Overseas:
1. Uber Is Going Public: How Today’s Tech I.P.O.s Differ From the Dot-Com Boom
2. Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin unveils lunar lander to take astronauts to the moon by 2024
4. Disney reports strong second-quarter, but takes $353 million write-down on Vice
6. Educational gaming platform Kahoot acquires math app maker DragonBox for $18M
8. Cybersecurity insurance startup Coalition raises $40M in Series B funding
9. Mint House raises $15M to give business travelers a better hotel
11. Understory Gets Weather Reporting On Track With $5.25M Investment
12. Printify raises $3M to expand its marketplace for custom printing
13. SaaS management startup Intello scores $2.5 million extended seed
14. Clean.io raises $2.5M to fight malicious advertising
China:
2. Chinese K-12 online tutoring platform GSX Techedu files for US IPO
3. Xiaomi-Backed Kingsoft Aims for USD302.2 Million Tech Board Listing
4. Bytedance launches K-12 online education platform Dali Ketang大力课堂
5. Chinese life services platform 58.com to gain further boost with AI, VR, big data
6. Chinese AI start-up YITU 依图 launches groundbreaking chip “QuestCore”
7. Hong Kong insurance tech startup OneDegree extends its Series A to a total of $30 million
8. Chinese AR startup HiScene secures $17.5m in Series B+ round
9. Second-hand houses listing platform 海螺家 Hailuojia raised 7 digit RMB in Pre-A round.
10. Psychological service platform Yidianling 壹点灵 raised 7 digit RMB in Series A++.
Cross border:
2. Kasikornbank to allocate US$100M to help Thai startups enter Vietnam
3. Beijing-based ecommerce giant JD closes office in Australia
4. Heetch raises $38M to take on Uber in French-speaking countries
Mobile:
Emerging Market:
1. Kejora Ventures raises more than $100m for its third fund
2. Singapore-based online food company Grain secures US$10M Series B funding
3. TVS Motor invests $3.85m in Indian logistics startup TagBox
4. AI company Pencil secures US$1.1M seed funding led by Wavemaker
5. Skillenza, India’s answer to Triplebyte, raises US$1M in Pre-Series A funding round
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