CHINA:
1. China tightens cybersecurity reviews on overseas IPOs
2. China’s TMT-focused investor XVC seeks to raise $325m for third venture fund
3. ByteDance reportedly scrapped a planned IPO after meeting with Chinese officials
4. Chinese streaming firm DouYu terminates $5.3 bln merger with Huya
5. Online home furnishing platform Tubatu files for $108 million IPO
6. NLP trailblazer Xiaoice gains unicorn status after closing Series A from Hillhouse, GGV Capital
7. Cloud computing provider Singularity Data raises USD 10 million angel round
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1. Walmart’s Indian e-commerce store Flipkart raises $3.6 billion in fresh funds
2. Indian financial services firm MobiKwik looks to raise $255 million in IPO
3. H&M, Samsung Venture join $45m series B round of Indian social commerce firm Trell
4. Carsome, Catcha Group partner to acquire iCar Asia in $200m deal
5. Malaysian proptech firm Speedhome scores $1.7m round from Allianz, Gobi Partners
6. Vietnam edtech platform Virtual Internships banks $2.5m in round led by Sequoia’s Surge
7. Bambu acquires Tradesocio to scale its B2B wealthtech offerings, in talks to raise US$25M Series C
8. Nejree raises USD 15 million Series A for ‘try now, buy later’ fashion e-commerce platform
9. PH delivery startup MetroMart raising up to $30m in Series A funding
CROSS-BORDER:
1. Tencent, Warburg Pincus pour $12m into Indonesian tax management platform OnlinePajak
OVERSEAS:
1. U.S. approves Blue Origin license for human space travel ahead of Bezos flight
2. Microsoft agrees to buy security software provider RiskIQ
3. Broadcom in talks to buy software firm SAS Institute
4. Elevate Brands banks $250M to roll up third-party merchants selling on Amazon’s marketplace
5. VU raises $12M to remove cybersecurity friction from digital experiences
6. Gembah raises $11M to ‘democratize product innovation’
7. Vaayu’s carbon tracking for retailers raises $1.6M, claims it could cut CO2 in half by 2030
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