Overseas:
1. Notion Capital launches new $150M fund aimed at European B2B tech
2. Publisher adtech startups Taboola and Outbrain merge in $850M deal to take on Google and Facebook
3. Instagram launches Threads, a Close Friends chat app with auto-status
4. NASA awards $43.2M to Blue Origin, SpaceX and others for tech to take us to the Moon and Mars
5. Google’s PAWS data set helps AI models capture word order and structure
6. IBM’s AI generates high-quality voices from 5 minutes of talking
7. Mobile marketer IronSource gets $400 million investment from CVC Funds
8. Micromobility company Bird raises $275 million at a $2.5 billion valuation
9. Fintech firm Rapyd secures $100m to accelerate Asia growth
10. Unqork raises $80 million for enterprise app development without code
11. Snaplogic raises $72M more for its enterprise data integration platform
12. Tier Mobility raises $60 million as electric scooter boom continues
14. NS1 raises $33 million to provide DNS services to apps and websites
15. Celigo raises $20 million for tools that connect enterprise apps and services
16. Next Insurance raises $250M from Munich Re, becomes a unicorn
17. Osaro raises $16 million to make warehouse robots smarter with AI
18. Impala, startup that is building a single API for the entire hotel industry, raises $11 million
19. SimCam raises $8 million for an AI-powered offline home security camera
20. Naborly raises $7.5 million to protect landlords from insolvent tenants
21. Waycare raises $7.25 million to improve city traffic using AI and big data
22. Orbit Fab raises $3M to make orbital refueling easier, cheaper and more accessible
23. Raph Koster’s Playable Worlds raises $2.7 million for sandbox MMORPG
24. Japan’s Genesia Ventures-backed Autify raises $2.5m in seed round
25. Rune raises $2 million to use AI to find friends for mobile gamers
26. Legionfarm Group raises $1.5 million to coach gamers to get better
27. Cloosiv raises $1M to bring mobile ordering to every coffee shop
28. MyMilk Labs launches Mylee, a small sensor that analyzes breast milk at home
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China:
2. Chinese tech companies oppose US blacklisting
3. China’s Logistics Industry Prosperity Index Jumps to 2019 High
4. Tencent leads $10 million investment in SenSat to create real-time ‘simulated realities’
5. Chinese tech information platform 36Kr files for IPO in the US
6. VIPKid confirms new round of Tencent financing
8. Chinese healthcare platform Yunhu seeks to rope in govt-linked funds in next round
Cross-Border:
1. PayPal to be the first foreign online payment platform in China after acquiring 70% stake in GoPay
2. China and US-based travel WiFi device maker Skyroam raises USD 20 million
3. Tencent leads $10m Series A for UK simulated reality tech startup SenSat
4. Singapore-based CapitaLand plans to double AUM in India to $5b by 2024
5. Singapore’s Hmlet expands to Japan in JV with investor Mitsubishi Estate
7. Cambodia’s Meal Temple launches ride-hailing app in Laos
8. Ant Financial to lead $600m funding round for India’s Zomato, sources say
9. Mobile app analytics firm Adjust to invest in Southeast Asia after $227m round
Emerging Market:
1. Southeast Asia’s internet economy to breach $100b this year, joint study shows
2. Malaysia’s Petronas sets up $350m venture capital fund
3. Flipkart-backer Accel said to mull $700m sixth India VC fund
4. Bongo, the ‘Netflix of Bangladesh’, won the local video streaming market with just $10M
5. India’s Udaan raises $585M to expand its B2B e-commerce platform
6. India’s NoBroker raises $50M to help people buy and rent without real estate brokers
7. Google-backed Dunzo raises $45M to expand its hyperlocal delivery startup in India
8. Indian accounting app Khatabook bags $25m in series A funding
9. Thailand-based luggage delivery startup Bellugg bags pre-series A funding from Expara, 500 TukTuks
10. Thai car-sharing platform Drivemate raises $2.2m
11. Vietnam-based edtech startup MindX gets $500k in ESP Capital-led round
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