes 3D objects
5. SOSV-backed edtech startup ELSA raises $15m in Series B
6. Nerdy, a tutoring marketplace startup, is going public via SPAC
7. Sirenum, a platform for managing shift and gig workers, raises a $2.7M Series A
8. Firehawk Aerospace extends seed funding to $2.5 million with $1.2 million from Harlow Capital
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