Chinaccelerator Daily Digest 2020/04/21

CHINA:

1 Chinese internet giant Baidu 百度 offers free trial robotaxi rides through search and map apps in Changsha

2 Alibaba to invest $28b in cloud services as coronavirus boosts demand

3 China’s SaaS developer Fortune Trend 通达信 to raise $253m in STAR Market IPO

4 GGV-backed social e-platform Wanwu Dezhi 玩物得志 snags over $10m in Series B round

5 AI legal service trading platform Facong Cong 法聪聪 raised $1.4m

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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:

1 Indonesian ride-hailing major Gojek completes acquisition in PoS platform Moka

2 Vingroup develops masked facial recognition tech for smartphones in virus fight

3 ADB Ventures Raises $50M, exceeding fund capitalization

4 Indian foodtech startup Box8 raises $4m

CROSS-BORDER:

1 Facebook in talks with GoPay, OVO, LinkAja for mobile payments launch

2 SoftBank, Legend Invest $150 Million in Didi Chuxing 滴滴出行’s Bike-Sharing Unit

3 French online retailer Vestiaire Collective nets $64m to expand in Asia

4 Temasek leads $54.4m funding for French digital health insurer Alan

5 Indian mobile language content platform Dailyhunt nabs $23.5m funding from Falcon Edge, Bytedance 字节跳动, others

6 Indian travel SaaS startup Itilite raises $13m led by Greenoaks, Vy Capital

OVERSEAS:

1 EU data portal launches to support COVID-19 research

2 Facebook launches COVID-19 data maps for the US, will take its symptom tracking efforts global

3 Facebook’s new Gaming app launches on Android, with iOS version coming soon

4 Google launches Cloud Healthcare API in general availability

5 Google rolls out BeyondCorp for secure remote network access without a VPN

6 Microsoft built a ‘Plasma Bot’ to tell you if you can donate plasma to help fight COVID-19

7 Walmart’s streaming service to be bought by Comcast-owned Fandango

8 Popdog launches portal for watching game livestreams from Twitch, Mixer, and YouTube

9 MyndYou uses AI and passive data to detect cognitive decline in seniors

10 Health Tech Startup Aledade Raises $64M Series C With An Eye Toward Profitability

11 Guru Raises $30M From Accel, Slack & Others As Philly Startup Scene Heats Up

12 Unlearn.AI Closes On $12M To Improve Clinical Trials

13 SMB mentorship platform Ureeka raises $8.6M, will facilitate grant programs for Facebook, Salesforce

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