Chinaccelerator Daily Digest 9/25

Overseas:

1. Apple, Salesforce team up to bring Siri to more business apps

2. Snapchat ties up with Amazon for point-and-buy

3. SAP, Microsoft and Adobe announce data alliance

4. Dating app Bumble sets sights on IPO as it presses its $400 million lawsuit against Match

5. Car-sharing network Turo expands service in UK

6. Google and Yandex may collaborate on a real-time blacklist of all known pirated works

7. Mode raises $3M Series A to put sensor data in the cloud

8. Slack acquires Astro to conquer email

9. Apple closes its $400M Shazam acquisition and says the music recognition app will soon become ad free

10. Adobe introduces AI assistant to help Analytics users find deeper insights

11. Founders Fund Likely Leads $22.5M Round For In-Car Commerce Startup Cargo

12. Amplify Partners, a venture capital firm, announced that it raised the new $200 million Fund III

China:

1. Chinese B2B liquor trading platform Yijiupi has clinched US$200 million in a round led by Tencent and Meituan Dianping

2. Education platform yxt.com 云学堂 raised C round.

3. AI technology and service provider sinovoice 捷通华声 raised 8-digit RMB in new round

Cross-border:

Facebook picks chief of Hotstar streaming service as India head

Blockchain:

Walmart, Sam’s Club to put food products on blockchain

Emerging Market:

1. Singapore fines Grab and Uber, imposes measures to open up market

2. Bangladeshi ride-hailing startup Shohoz raises US$15M pre-Series B funding round

3. Amazon team meets Indonesian president, promises US$938M investment

4. Singapore customer service company acquires Malaysian chatbot startup Hyperlab

5. Dubai Ride Hailing Firm Careem Buys India Bus-Shuttle App Commut

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