CHINA:
2. Tencent rolls out new health tracking code aimed at China’s students
3. Meituan to terminate its public cloud service in May
4. Nearly 2 million people have used Alipay to find a job
6. Chinese biotech startup IASO closes $60m Series B round led by GL Ventures
7. Chinese AI unicorn Yitu Technology 依图科技 has secured $30 million
8. Meituan-backed Heytea 喜茶 to close new financing round co-led by Hillhouse Capital
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
2. Singapore-based cybersecurity startup Horangi nets $20m to support regional expansion
4. India’s health and wellness startup CureFit bags $110m in Temasek-led round
5. Indian crypto trading platform CoinDCX banks $3m from Bain, Polychain, others
CROSS-BORDER:
2. SoftBank said to near deal to invest in Didi’s self-driving unit
3. Tencent looks to overseas videoconferencing market with new VooV Meeting app
OVERSEAS:
1. SoftBank to raise $41 billion to expand share buyback, cut debt
2. Apple granted tariff exemption for Apple Watch
3. Amazon will deliver and pick up at-home test kits provided by new coronavirus program in Seattle
4. Facebook joins YouTube and Netflix in reducing video quality in Europe amid virus pandemic
5. Coronavirus casts shadow on Twitter ad revenue, but lifts user engagement
6. Uber urges White House to include gig workers in coronavirus stimulus
7. Lyft to offer medical supply and meal delivery during coronavirus pandemic
8. WeWork demands completion of SoftBank’s $3b commitment
9. With the real estate industry facing headwinds, SoftBank-backed Compass lays off 15% of staff
10. Streaming service fuboTV to merge with virtual entertainment technology company, FaceBank
11. Ceros launches MarkUp, a design collaboration tool for live websites
12. Alternative Investing Startup iCapital Network Closes On $146M Amid Skyrocketing Growth
13. Global Savings Group acquires French cashback company iGraal for €123.5M
14. Cazoo, the used-car sales portal, raises another $116M
15. Enable raises $13M to help distributors, manufacturers and retailers manage rebates
16. Brazalian dental company SouSmile raises $10M to grow its anti-braces aligner brand
17. South Korea’s information security company SecuLetter raises $8m Series B
18. Seoul-based prototyping software company ProtoPie secures $6.3m to expand westward
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