Overseas:
1. Global game revenues will hit US$68.5 billion in 2019
4. Car leasing app Fair raises US$500 million loan
5. Boston-based DataRobot raises US$206M Series E to bring AI to enterprise
7. South Korean P2P lender Terafunding closes US$18m Series B round
8. Australia-based accountancy software solution developer Practice Ignition raises US$17.8M
9. FarmWise and its weed-pulling agribot harvest US$14.5M in funding
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China:
3. Shanghai issues China’s first permits allowing passengers in self-driving cars
4. Huawei and Tencent signed 5G cooperation agreement to strengthen cooperation in the video area
5. Hellobike 哈啰出行 reported that it has 280 million registered users in over 360 cities in China
6. ABB builds US$150M robotics plant in Shanghai
8. China pushing ahead with controversial corporate social credit rating system for 33 million firms
9. Tencent teams up with Beijing’s Forbidden City for digitalization and content co-production
11. Plant-based meat company Vesta 未食达 received angel funding round
Cross-Border:
4. Grab and Heineken start new partnership in Southeast Asia
Emerging Market:
1. Indian intra-city logistics provider Blowhorn secures fresh funding
3. Indian healthcare startup Meddo raises US$3M funding led by SRI Capital
4. Indonesia’s MDI Ventures to raise US$100M in third fundraising
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