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Growth
- Desktop Metal (US) publishes e-book about 3D printing prototypes
- Harbour Biomed (CN) and a Nanjing research centre to strategically develop a series of innovative antibody drugs (article in Chinese)
- LaunchDarkly (US) now serving over 2 Trillion feature flags a day
- Marrymemo (CN) sees 230% surge in online registered accounts (article in Chinese)
- Patsnap (SEAI) conducted a survey and found out patent intelligence remains a key driver of innovation
- Taranis (IL) shares how integrated ag services is taking the next step in crop monitoring
- TurnKey Lender (SEAI) adds North Carolina Government to portfolio management
- Zepl (US) integrates Snowflake 2.6 Spark Connector to accelerate and simplify data science at scale
- Binance (CN & SEAI) to buy majority stake in Swipe, setting stage for payments card launch
- Geek+ (CN & Growth) on the benefits and applications of disinfection robots; continues to accelerate smart logistics
- Grab (SEAI) launches new B2B marketplace service; launches digital payments card in the Philippines
- Hasura (US) launches managed cloud service; enables instant, secures data access with data federation
- Kryon (IL) total economic impact study reveals 352% return on investment
- LeaseLock (US) accelerates with $300 Million in leases insured; works with ColRich Multifamily to eliminate security deposits for renters
- Obsidian Therapeutic (HC) introduces SWFT response to COVID-19
- PerimeterX (US & Growth) brings benefits of cloud-native architecture to enterprises
- Spot (IL) acquired by NetApp for USD450m
- TaniHub (SEAI) on the demand increase its online grocery platform has seen since the pandemic
Recognition
- Bicycle Therapeutics (HC & Growth) appoints Sir Keith Peters as Chairman of its scientific advisory board; presents new translational data and preclinical data for tumor-targeted immune cell agonists
- M17 (SEAI & Growth) goes into the dynamics of gifting and the impact of COVID-19 on the live streaming sector
- Cyberhaven (US) wins Business Intelligence Group's 2020 Fortress Cyber Security Award
- Geek+ (CN & Growth) wins RBR50 innovation award, named one of the world's top 50 robotics companies
- Horizon Robotics (CN) is one of the world’s Top 30 best-funded AI startups 2020
- Nuvaira (HC & Growth) Lung Denervation System a FDA breakthrough device
- Patsnap (SEAI) founder shares how they pivoted their growth strategy to product-led in light of COVID-19
- Socash (SEAI) CEO on his vision of turning retailers into ATM alternatives and navigating the business through the pandemic
- Taranis (IL) recognized by Tracxn as an AgriTech “Minicorn”; CEO named one of the 2020 PrecisionAg® Awards of Excellence recipients
**Investments**
- Codefresh (IL) raises USD27m to help developers release code faster and more often
- Geek+ (CN & Growth) closes USD200m Series C round to further logistics robotics
- IVF Access (SEAI) raises USD5m from Vertex Ventures Southeast Asia & India
- Upsolver (US) raises USD13m to drive cloud data lakes adoption
Partnership
- Ace Turtle (SEAI) partners with Pepe Jeans for omnichannel enablement; Shares how an agile, unified commerce system can help a retailer adapt to unexpected market forces
- Cymulate (IL) enters into distribution agreement with ingram micro for SaaS-based Breach & Attack Simulation
- EasySend (IL) partners with KPMG to transform how financial service enterprises deal with paperwork
- Nium (SEAI & Growth) teams up with Visa to issue credit cards In Australia; Introduces BizPay to help Singaporean SMEs
- Pintec (CN) expands Cooperation with China Telecom Bestpay
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