Overseas:
1. Verizon and Google ink deal to offer YouTube TV to Verizon wireless and Fios subscribers
2. Netflix offers $2 billion more in debt to fund its content spending
3. Luxury consignment e-tailer The RealReal to enter the unicorn club with new funding
4. Wealthfront’s new high-yield accounts bring in $1 billion in just a few months
6. Locus Robotics raises $26 million for warehouse automation
8. Blueshift announces $15M Series B to expand AI-fueled cross-channel marketing tool
9. GoMeta raises $6 million and launches Koji web app development platform
10. Voiceflow, which allows anyone to make voice apps without coding, raises $3.5 million
11. UploadVR announces E3 VR Showcase, a Nintendo Direct for virtual reality
China:
2. China Unicom to Invest USD2.2 Billion to Bring 5G to Shanghai by 2021
3. Didi reveals peek at commission rate and cost of subsidies
4. China’s Bytedance says India TikTok ban causing $500,000 daily loss, risks jobs
6. Auto sales integrated service provider yiautos 宜买车 completed 150 million A+ round of financing
7. Apartment SaaS system solution provider yuxiaor 寓小二 raised 50 million yuan series A fundraising
Cross-border:
1. SoftBank to Consider Acquiring 5% Stake in Wirecard
2. Amazon strengthens ties with French food retailer Casino
3. China’s Tencent backs Argentina mobile banking startup Uala
Blockchain:
1. Vietnam blockchain startup Utop raises US$3M from two large corporates
Emerging Market:
1. Indonesian fitness startup Doogether closes funding round led by Gobi-Agung
3. Singapore biotech startup nets $22m to scale alternative plastic production
4. India’s Mfine raises $17.2M for its digital healthcare service
5. Singapore’s SalesWhale raises $5.3M to bring AI to sales and marketing teams
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