CHINA:
1 Internet Firms Including Alibaba And Tencent Remove Bank Deposit Products
2 Gucci to Join Alibaba’s Tmall Luxury Pavilion
4 China’s MicuRx Pharma secures $107m in Series E round
5 Temasek-backed Chinese cancer biotech firm Gracell files for $100m US IPO
6 Hong Kong-based logistics startup, Zeek, nets $10m in pre-series A round
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1 Delhi HC declines Future Retail’s plea for injunction order against Amazon
2 India’s Zomato teams up with InCred to offer credit to restaurant partners
3 Byju’s-owned WhiteHat Jr hires industry veterans to fuel growth
4 India’s fintech Pine Labs’ valuation tops $2b after Lone Pine investment
5 Digital payroll platform Skuad bags $4m seed round from BEENEXT, others
6 Singapore’s Alchemy Foodtech raises ‘seven-figure’ funding in bridge round
7 SE Asian travel app Traveloka weighs public listing including SPAC option
CROSS-BORDER:
1 Google expands its cloud with new regions in Chile, Germany and Saudi Arabia
2 Volkswagen To Adjust Global Car Production Due To Chip Shortage
4 CDC Group picks minority stake in India’s TVS Industrial and Logistics
5 Mitsubishi Motors to focus on hybrid vehicles in South-east Asia
OVERSEAS:
1 Japan’s Nomura ends financial adviser era, to move 1,500 jobs
2 Google, Cisco and VMware join Microsoft to oppose NSO Group in WhatsApp spyware case
3 SoftBank-backed face-scan firm CloudMinds rebrands US unit to add distance after blacklisting
4 Lidar stocks soar after report that Apple is working on a car for 2024
5 Verizon partners with Deloitte to create enterprise 5G, edge solutions
6 SpaceX just launched a classified spy satellite into orbit
7 Opendoor, real-estate start-up, rides SPAC Deal to Lofty $18 Billion Valuation at Market Debut
8 Thoma Bravo to acquire RealPage property management platform for $10.2B
9 OneTrust, Data compliance platform, Valued At $5.1B After $300M Raise
11 Bolt Raises $75M Series C1 To Advance One-Click Online Buying
12 Group14 Technologies Powering Next Generation Of Batteries With $17M Series B
13 Topl Raises $3M To Provide ESG Guidance To Companies
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