CHINA:
1. Huawei plans to launch new operating system for phones in June
2. China’s Inner Mongolia escalates crackdown on cryptomining
3. JD.com, Meituan and Neolix to test autonomous deliveries on Beijing public roads
4. China’s Yingke PE closes third USD fund to back global biomedicine startups
5. Chinese smart logistics platform YunQuNa enters unicorn club post $100m round
6. Health management app Boohee Health 薄荷健康 closed Series D
7. Taipei-based computer vision startup eYs3D gets $7M Series A
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1. Indian online healthcare delivery startup PharmEasy acquires rival Medlife
2. India-based FarEye lands $100M for logistics
3. Tiger Global leads $30 million investment in Indian Twitter rival Koo
4. Sequoia’s Surge joins $16m round of data collaboration workspace firm Atlan
5. Indian matchmaking app backed by ex-Google exec Betterhalf.ai bags $3m in pre-series A round
6. Singapore-based Atlan snags $16.5M for data collaboration
7. Wavemaker, Insignia join pre-series A round of Singaporean B2B marketplace Eezee
8. Indonesian SaaS startup Mekari acquires CRM platform Qontak
9. Sequoia leads Indonesian health food brand Lemonilo’s series B round
10. Bangladeshi super app hopeful Data Bird banks $3m in bridge round
12. Mio raises US$1M to help rural Vietnamese women become micro-entrepreneurs
CROSS-BORDER:
1. WhatsApp sues India govt, says new media rules mean end to privacy
2. Tesla sets up China site to store car data locally
OVERSEAS:
1. Amazon’s ad revenue is now twice as big as Snap, Twitter, Roku and Pinterest combined
2. Sinch, a Swedish customer engagement giant, raises $1.1B, SoftBank and Temasek participating
3. Noom bulks up with $540M for weight loss platform
4. SoftBank-backed Contentsquare Valued At $2.8B Following $500M Series E
5. Forter raises $300M on a $3B valuation to combat e-commerce fraud
6. Indoor farming company Bowery raises $300M
7. UK furniture retailer Made.com wants to raise $141 million in an IPO
8. Emotion-detection software startup Affectiva acquired for $73.5M
9. Cybersecurity company Tessian closes $65M Series C
10. Affirm spinout Resolve raises $60M for its B2B ‘buy now, pay later’ platform
11. Qualified raises $51M to help Salesforce users improve their sales and marketing conversations
12. Whatnot raises $50M to let people sell Pokémon cards, Funko Pops and more via livestream
13. Israeli video tech firm AnyClip raises $47 mln in private funds
14. Airbyte announces $26M Series A for open-source data connector platform
15. Clearing Targets Chronic Pain With $20M Seed
16. Getty Images leads $16M investment in Promo.com, a social video template tool
17. Curebase Inks $15M Series A For New Approach To Clinical Trials
18. Twilio invests in adaptive communications platform Hyro
19. Gaming-Focused Payments Platform Tiv Emerges From Stealth With $3.5M In Funding
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