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Investments
- Linsi Micro (CN) raises pre-A funding round led by Vertex Ventures China (article in Chinese)
- M17 (SEAI & Growth) raises USD26.5M in Series D round led by Vertex Growth
- Nium (SEAI & Growth) lands investment from Visa
- Validus (SEAI & Growth) secures USD20M in Series B round to strengthen SEA presence, co-led by Vertex Growth
- Watchful (IL) comes out of stealth, raises USD3M from Vertex Ventures Israel
Partnership
- Desktop Metal (US) partners with Cetim on its shop system; named as IDC Innovators
- Grab (SEAI), BRI launch soft-loan program for drivers, merchants
- Housejoy (SEAI) joins hands with SRL Diagnostics to launch mobile health clinic vans in Bengaluru
- LeaseLock (US) partners with relief foundation to help renters affected by COVID-19, eliminates deposits with Goodman Real Estate
Growth
- Binance (CN & SEAI) invested in a regulated bitcoin exchange in Indonesia
- Bicycle Therapeutics (HC & Growth) announces publication of BT5528 mechanism of action
- Boundless Bio (HC) presents data at the 2020 ASCO Virtual Annual Meeting
- Hasura (US) schedules first user conference as it pushes the boundaries of GraphQL
- Housejoy (SEAI) appoints senior vice president of growth and strategy
- Licious (SEAI & Growth) and other e-grocery start-ups witness a surge in demand amidst crisis
- Obsidian Therapeutics (HC) develops safe workplace productivity solution in response to Covid-19
- ScyllaDB (IL) announces 4.0 release of its open source NoSQL database
- Twentyeight-seven (HC) CEO shares ideas for coping with Coronavirus
- Geek+ (CN & Growth) brings warehouse robots to US via Conveyco partnership; reaches new heights with world's first Extended-Depth Bin-to-Person robot
- HappyFresh (SEAI) hits profit milestone as industry rides pandemic’s swell
- Kryon (IL) provides RPA solution with instantaneous processing of COVID-19 test results data
- NIUM (SEAI & Growth) expands remittance routes for Kasikornbank customers
- Olympic Ophthalmics (HC) receives FDA clearance for iTEAR100® neurostimulator
- PerimeterX (US & Growth) shares how it can help with the shadow code issue
- Sokowatch (US) helps the vulnerable access essential goods
- Tabit (IL) offers restaurants its channel program and COVID-19 relief offer for its cloud-based service
- Very Good Security (US) named as technology partner in the Amazon Web Services partner network
Recognition
- Atidot (IL) CEO shared views on the digital tools insurers need to implement today:
- Semidrive (CN) CEO shares views on challenges domestic startups face in deploying automotive chips (article in Chinese)
- SmartX (CN) selected for Forrester Global Hyper-Convergence "Now Tech" report (article in Chinese)
- Xuebajun (CN) CEO recognized as one of Top 100 entrepreneurs in 2019 in China (article in Chinese)
- Cylus (IL) CEO shares how the lack of cybersecurity exposes rail freight to attacks
- Geek+ (CN & Growth) obtained the first ETL certification in China's mobile robot industry (article in Chinese)
- Julive (CN) talks about how China's real estate industry will drive growth and increase efficiency through technology innovation (article in Chinese)
- Kissht (SEAI) CEO talks about lending in the time of COVID-19 in this podcast
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