CHINA:
1. China moves to ban foreign software and hardware from state offices
2. Cybersecurity sector growth falls short of state official expectations
3. China Everbright partners local authorities to launch $284m healthcare fund
4. Alibaba brings on-demand lifestyle services to Juhuasuan 聚划算 to take on Meituan 美团
5. Tencent resurrects its failed Facebook-clone Pengyou 朋友 to a mix of everything
6. Baidu restructures self-driving unit amid serious competition
7. E-commerce startup Taojiji 陶吉吉 may file for bankruptcy
8. Sequoia-backed chemical ecommerce firm Molbase 摩贝 files for $70m IPO
9. Chinese tech-driven fresh products provider Loha 乐活 files for $38m Nasdaq IPO
10. Chinese logistics service start-up Kali Interconnection 卡力互联科技 raises over $14m in Series A round
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
2. Education technology startup Cuemath to raise $5.5m led by Manta Ray, Capital G, Sequoia
OVERSEAS:
1. SignalFire, just six years old, has raised $500 million across two new funds
2. Google’s ARCore Depth API enables AR depth maps and occlusion with one camera
3. Microsoft to finally shut down to-do list app Wunderlist on May 6, 2020
4. Bosch and Daimler launch self-driving car pilot in San Jose
5. Nvidia trains AI to transform 2D images into 3D models
6. SG’s payments firm Nium said to raise up to $100m in Series D round
8. Airbnb invests in Zeus corporate housing that raised $55M at $205M
10. French e-grocery app Jow raises $7M additional funding
11. RaySecur, a mailroom security startup, raises $3M in seed funding
12. Australian infratech startup Aurtra bags $1.4m to expand globally
13. Ride Home Media raises $1M to build “Summary-As-A-Service” podcast network
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