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Growth
- EasySend (IL) shares its digital journey builder to improve efficiency and maximizing ROI
- Geek+ (CN & Growth) and Walmart Chile Bring AMRs to South America; Kuecker now distributing Geek+ AMRs; announces global partnership for AMR deployment with Körber
- PerimeterX (US) debuts partner program; researcher finds Zero Day Vulnerability in Google Chrome
- NIUM (SEAI & Growth) expands in Latin America with new partnership; secures *UK EMI license *to issue e-money and provide cross-border digital payment services; collaborates with SBM Bank India on remittances; offers Google Pay options for its VISA cards
- Desktop Metal (US) to be publicly listed following investment from Trine
- Kryon (IL) launches Industry-First Full Cycle Automation-as-a-Service powered by AWS
- Codefresh (IL) DevOps survey indicates COVID-19 could mark the end of on-prem environments
- Semidrive (CN) high-end China-made Chip technology unveiled at World Semiconductor Conference (article in Chinese)
- Binance (CN & SEAI) announces CryptoSafe Alliance to be used to combat theft, hacking and fraud; Binance Card expands to US with Swipe partnership; Binance launches new hackathon and accelerator for the India DeFi ecosystem
- Grab (SEAI) launches new consumer financial services including micro-investments and loans; helped digitalise over 100,000 SMEs during the COVID-19; extends *hawker-food delivery programme *to 16 more locations
**Investments**
- Adaptive Shield (IL) raised USD 4M Seed round
- Thriver (IL) raised USD 33M Series B round
- Yotpo (IL) raised USD 75M Series E round
- Harbour Biomed (CN) plans to raise approximately USD 400M (article in Chinese)
- UWinTech (CN) raised RMB 70M Series B+ round (article in Chinese)
- Zencity (IL) raised USD 13.5M for government technology
- Payfazz (SEAI) invests in Indonesian digital debt management startup Credibook
Partnership
- Axonius (IL) partners with the International Consortium of Minority Cybersecurity Professionals
- Datos (IL) partners with Vaica Medical and adds medication adherence to telehealth platform
- Grab (SEAI) partners with Maybank and Mastercard in credit card tie-up
- Hotelogix (SEAI), AxisRooms and RepUp star in hotel technology merger
- Turnkey Lender (SEAI) partners with Banque Atlantique Cameroon for mobile savings and loans management automation
- StoreHub (SEAI) partners with UOB Malaysia to help F&B business cut costs
- Yotpo (IL) partners with ShoppingGives to give back to their communities
Recognition
- Pintec (CN) wins 'Best Consumer Finance Product In China' Award from The Asian Banker; CEO Li Huike shares why AI financial products should take into account user cases, standardization and digitalization (article in Chinese)
- Sokowatch (US) CEO Daniel Yu shares how the company is enabling E-Commerce across Africa
- Grab (SEAI) SEA Digital Marketing Lead Asha Gourinath shares how her team why it’s time for brands to re-evaluate their messaging
- HappyFresh (SEAI) Managing Director Hu Hun Hui shares the growing acceptance of online grocery shopping in Malaysia
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