Overseas:
1. Multinational corporation Splunk acquires cloud monitoring platform SignalFx for $1.05 billion
2. Knotel raises $400 million to lease and manage coworking spaces
3. Online consignment startup ThredUP raises $175M to dress you up in what your friends got rid of
4. Capacity raises $13.2 million to index emails, files, and more with AI
5. Crossbeam gets $12.5M Series A to help companies organize their partnerships
6. Fund That Flip raises $11 million to finance home makeovers
7. Marketing tech company TapClicks raises $10 million to automate marketing campaigns
8. Versatile Natures raises $5.5M seed for its AI-based construction processes
9. Cosi raises €5M for its ‘full-stack’ hospitality alternative to boutique hotels
10. Kobiton raises a $5.2M Series A round for its mobile testing platform
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China:
1. Chinaccelerator Batch 10 Insurtech company The CareVoice closed 7-digit USD in Series A
2. Group buying e-commerce platform Pinduoduo’s revenue reached 7.3billion RMB, increased by 169% YoY
3. Ubox 友宝, smart retail service provider, completed 1.6 billion RMB funding round led by Ant Financial
6. inossem 英诺森, digital service provider for the energy industry, received 7-digit USD in Series A
7. HOW好好搜索, UGC-based search engine in Q&A community, finished 6-digit USD Pre-A funding round
Cross-Border:
1. East Ventures raises $75m from Temasek, Meituan-Dianping CEO, and more
2. Tala, a digital lending startup, raises $110M, eyes India for expansion
Emerging Market:
1. WhatsApp in talks with Gojek and Ovo to launch mobile payments in Indonesia
2. JD.com-backed Vietnamese e-commerce firm Tiki buys event ticketing startup Ticketbox
3. Indonesian motorcycle parts platform secures pre-seed funding from angel investors
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