Overseas:
1. Investment tech platform Jacobi raises $7.7m from Silicon Valley VCs
2. Lance Armstrong’s Next Ventures LP has raised $24.5 million of a planned $75 million fund
3. Uber rival Bolt has closed another tranche of funding at a $1B+ valuation
4. U.K. fintech Soldo scores $61M Series B for its ‘spend management’ platform for businesses
5. 15Five raises $30.7M to expand its employee development toolkit
China:
1. China’s Central Bank accelerating its efforts to introduce a government-backed digital currency
6. Perfect World 完美世界, gaming and movie enterprise, announced a prospected net profit between 960M – 100M RMB, a year-on-year increase of more than 20%
7. Hi-Tech logistics company Che Man Man 车满满 completed 70M RMB strategic financing round
Cross-Border:
2. Huawei outlines investment plans in Poland depending on 5G role
3. Cambodia’s Smart Axiata tests 5G network with China’s Huawei
4. U.S.-based InDriver launches ride-hail app in fourth African country, Uganda
5. India’s Headfone, social audio platform, to receive investment by Fosun RZ Capital 复星锐正资本
Emerging Market:
1. Indonesia-based Go-Jek’s VC arm invests US$5M in India’s cloud kitchen startup Rebel Foods
2. Go-JeK makes Go-Pay rival LinkAja alternative e-payment option in strategic partnership
5. India’s Zomato may start Swiggy-like homemade food delivery services
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