CHINA:
2 China’s EV Maker Xpeng 小鹏汽车 Receives License for its Factory
3 Tencent hires big names including Ken-Ichiro Imaizumi and Scott Warner in blockbuster game push
5 VC-backed big data service provider Sensors Data 神策数据 nets $30m in Series C+ round
6 Smart customer service developer Sobot 智齿科技 bags $29.5m led by Yonyou 用友
7 TikTok parent ByteDance leads $6M round in financial AI startup Lingxi 零犀科技
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MOBILE-ONLY MARKETS:
1 Gojek partners Deliveroo, two others to support delivery service in Singapore
2 Booking Holdings-owned Asian online travel agency Agoda cuts 1,500 jobs
CROSS-BORDER:
2 Uber to move Asia-Pacific HQ out of S’pore as virus impact worsens
3 Disney streaming exec Kevin Mayer becomes TikTok’s new CEO
4 Polestar to open first US stores in the second half of 2020
5 Taiwan’s Cathay Life commits $100m to Silver Lake’s sixth buyout fund
6 Indonesian logistics startup Shipper said to have raised up to $20m from Naspers, others
OVERSEAS:
1 Berlin’s IFA tech conference will go ahead in-person this September — with caveats
2 Microsoft builds supercomputer for OpenAI to help train massive AI models
3 Microsoft acquires robotic process automation platform Softomotive
4 Microsoft launches Azure Synapse Link to help enterprises get faster insights from their data
5 Online Used Car Retailer Vroom Files For IPO Right After Furloughing One-Third Of Staff
6 Facebook, YouTube, Netflix and more get eye-tracking apps from Tobii
7 Autonomous retail startup Standard Cognition acquires competitor Checkout Technologies
8 Sony set to take full control of listed financial services arm for $3.7b
9 SaaS platform Contentsquare Lands $190M Series D Led By BlackRock
10 B2B financial products Brex brings on $150M in new cash in case of an ‘extended recession’
12 Pfizer, Adage Help Extend biotech company Amplyx’s Series C To $90M
13 Cybersecurity Confluera Gets $20M Series B, Plans To Double Workforce
16 Command E raises $4.3 million to build the ultimate cross-app search tool
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