CHINA:
1 China is expanding listing reforms to Chinext startup board
2 JD said to file for $2.8b Hong Kong listing
3 Meituan, Pinduoduo Launch Live Streaming Features to Promote Tourism for Labor Day Holiday
4 Biotech Company Maiwei 迈威生物 raises $278m in Series A
5 Alibaba-backed SaaS developer Raycloud 光云 listed in STAR Market, raising $61m
6 Fintech company Pingyun Craftsman 平云小匠 raises $4.2m in Series A
7 HK-based diving-focused online travel agency raised $1m in seed round
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1 Flipkart injects $28m in its payments arm PhonePe
2 Singapore-based fintech platform Helicap lands US$10M Series A to expand its online lending platform
3 India online travel startup Ixigo raises $4.6m from Amar Ujala
4 Vietnamese game publisher Funtap raises Series A round led by Makers Fund
5 Indonesian financial management app BukuKas raises seed funding
6 Thai startup Vonder bags seed money to double down on corporate learning
7 Thai edtech startup scores $900k in seed funding from 500 TukTuks, others
CROSS-BORDER:
1 WhatsApp eyes credit feature for users in India
2 Cloudflare partners with JD to expand its network in China
OVERSEAS:
1 UK’s coronavirus contacts tracing app could ask users to share location data
2 Instagram now allows users to fundraise for nonprofits while live streaming
3 HBO spins out Neon Media narrative-driven interactive media startup
4 Shopify launches Shop, a new mobile app for consumer shopping
5 MIT presents AI frameworks that compress models and encourage agents to explore
7 From B2B To D2C: Cheetah Raises $36M For Contactless Food Pickup & Delivery
8 Velo3D, a supplier of 3D printers to SpaceX, raises $28 million
9 Catalyst Raises $25M At $125M Valuation To Grow Its Customer Success Platform
10 Tecton.ai emerges from stealth with $20M Series A to build machine learning platform
11 Israel-based Secret Double Octopus raises $15 million to authenticate employees without passwords
12 Particle Health Secures $12M In Menlo-Led Series A To Make Health Care Data Easier To Access
13 BrainBox raises $8.59 million to optimize HVAC systems with AI
14 A16Z-backed Tomorrow Health launches with $7.5M seed round to improve in-home healthcare
15 Checkly raises $2.25M seed round for its monitoring and testing platform
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