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CHINA   Zhihu   IPO
Could Chinese Q&A Platform Zhihu Raise $632.5 Million in U.S. IPO? China’s largest question-and-answer platform Zhihu has set terms for its planned IPO on the New York Stock Exchange, becoming the latest Chinese firm this year to tap into the U.S. capital markets despite tightening scrutiny by Washington.
by caixinglobal 2021-03-26
US   Graph analytics   TigerGraph
Graph Analytics Firm TigerGraph Bags $105M In Tiger Global-led Round Graph analytics firm TigerGraph announced it has raised US$105 million in a series C funding round led by Tiger Global, bringing the total capital the company has raised to date to over US$170 million.
by techinasia 2021-02-19
CHINA   E-COMMERCE   DMall
Chinese E-Commerce Platform Dmall Is Said To Plan U.S. IPO This Year Beijing DMall E-commerce Co., an online retail service provider backed by Chinese supermarket Wumart Group, is planning an initial public offering in the U.S., according to people familiar with the matter.
by caixinglobal 2021-02-19
US   SaaS Industry   Zomentum
India Zomentum Nabs $13M Funding From Elevation Capital, Accel, And Others San Francisco-headquartered SaaS startup Zomentum, which has an R&D centre in Bengaluru, has raised $13 million in a Series A funding round from Elevation Capital, Accel, and Greenoaks Capital.
by DealStreetAsia 2021-02-17
CHINA   AUTONOMIC   SELF-DRIVING TECHNOLOGY
Toyota-backed Self-driving Startup Pony.ai Raises $100M Series C+ Round Toyota Motor-backed autonomous driving startup Pony.ai announced on Monday that it has pocketed $100 million in a Series C+ round of financing. The latest fundraising brings the total corpus raised by Pony.ai in its Series C round to $367 million.
by DealStreetAsia 2021-02-09
INDIA   REGULATION   E-COMMERCE
US Lobby Group Urges India Not To Tighten Foreign E-commerce Rules A U.S. lobby group that represents firms including Amazon.com and Walmart has urged India not to tighten foreign investment rules for e-commerce companies again, according to a letter seen by Reuters.
by Reuters 2021-02-01
US   WALMART   TikTok
Walmart Partners With TikTok to Sell Merchandise While Livestreaming The world's largest retailer's planned investment in TikTok will help it engage with younger audience and supercharge its battle against Amazon.com Inc
by LiveMint 2020-12-18
US   POLICY   Delisting Bill
US Approves Delisting Bill Targeting Chinese Companies Currently, more than 250 Chinese companies are listed on US bourses with the combined market capitalization surpassing USD 2 trillion, the Wall Street Journal wrote, citing S&P Global Market Intelligence.
by KrAsia 2020-12-04
US   VC   500 Startups
500 Startups Launches Angkor 500 to Accelerate The Developmentof Cambodian Startups Partnering with Khmer Enterprise, Angkor 500 will seek to support entrepreneurs in their efforts to establish startups and aid in their regional expansion plans.
by e27 2020-11-24
INDIA   US   GIANT
WhatsApp Gets Approval to Launch Payments Feature in India WhatsApp, which has over 400 million users in India, its biggest market, will compete with Alphabet Inc’s Google Pay, Softbank- and Alibaba-backed Paytm and Walmart’s PhonePe.
by DealStreetAsia 2020-11-09
US   VC   Hustle Fund
Hustle Fund II Hits First Close at US$30M; to Invest in Pre-Seed Startups in SEA, US On average, Hustle Fund cuts a cheque of US$25,000 per startup in startups with a minimum viable product (MVP).
by e27 2020-11-06
US   Startups   Leena AI
Delhi-Based HR-Tech Startup Leena AI Raises $8 Mn in Series A Leena AI is used by over 3,00,000 employees worldwide, of which 1,50,000 have been onboarded in the last nine months.
by techcircle 2020-11-05
US   Unicorn   Eat Just
US-Based Eat Just, Proterra Invest $120m in Plant-Based Protein Facility in Singapore The firms said that in addition to the JUST Egg protein partnership, they will expand their alliance to focus on the commercial production of cultured meat.
by DealStreetAsia 2020-10-21
CHINA   UNICORNS   Lalamove
Hong Kong Logistics Unicorn Lalamove Unveils Foray into The US Lalamove claims it has to date matched more than 7 million users with a pool of over 700,000 delivery partners in 22 markets around the world.
by TechCrunch 2020-10-14
US   Startups   SquadStack
SquadStack Raises $5M in Series A Led by Chiratae Ventures The startup plans to utilise this fresh round of funding to accelerate product growth and hire product, engineering, and data science talent in the US & India.
by YourStory 2020-09-30
CHINA   GIANT   TikTok
Chinese Tiktok Ban Halted by US Federal Judge Amid the ongoing tussle between the US and China, TikTok has been working with Walmart (NYSE:WMT) and Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) to broker a deal, in a bid to bypass a sanction.
by KrAsia 2020-09-29
CHINA   US   GIANT
Trump Agrees to China's Tiktok Deal with Oracle And Walmart, Allowing App’S U.S. Operations to Continue TikTok said it will maintain and expand its headquarters in the U.S., while bringing 25,000 jobs across the country. Trump had said a new company will likely be incorporated in Texas.
by cnbc 2020-09-21
CHINA   US   GIANT
Oracle, Walmart, Other US Investors Set to Own Majority Stake in Tiktok Global The new company, called TikTok Global, will have a majority of American directors and a US chief executive.
by DealStreetAsia 2020-09-18
US   Startups   Aghaz
Aghaz Raises $400,000 Pre-Seed for Its Islamic Robo-Advisory Platformzubair Naeem Paracha Aghaz according to the information available on its website will charge $2 per month of subscription fee plus 0.49 percent per year on the investment amount.
by MENAbytes 2020-09-16
US   Startups   Capitolis
Israeli Fintech Company Capitolis Raises $11 Million from Three Financial Powerhouses The company’s platform helps financial institutions free up capital and remove barriers that would otherwise restrict trading.
by CalcalisTech 2020-09-11
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