CHINA:
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
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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