CHINA:
2 Chinese e-commerce food platform Lehe Food 乐禾食品 snags $56m in Series C round
3 Ecommerce services provider Dawa technology 大娃科技 raises $17m
5 Visual perception AIOT chip provider Aivatech 埃瓦科技 raises $1.4m in Series Pre-A
6 Chinese fintech-driven SaaS provider Linkage Software 凌志软件 lists at premium on STAR Market
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
2 SE Asia SME financing platform Validus raises $6m in Series B extension round
3 Vietnam-based online recruitment startup JobHopin raises over $2m in Series A funding
4 SE Asian esports startups Resurgence, Jusodo close to sealing rounds
CROSS-BORDER:
1 Spotify signs deal with Saregama to add more than 100,000 tracks to India catalog
2 Egyptian minibus share startup Swvl to debut in Southeast Asia
3 Conversational intelligence platformArtificial Solutions plans to enter the Chinese market
4 WeWork directors seek to preserve right to sue owner SoftBank
5 Malaysia’s Axiata secures $800m in Islamic financing for sustainability initiatives
6 Taiwan Live streaming platform M17 raises $26.5m in Series D round led by Vertex Growth
7 Indian digital micro-finance company Sindhuja Microcredit snags $8.7m from NMI, Carpediem Capital
OVERSEAS:
1 White House reportedly in talks with Intel, TSMC to build advanced chip foundries in the US
2 Logitech sales rise nearly 14% on higher demand amid work from home activity
3 Amazon releases Kendra to solve enterprise search with AI and machine learning
4 Twitter to add labels and warning messages to disputed and misleading COVID-19 info
5 Fiat Chrysler and AV startup Voyage partner on self-driving minivans
6 South Korean Grocery Delivery Startup Market Kurly Reportedly Takes $160M In Series E
7 Australia’s neobank Judo Bank Closes On $147M Series C For SME Loans
8 Modern relational data management system MemSQL Inks $50M Debt Facility For International Expansion
9 Clyde raises $14 million Series A to help e-commerce businesses offer extended warranty plans
10 Briq Aims To Bring Fintech To Construction Industry With $10M Series A
11 Converting Leads Into Meetings With AI: Austin Kronologic Closes On $3.5M Seed
12 Vochi, the ‘computer vision’-based video editing and effects app, raises $1.5M seed
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