Chinaccelerator Daily Digest 6/21

Overseas:

  1. Aaptiv, fitness and wellness platform, raises $22M Series C led by Millennium Technology Value Partners.
  2. Hired, recruitment platform for companies, raises $30M in Series D led by Investment Management Corporation of Ontario.
  3. Immuta raises $20M Series B led by DFJ Growth to scale its data platform for regulation compliant AI.
  4. Paypal buys Hyperwallet, global payout platform, for $400M.
  5. Apple working with Sesame workshop to create children’s programming for planned subscription video service.

China:

  1. China expands e-commerce laws to include micro merchants to promote fair competition.
  2. JD.com is in the process of developing delivery drones.
  3. Xiaoku Technology 小库科技, AI architecture-focused SaaS developer, raises RMB 8-digit Pre-A.
  4. Xiaomi starts taking orders for world’s biggest IPO in two years, aiming to raise up to $6.1B in Hong Kong.

Blockchain:

  1. Bithumb is hacked of $32M of its coins.
  2. Zilliqa, the world’s first high-throughput public blockchain platform designed to scale to thousands of transactions per second, announces $5M developer grant program to build platform.

Mobile:

  1. Calm, stress reducing app, raises $27M in Series A.

Southeast Asia:

  1. Quantifeed, financial digital advisor, raises $10M led by Taiwan’s Cathay Financial Holdings.
  2. Lalamove, same day delivery and logistics provider, enters Malaysia.
  3. VC firm OOCTANE debuts in Cambodia to support local startup ecosystem.

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