CHINA:
1. China doubles down on regulation of livestream e-commerce
2. Baidu’s Jidu Auto to invest $7.7 bln in ‘robot’ smart cars
3. Chinese greentech firm Envision Group launches smart charging robot for EVs
4. TikTok owner ByteDance takes on Alibaba, Pinduoduo in big e-commerce push
6. Beijing-based ByteDance says it has no immediate listing plans
7. China’s Ant cuts down on smartphone loans amid regulatory crackdown
9. Tencent-backed E-commerce Firm Missfresh Now Available on JD Daojia Platform
10. Xiaomi in talks to inevst in Black Sesame Technologies, an AI digital imaging technology firm
11. Hong Kong fintech unicorn WeLab weighs IPO amid region’s digital finance boom
12. AfterShip, automation tools provider, snags US$66M in Series B funding led by Tiger Global
13. Tencent leads $50m funding in fashion ecommerce platform CHICV
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1. Thai hobby-focused ecommerce startup Mercular scores $3m from 500 Startups’ fund, others
2. Singapore startup Republiqe enters NFT market with ‘digital clothing’
3. Singapore biotech firm Austrianova secures $100m via share subscription facility deal
4. Robo-advisor StashAway bags USD 25 million from Sequoia India ahead of Thailand launch
5. Indian retail pharmacy chain Wellness Forever plans $160m IPO
6. Ola Electric to invest $2b to set up 100,000 EV charging points in India
7. Superapp battle for Indonesia gets hotter as Grab & GoTo level up to take on Sea
9. Saudi fintech firm Tamara raises USD 110 million in record Series A led by Checkout.com
CROSS-BORDER:
1. Brazil’s Nubank readies U.S. stock market listing
OVERSEAS:
1. Google’s recently promoted Search boss earned cash and stock worth $55 million last year
2. Tesla cars can drive with nobody in the driver’s seat, Consumer Reports engineers find
3. Honda aims for 100% electric vehicles by 2040, says new CEO
4. Standard Chartered-backed virtual bank Mox wants to double its customer base in 2021
5. Vivid Seats, a marketplace for connecting fans with event ticket sellers, to go public via SPAC
6. SoftBank-backed SPAC to take Mapbox public in $2 bln deal
7. Semiconductor specialist Alphawave IP plans $4.5B London IPO and move to UK HQ
8. Snap paid $124M for Fit Analytics as it gears up for a bigger e-commerce push
9. Israeli cybersecurity company Deep Instinct nabs USD 100 million investment
11. Hyundai invests in teleoperations startup Ottopia as part of $9M round
12. Hawke Ventures raises $5.6M to back digital marketing startups
13. PowerX Supercharges Home Utilities With $4M Seed Round
14. Introvoke raises $2.7M to power online events that can be embedded anywhere
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