Chinaccelerator Daily Digest 05/12/2021

CHINA:

1. Vanguard, Ant Group to boost capital in robo-advisory JV in China

2. Xiaomi Ranks 4th in BrandZ Top 50 Global Brands, OPPO Follows in 6th Place

3. Geely set up an NEV company in Sichuan

4. Grocery delivery startup Dingdong maicai announced that they closed Series D+ of 330 million USD, led by Softbank Vision fund

5. Online music education startup vipSing closed Series A, led by Shunwei Capital and followed by Agora

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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:

1. Flipkart in talks to raise $1 billion ahead of IPO

2. Xander acquires 31-acre logistics park in eastern India

3. General Atlantic-backed KFintech buys 17% in Indian insurtech startup Artivatic.ai

4. India-based deep-tech firm Cron banks $4m in Ventureast co-led round

5. Indian professional skilling edtech startup Geekster bags $200k in pre-seed round

6. Singapore fintech firm Aleta Planet, SaaS startup Fooyo launch joint venture

7. Singaporean recruitment chatbot startup Impress.ai bags $3m in pre-series A money

8. Singapore-based HashMix raises $3m to launch crypto mining power marketplace

9. Vietnam, Philippines see largest growth in spends on mobile games in SEA

10. Vietnman’s Vinfast bets on global EV boom, battery leasing model as it weighs IPO

11. Mark Cuban joins Vietnamese gaming startup Sky Mavis’ $7.5m series A round

12. Bangladesh-based chat platform Alice Labs secures $500k in seed funding

13. Thailand’s Brooker Group to invest US$48M into Binance, Uniswap, other DeFi projects

14. Gojek buys 4.76% stake in Indonesian conglomerate Lippo Group’s retail business

CROSS-BORDER:

1. China’s ‘Uber for trucks’ Manbang could file for $30 billion U.S. IPO as early as this week

OVERSEAS:

1. Miroma Ventures To Invest $100M In Consumer And Media Brands

2. YouTube to launch $100 mln creator fund for Shorts video feature

3. EA signals gaming boom extending run with upbeat annual forecast

4. Bill Gates-backed biotech Ginkgo Bioworks going public via $15 billion SPAC

5. SoftBank-backed mortgage lender Better going public via $7.7 billion SPAC

6. SoftBank targeting IPO for payment app PayPay

7. Waymo, Cruise seek permits to charge for autonomous car rides in San Francisco

8. Jamf, the enterprise Apple device management company, snags zero trust security startup Wandera for $400M

9. Ethos raises $200M for life insurance

10. Acquco Secures $160M Series A To Help Amazon Third-Party Sellers Exit Their Businesses

11. Mimicking A Hospital At Home: Huma Brings In $130M Series C

12. Final-mile fulfillment startup parcelLab closes $112M Series C funding led by Insight Partners

13. CircleCI announces $100M Series F on $1.7B valuation along with Vamp acquisition

14. AI analog chip startup Mythic raises $70 Million

15. Lili Targets Freelancer Business Management With $55M Series B

16. After Growing 391%, Legion Locks Up $50M Series C To Manage Workforces

17. SightCall raises $42M for its AR-based visual assistance platform

18. Engageli nabs $33M more for its collaborative video-based teaching platform

19. Cybersecurity startup Panaseer raises $26.5M Series B led by AllegisCyber Capital

20. Israeli security startup Cycode raises $20M to secure DevOps pipelines

21. CryptoPunks NFT bundle goes for $17 million in Christie’s auction

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