CHINA:
1. China tech crackdown turns to food delivery giant Meituan as $38.96 billion is wiped off value
2. China Evergrande plans sale of $1.4b new energy vehicle unit shares
3. Carmaker BYD to list semiconductor unit on ChiNext board
4. China’s Trip.com steps up focus on personalized domestic travel options
5. Fintech giant Ant Group’s MYbank joins China’s digital yuan platform
6. Chinese Cybersecurity Giant 360 to Cooperate with NETA Auto to Make Electric Cars
7. China’s autonomous driving company WeRide secures more funding, pushing valuation to $3.3 billion
9. Home care service platform 好孕妈妈 Haoyun Mama closed Series A+
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1. Smartphone shipments in India likely to slowdown in second quarter: IDC
3. Indian auto marketplace CarTrade to file for $272m IPO
4. Elevation, Matrix Partners co-lead $3m round of Indian enterprise SaaS firm SuperOps
5. Indian AI firm Myelin Foundry raises $1m to help users stream movies in higher definition
CROSS-BORDER:
1. U.S. will remove Xiaomi from blacklist, reversing jab by Trump
OVERSEAS:
1. The global chip shortage could last until 2023
2. Volkswagen, Argo AI to launch international trials of self-driving ID. BUZZ
3. AWS releases tool to open source that turns on-prem software into SaaS
4. Cisco to acquire Indy startup Socio to bring hybrid events to Webex
5. South Korea’s LG Chem to invest $134m in new tech, ESG fund
6. Vinted sews up $303M for second hand clothes marketplace
7. London’s fashion shopping platform Lyst lands $85M
8. Job Site Handshake Joins Unicorn Board With $80M Series E
9. Direct-to-consumer orthodontic startup Impress raises $50M to scale across Europe
10. Stampli raises $50 million in Series C to help companies intelligently manage invoices
11. Unmind raises $47M for a platform to provide mental health support in your workplace
12. Business Of One: Collective Gathers $20M For Self-Employed Financial Services
13. Collective, a back-office platform for the self-employed, raises $20M from Ashton Kutcher’s VC
14. Planck, the insurance data analytics platform, raises $20M growth round
15. Treasury Prime raises $20M to scale its banking-as-a-service biz
16. U.K.-based caretech company Birdie raises $11.5M
17. Pomelo raises $9M to build a payments infrastructure for LatAm fintechs
18. Cortex Intel Raises $6M Series A To Decarbonate Buildings
19. Ontop Inks $4.5M Seed So Companies Can Tap Latin America’s Talent
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