China:
1. Chinese shoppers say they would shun American brands during Singles’ Day shopping
4. China’s Baidu, Qihu 360 release free mobile software to spot spy cameras
5. JD Digit-backed Chinese used car financing service Meili 美利车 files for US IPO
7. Matrix-backed Chinese biotech startup Genecast 臻和科技 closes $43m Series D1 round
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Mobile-only Markets:
1. Indonesia’s Indogen Capital said to seek $50m for new venture fund
3. Indonesian edtech startup Ruangguru takes its classes to Vietnam
Cross-Border:
1. Consumer-focused PE firm L Catterton raises $1.45b for third Asia fund
Overseas:
1. Walmart and Green Dot to jointly establish a new fintech accelerator, Tailfin Labs
2. A week-long iOS App Store bug wiped out over 20M ratings
3. MIT CSAIL’s swarm of robotic cubes can shapeshift at will
4. L.A.’s Newest Unicorn: Mobile Game Publisher Scopely Raises $200M At $1.7B Valuation
5.Wholesale marketplace Faire raises $150 million at a $1 billion valuation
6. Australian e-commerce marketing technology company Rokt raises $48m from TDM Growth Partners, others
7. Particle raises $40 million for IoT device management and developer tools
8. Video news startup Brut raises $40M, officially launches in the US
9. Prosus Ventures leads $40M investment in Indian logistics startup ElasticRun
10. Korean mobility firm Code42 banks $25m in Kia-led round
11. Stampli raises $25 million in Series B to bring AI to invoice management
14. Duality Technologies raises $16 million for privacy-preserving data science solutions
15. Muy raises $15M to grow its new cloud kitchen concept
16. Tactile Mobility raises $9 million to derive insights from vehicle sensor data
17. FundamentalVR raises $5.6 million for virtual reality medical training
18. Trello reaches 50 million users, introduces new automation and template features
19. Foodpanda Singapore expands into grocery delivery
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