Overseas:
1. Apple supplier AMS hit by forecast doubts amid chip slowdown
2. Autodesk, Flex veterans raise $179 million for manufacturing startup
3. Apple plans to launch TV subscription service globally
4. Yahoo to pay $50 million to 200 million Americans who were victims of largest data breach in history
5. Web performance software company Cloudflare readies IPO
6. Uber to go all-electric in London, awaits Khashoggi murder facts
7. Amazon will reportedly open another futuristic cashierless convenience store … in New York City
8. Facebook is completely redesigning the Messenger app for its 1.3 billion users
9. China’s Baidu challenges Google with A.I. that translates languages in real-time
10. Uber plans to expand food delivery to 70% of the US as it seeks to justify its massive valuation
11. Uber to charge its London passengers more for rides in $260 million drive to go all-electric by 2025
12. Lyft speeds ahead with its autonomous initiatives
13. Teamable, the Tinder for hiring, raises $5M and acquires Simppler
14. Stockholm-based Resolution Games nabs $7.5M to pioneer AR/VR experiences
15. Envoy raises $43 million to digitize your office
16. GoEuro raises $150 million for its travel aggregator
17. Customer service ‘behavioral pairing’ startup Afiniti quietly raised $130M at a $1.6B valuation
18. GGV Capital raises US$1.88 billion to invest in US and Chinese start-ups
China:
1. Chinese employee training platform YunXueTang 云学堂 raised 50 Million USD in C round.
2. AR promotion service provider wodetian 我的天科技 raised 7-digit RMB in the new round.
5. China tests facial recognition at border crossing of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge
Blockchain:
2. Coinbase lets you buy and sell USDC stablecoin
Emerging Market:
1. Dyson Plans to Build Electric Cars in Singapore
2. Malaysia’s P2P financing startup Fundaztic raises US$720K crowdfunding via pitchIN
3. Indonesia’s tax management startup OnlinePajak gets US$25M led by Warburg Pincus
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