CHINA:
1. Tencent, Alibaba and Baidu Release Public Welfare Apps to Help Control Coronavirus
2. Alibaba’s DingTalk beat WeChat in total downloads amid coronavirus outbreak
3. TikTok user gains fame as videos of life in Wuhan amid lockdown go viral
4. Nio reports 11.5 % delivery slump as coronavirus disrupts production
5. Tencent’s Qingyuan 轻缘 aims to helps users find love via live-streaming
6. Pinduoduo unveils ‘Circle of Trust’ feature to combat counterfeits
7. Kuaishou earned revenue of $7.2 billion in 2019: report
8. Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory Resumes Production
9. GGV Capital Leads Series B Round In AIoT Startup Mogulinker
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1. Indonesian healthy food brand Greenly raises seed funding in East Ventures-led round
2. India to account for 41% of digital engineering services market by 2025: Report
3. India-based Medicinal cannabis startup HempStreet raises $1m in pre-series A round
4. Thailand’s ‘crowdfunding bonds’ startup PeerPower raises pre-Series A funding from InVent, BOL
6. Vietnam drops proposed 49% foreign ownership cap in e-payment firms
7. XanPool launches platform to enable P2P transactions from local currency to cryptocurrency in SEA
CROSS-BORDER:
1. Mastercard given approval to prepare for entry into China’s payments market
OVERSEAS:
1. Demand for streaming TV services remains strong, Nielsen survey suggests
3. A list of MWC coronavirus cancellations so far: Facebook, AT&T, Sprint, Intel now also staying away
4. Equal Ventures Closes On $56M Seed-Stage Fund To ‘Transform Society And Industry’
5. Oxx, a new European VC dedicated to SaaS, raises $133M fund
6. T-Mobile-Sprint merger wins approval from U.S. judge
7. SoftBank shares open 12.5% higher after T-Mobile-Sprint merger approval
8. WeWork Aims To Be Free Cash Flow Positive By 2022
9. Lyft forecasts slower growth in 2020, leaves target profit date unchanged
10. Samsung unveils compact foldable phone, 5G Galaxy S to fend off Apple, Huawei
11. Hyundai signs development deal with another electric vehicle startup Canoo
12. PayPal funds academic research on illegal firearms transactions
14. Infosys is acquiring Simplus for $250M to grow its Salesforce consulting arm
15. SoundCloud Gets $75M Investment From SiriusXM To Bring Its Funding To Over $500M
16. Middle East healthcare platform Vezeeta raises $40M Series D led by Gulf Capital
17. TOP, A Plant-Based Period Product Startup, Raises $1.6M In Seed Funding
18. Sixgill raises $15M to expand its dark web intelligence platform
19. SaaS company Negotiatus looking to help businesses optimize purchasing, raises $10 million
20. MoEngage lands $25M for its mobile-first customer engagement platform
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