CHINA:
1. Bytedance builds walls for its budding e-commerce ecosystem
2. Alibaba Health, Sinovac 科兴生物 tie up to build platform for COVID-19 vaccine inoculation
3. Alibaba-backed Tmall establishes online housing platform Tmall Haofang 天猫好房 with E-House
4. China’s Tencent pushes for e-commerce breakthrough on WeChat via in-app programs
5. Shanghai-based chipmaker SMIC 中芯国际 shares downgraded on Huawei ban
6. China’s TikTok competitor Kuaishou 快手, backed by Tencent, hires investment banks for a Hong Kong IPO
7. China’s JD Health plans $1b HK IPO filing this month
8. Chinese smart medical services firm Kyee Tech 京颐科技 raises $64M in Series D round led by Tencent
10. China’s Internetware 因特睿 raises $103m in Series B round to expand ops
11. Chinese fabless IC design company Nurlink 诺领科技 bags $29m Series B round of funding
12 Chinese cloud computing PaaS startup BoCloud 博云 completes series D round
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1. India: E-healthcare firms focus on small towns, value-added services post pandemic
2. India: Ed-tech startup BYJU’s acquires lab-like virtual simulation platform LabInApp
3. Indonesian ride-hailing giant Gojek kickstarts Thai operation after brand unification
CROSS-BORDER:
1. APAC cloud infrastructure revenue reaches $9B in Q2 with Amazon leading the way
2. TikTok set to IPO globally if Trump approves deal with Oracle, Walmart
3. Uber plans to sell part of stake in China’s Didi Chuxing
4. SoftBank, Naver turn to ‘squeeze out’ to take Line private
5. SoftBank-backed logistic courier startup Delhivery eyes IPO within next 12-18 months
6. Foodpanda launches in Japan, escalating Uber rivalry
7. Myanmar-headquartered UMG Idealab invests in Indonesian team monitoring app Jarvis
OVERSEAS:
1. Global nonprofit software company Mozilla shutters Firefox Send and Notes
2. Amazon invests in battery recycling firm started by former Tesla executive: Redwood Materials
4. Unity prices IPO above range at $52, initially valuing game software company at $13.7B
5. Australian software firm Atlassian launches $50M venture fund
6 Forage, formerly InsideSherpa, raises $9.3M Series A for virtual work experiences
7. Cloud service startup Demand Sage raises $3M to make sales and marketing data more accessible
8. Watch SpaceX launch 60 more Starlink satellites for its broadband internet service live
9. Perigee infrastructure security solution from former NSA employee moves into public beta
10. Tech-driven fulfillment solution company Darkstore launches FastAF app for same-day product delivery
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