CHINA:
1 Meituan Dianping Re-enters Power Bank Sharing Business With Recruitment Plans
2 360.com and iFLYTEK 科大讯飞 announced to partner in online consumer business, smart city building
3 HeyTea 喜茶 Partners With Artificial Meat Startup Starfield 星期零 To Launch Veggie Burger
4 China AI firm Sensetime 商汤科技 mulls $1 billion fundraise
5 JD.com’s Industrial Products E-commerce Unit Raises $230M In Series A Round
6 Sports tech company Keep raises $80m in Series E
7 Cognitive intelligence company Leyan Technologies 乐言科技 raises $21m in Series C1
8 China technology-driven reproductive health company Basecare 贝康医疗 snags $21m in Series C round
9 Home decoration supply chain company ZZSuper 中装速配 raises more than $10m in Series B2
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1 After Zomato, indian foodtech unicorn Swiggy to retrench 1,100 people
2 Singapore’s cybersecurity startup Responsible Cyber acquires digital identity wallet Secucial
3 Singapore-based digital health and data analytics company Holmusk closes $21.5m Series A round
4 Indian technology focused VC firm Iron Pillar adds $45m top-up to its first fund
5 Indian Fintech startup Lendingkart raises $11m led by Fullerton India
7 Vietnam-based online skill sharing platform Vibeji raises $70k
CROSS-BORDER:
1 Zoom stops Chinese user registration and no longer accepts individual users to purchase its services
2 China’s Oppo partners with Vodafone for bigger European push
3 Taiwan chip maker TSMC 台湾积体电路制造 stops new Huawei orders after US restrictions
4 SoftBank in talks to sell down T-Mobile US stake to Deutsche Telekom
5 Accenture acquires Byte Prophecy to enhance AI, analytics capabilities
6 Ant Financial 蚂蚁金服 to infuse US$73.5M into Myanmar’s Wave Money
7 Temasek leads $65m Series D round in US-based SQZ Biotechnologies
OVERSEAS:
1 Uber lays off another 3,000 employees
2 Apple accuses U.S. of ‘false claims’ on Pensacola terror investigation
3 Google is piloting a simpler Nest Hub Max interface at retirement homes
4 A smart highlighter and artificial window are among Samsung’s latest C-Lab spinoffs
7 IT solutions company Electric gets another $7 million in funding from 01 Advisors and the Slack Fund
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