CHINA:
1. China’s Didi Chuxing restarts evening Hitch service
2. Tencent to develop cloud game platform with Huawei
3. Tencent launches virtual credit card service
4. Chinese and US museums, including the Met, join Pinduoduo to sell souvenirs via livestream
5. Pinduoduo Partners With Household Appliance Giant GOME To Boost Domestic Consumption
6. Bilibili Esports Signs Production Deal for Overwatch League China Region
7. Esports livestream site Douyu 斗鱼 is restarting the e-commerce livestream
8. Tencent-backer WeDoctor said to pick banks for Hong Kong IPO
9. SF Express map service subsidiary SFMap bags over USD 14 million in Series A round
10. Chinese big data company MiningLamp Raises $300M In Round Led By Tencent and Temasek
11. Facial recognition tech firm Universal Ubiquitous bags nearly $14m
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1. Hooq, Singtel’s video-streaming service, files for liquidation
2. Singapore’s Xen Technologies hits over US$100M assets through its investment platform
3. Myanmar baby products e-tailer Kyarlay built by ex-Garena staff gets funding
4. Pakistan VC Sarmayacar backs healthcare platform Dawaai’s funding
5. Indonesian e-commerce unicorn Tokopedia said to have invested in last-mile delivery company SiCepat
CROSS-BORDER:
1. Coca-Cola’s VC arm invests in Indonesian logistics startup Kargo
OVERSEAS:
1. Tesla to slash 75% of staff at Nevada factory due to coronavirus
2. SoftBank is letting internet satellite company OneWeb file for bankruptcy
3. Apple launches COVID-19 screening website
4. Rocket startup Skyrora shifts production to hand sanitizer and face masks for coronavirus response
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