Overseas:
1. Amazon Sidewalk is a wireless protocol that can reach up to a mile away
2. Google launches Firebase Extensions and Analytics integration for app developers
3. Enterprise SG to help Singapore tech firms enter the US with 500 Startups tie-up
4. Beyond Pricing raises $42M to tell you what to charge on Airbnb
5. Mercury raises $20 million to offer bank accounts tailored to startups
6. Terminal raises $17 million to help startups build remote engineering teams
7. Gatsby raises $15 million for website and web app development tools
8. Tribe leads $12M Series A into Teampay to make managing employee expenses painless
9. Honeycomb.io raises $11.4M to help developers observe and debug their apps
10. Summer wants to vanquish student loans for borrowers, and now has $10M to do it
11. Paro raises $10 million to offer corporate finance expertise on demand
12. Using AI to improve dentistry, VideaHealth gets a $5.4 million polish
13. Package Free picks up $4.5 million to scale sustainable CPG products
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China:
1. Baidu begins robotaxi pilot service in Changsha
2. Alibaba’s AI beekeeping system to improve honey production by 20%
3. Huawei May License 5G Tech Exclusively to a US Firm
4. Short video platform Kuaishou widens its influencer crackdown
5. Alibaba-backed Chinese unicorn DT Dream hits $1.5b valuation after Series B round
6. Chinese cybersecurity major Qi An Xin nets $210m in pre-IPO round
Cross-Border:
1. Alibaba-backed Indian e-grocer BigBasket merges two arms to decrease delivery time
2. Luckin launching juice business in China with European partner, LDC
3. True Digital Park announces TechNode as go-to China partner
Emerging Market:
1. India: Vivriti Capital to raise $70m debt fund
2. General Atlantic pledges USD 100 million for Karvy Fintech’s drive into Southeast Asia
3. India-based employee transport company WhistleDrive banks $10m from Colosseum
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