CHINA:
2. Regulators ask crypto mining to move out of Sichuan province after September
3. Alibaba Cloud to invest $1b to fund startups and empower developers in APAC region
4. JD.com-owned Dada Group Delivers Strong Q1 Results Boosted by Demand in Lower-Tier Markets
5. Chinese oline grocery Dingdong Maicai files for US IPO
6. Alibaba-backed online education giant Zuoyebang downsizes amid tightening policy control
7. Chinese lidar maker Hesai lands $300M led by Hillhouse, Xiaomi, Meituan
8. Luckin founder adopts frugal approach with new F&B startup
10. Chinese O2O pharma platform Dingdang Health nets nets $22m led by TPG Capital Asia
11. Chinese genome sequencing firm QitanTech bags $63m co-led by GL Ventures, CDH
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1. PropertyGuru in talks with blank-check firm for $2b merger deal
2. Wagely, an Indonesian earned wage access and financial services platform, raises $5.6M
4. Tata Digital in talks to buy stake in hyperlocal delivery firm Dunzo
5. Tiger Global leads USD 35 million Series C round in Indian automobile startup GoMechanic
6. Beenext joins $2m round of Indian mobile commerce platform for SMBs
7. Philippines grants new digital banking licenses to Tonik, Unobank
8. Thailand-based automotive parts firm Autopair nets undisclosed sum in pre-series A money
9. MooVita raises ‘multi-million dollars’ Series A to bring driverless cars to Singapore’s public roads
10. Stemly, SaaS startup incubated by ING Labs Singapore bags $2.5m from Elev8, others
11. SOSV Chinaccelerator portfolio NewCampus raised fresh funds of $2million
12. Singapore startup that develops plant-based eggs Float Foods banks $1.7m in seed round
13. Naluri secures US$5M Series A to support people with chronic health, mental conditions in SEA
CROSS-BORDER:
1. Nvidia’s acquisition of Arm could reportedly be delayed by Chinese regulators
2. Apple, Chinese manufacturers in talks on U.S. car battery factory
3. Amazon to invest $3 billion to open data centres in Spain in 2022
4. Razer partners with Hong Kong startup Clearbot to build self-driving ships to clean marine waste
OVERSEAS:
1. Apple bull expects iPhone maker to hit $3 trillion market cap in 2022
4. Brazil digital bank Nubank closes $750M Series G extension
5. 3D-printed rocket startup Relativity Space launches its valuation to $4.2B with $650M in new funding
6. EV startup Fisker sets moonshot goal of making a climate-neutral EV by 2027
7. Managing Health From Home: LetsGetChecked Raises $150M Series D
8. Brinqa raises $110M for cybersecurity tools
9. Whatfix Lands $90M To Help Get Employees Up To Speed On Work Apps
10. Airbase raises $60M as the corporate spend market segments, matures
11. Seven Seven Six-Backed SIMULATE Gobbles Up $50M Series B To Expand Food Products
12. Croatia’s Gideon Brothers raises $31M for its 3D vision-enabled autonomous warehouse robots
13. Pasqal raises $30M for quantum processors
14. Liteboxer, the Peloton of boxing, raises $20 million Series A
15. Kafene raises $14M to offer buy now, pay later to the subprime consumer
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