Overseas:
1. In a world first, Facebook to give data on hate speech suspects to French courts
2. Apple reportedly acquires startup Drive.ai
4. MX Raises $100M For Financial Data Cleansing And Analytics For Banks
5. Showpad, a sales enablement platform for presentations and other collateral, raises $70M
6. Cameo raises $50M to deliver personalized messages from celebrities & influencers
7. Online used car marketplace Motorway picks up £11M in Series A
8. Wedding dress customizer Anomalie raises $13M as bridal stores crumble
9. Tundra, the zero-fee wholesale marketplace, picks up $12 million
10. Join raises $4M seed round to build a better construction planning platform
11. AI services startup Hypergiant brings on Bill Nye as an advisor
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China:
1. Shanghai Finishes 3,700 5G Base Stations, Plans 10,000 by Year’s End
2. Big data has contributed more than 20 percent of Guizhou’s economic growth
3. Chinese VC firm XVC seeks $265m for second venture fund
4. China Mobile announces 30 billion yuan 5G industry fund, already raised 7 billion
5. China Mobile reveals 5G+ Plan, to supply commercial 5G services to over 50 cities
6. Huawei, NetEase team up on 5G cloud-based gaming lab
7. Tencent funds arts education platform Meishubao 美术宝 40 million yuan C1 round
8. AI Marketing Startup Baiing Technology Lands USD14.5 Million Investment
Cross-Border:
1. India, Japan to jointly launch $187m fund-of-funds to support tech startups
3. Micron Says Some Huawei Shipments Resumed, Shares Rise
5. OYO to set aside $100m for hiring, boosting infrastructure in China
Emerging Market:
1. Fitness startup CureFit closes $120m funding round led by Chiratae, Accel
2. Tiger Global leads $30m funding for Indian neo-banking startup Open
3. Indonesia’s tech-enabled coffee chain Kopi Kenangan raises US$20M from Sequoia India
4. P2P lending platform KoinWorks raises US$16.5M in Series B funding round
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