Overseas:
1. Axa Venture Partners raises $150 million early-stage fund
2. The Pill Club raises $51M as VCs find new opportunities in women’s health
3. Jupiter Networks invests $2.5M in enterprise tech accelerator Alchemist
4. Just Eat acquires restaurant software platform Flyt for £22M
5. Adjust expands its anti-ad fraud tech by acquiring Unbotify
6. Varsity Tutors acquires Veritas Prep to expand into live online classes
7. Google will start retiring Hangouts for G Suite users in October
8. Viacom buys the free video streaming service Pluto.tv for $340 million
9. Netflix joins the Motion Picture Association of America
10. Google.org donates $2 million to Wikipedia’s parent org
11. Dosh raises $40M on $300M valuation as its cashback app passes $50M doled out to shoppers
12. Mooncard raises $5.7 million for its expense platform
China:
1. Red Point China Ventures 红点中国 completed the largest fundraising of US$400 million in history
2. Bytedance Acquired Tech-related Patent Rights of Smartisan
3 Microsoft Office 2019 is now officially available in China
5. WeChat payment chooses Le BHV Marais as a European retail partner
6. Xiaomi Joins Tech Rescue Effort With Share Buyback
7. UniTTEC’s First Driverless Train to Run in East China
Cross-border:
1. China’s JD.com tests drone delivery in Indonesia in first overseas pilot
2. Hong Kong’s Lalamove expands to India
Blockchain:
Blockchain ride-hailing startup Tada enters Cambodia and Vietnam
Mobile:
Huawei Honor’s smartphone with a hole-punch display is real
Emerging Market:
1. New $100m fund launches in Singapore to invest in smart cities
2. Dyson to move HQ from UK to Singapore
3. E-scooter startup Neuron Mobility introduces its new e-scooter design focusing on rider’s safety
4. Go-Jek responds after Singapore users charged by no-show drivers
5. Vietnam discount startup banks $1m from CyberAgent and Bon Angels
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