CHINA:

1. China’s mobile gaming market observes strong revenue growth despite COVID-19

2. Ant Group wins approval from Chinese regulators for the Hong Kong leg of its blockbuster IPO

3. Alibaba to acquire controlling stake in China’s hypermarket chain Sun Art for $3.6b

4. EV maker Byton CEO departs amid restructuring

5. AI giant Megvii leverages logistics as new growth engine, rolling out seven warehouse robots

6. Bilibili announced to establish long-term strategic partnership with BBC Studios

7. Insurtech startup Nanyan closes $37m Series C round

8. Cross-border ecommerce SaaS provider 领星ERP raised 70million RMB

 

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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:

1. Singapore’s Nanofilm, which makes coating materials for smartphones, TVs and smartwatches, to raise up to US$375M in largest local IPO in years

2. Singapore’s EV motorbike startup Ion Mobility bags seed funding for launch in Indonesia

3. Propseller raises US$1.7M in seed funding to ease property sales through a combination of tech, property agents

4. Indian e-tailers to gross USD 6.5 billion in sales in upcoming festive season

5. After Reliance, India’s USD 113 billion Tata Group prepares for the e-commerce challenge

6. Philippines: Robinsons Retail acquires drugstore chain Rose Pharmacy

 

CROSS-BORDER:

1. Nvidia’s $40 billion Arm acquisition could be targeted by Chinese regulators, analysts say

2. Amid tensions with China, India warns Amazon, Flipkart over country of origin rule

3. China-owned gaming firm Playtika files confidentially for U.S. IPO

4. WeChat’s Chinese owner Tencent chooses co-working space JustCo for first Singapore office

5. EV maker Faraday Future raises USD 45 million in debt financing

6. AI-powered Thai insurtech startup Sunday plans Indonesia foray early next year

7. HK-based C Ventures backs US podcast media studio QCODE

 

OVERSEAS:

1. FAA streamlines commercial launch rules to keep the rockets flying

2. Telecommunications provider GTT to sell infrastructure unit to I Squared for $2.15 billion

3. Polish e-commerce group Allegro went public 

4. Japan’s fintech firm WealthNavi applies to list on TSE, IPO likely this year

5. German business transformation software maker Celonis has acquired Czech online automation startup Integromat

6. Norwegian user-generated gamified e-learning startup Kahoot! has picked up $215 million from SoftBank

7. Future raises $24M Series B for its $150/mo workout coaching app amid at-home fitness boom

8. Transforming Latin American Corner Stores: Chiper Carries In $12M Series A

9. Lawmatics raises $2.5M to help lawyers market themselves

10. Atlanta-based Speedscale now has $2.2 million more to grow its API test automation business

11. Crypto-driven marketplace Zora raises $2M to build a sustainable creator economy

 

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