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

4. Zhiketong 直客通, digital marketing service provider for high-end hotels, completed 300M RMB in Series C 

5. Yijiupi 易久批, integrated FMCG supply chain service platform, received US$80M in strategic investment from Tencent

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:

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

4. Singapore-based RateIt raises US$5M to expand its real-time customer feedback solutions in Southeast Asia

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