OVERSEAS:
1.Walmart acquiring Shopify is no longer a laughable idea
2.Blue Origin performs high-altitude test of crew escape motor
3. Comcast gives up on buying 21st Century Fox assets and leaves Disney as the winner
4. WhatsApp to limit message forwarding after India mob lynchings
CHINA:
1. Alibaba, Goldman Sachs Co-lead $600M Series A Round In Suning Sports
2. Alibaba Invests RMB 90 Mln in Cosmetics Retail Management Solutions Provider Pekon 上海秉坤
3. Mobile phone infrastructure company China Tower eyes $8.8 billion from Hong Kong IPO
5. China’s MIIT Releases June 2018 Telecom Statistics
6. Micro Course English Education App ‘Jianxiaochi Micro Class’ 坚小持 Wins RMB 10 Mln Pre-A
7. NetEase to Start Android OB of Game ‘Fever Basketball’ 潮人篮球 on July 26
8.Taobao Launches ‘Enterprise Services’ Shopping Channel for SMEs, Entrepreneurs
9.Ele.me Introduces 24-Hour Drug Delivery Service
10.Shunwei Leads Investment in 3D Printing Firm Qingfeng Shidai
CROSS-BORDER:
1. China’s top ride-hailing company Didi Chuxing takes fight with Uber to Japan
2.China Bike-Sharing Giant Ofo to Shut Most U.S. Operations
3. Singapore’s VR-based proptech startup Foyr raises US$4.2M to expand to US
BLOCKCHAIN:
1.Blockchain-based Community Forecasting Platform Yuyan Wins Seed Funding
2. Baidu Officially Launches Blockchain-based Original Image Platform Pic-Chain
MOBILE:
– Mobile Personal Finance Service Provider Fumi Lands RMB 200 Mln Series B
EMERGING MARKET:
– Mandiri Capital Indonesia prepares fresh funds for 4 startups this year