Overseas:
1. Facebook squeezes money from Instagram with new ads in Explore
2. Carbon Raises $260M More To Scale Its Light-Driven 3-D Printing Technologies
3. Lifestyle goods resale marketplace StockX raises $110M, pushing valuation past $1B
4. Austin-Based Remedy Raises $10M For Telemedicine Platform And House Calls
5. Cybersecurity company Bleckwen raises $10 million to detect payment fraud with AI
6. Vulcan Cyber announces $10M Series A to automate security patching efforts
7. Skubana raises $5.4M in Series A funding for its e-commerce operations software
8. Mobile Games Publisher Scopely Hits $1 Billion In Lifetime Revenue
9. AI uses camera footage to track pedestrians in dense crowds
10. Tiny wings and tinier solar cells allow autonomous movement in a robo-insect
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China:
3. Xiaomi launches AI voice dialogue assistant service on mobile phone
4. Huawei’s 5G Investment Hits USD4 Billion Over 10 Years, Chairman Says
5. Samsung China teams up with 3 telecoms on 5G promotion
6. Starbucks, Freshippo ‘Star Kitchen’ tie-up opens in Beijing as delivery catches on
Cross-Border:
3. Singapore’s Temasek backs $260m round for US-based digital manufacturing platform Carbon
4. Alibaba ramps up global e-commerce expansion with launch of English Tmall portal
5. Huawei ships over 150,000 5G base stations worldwide
Emerging Market:
1. Vietnam govt partners with VC firm Vynn Capital to boost startup investments
2. Sequoia, Steadview lead $50m funding in edtech startup Unacademy
3. Event tech platform PouchNATION raises Series B round from Traveloka and SPH Ventures
4. South African SME finance startup Lulalend raises $6.5M Series A
5. Market research startup Neurosensum raises $1.8m, breaks even, launches survey automation tool
6. AI-backed fintech startup Recko raises $1m in seed funding from Prime Ventures
7. Indian stock trading platform Streak AI Technologies raises $1m in a round led by 3one4 Capital
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