Wallace Ho22 Aug, 2019

Latest news digest on business and technology in China and across the world (22nd Aug):

1. Chinaccelerator Batch 10 Insurtech company The CareVoice closed 7-digit USD in Series A

2. Group buying e-commerce platform Pinduoduo’s revenue reached 7.3billion RMB, increased by 169% YoY

3. ZhiKeTong 直客通, digital marketing service provider for high-end hotels, completed 300M RMB in Series C

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4. Yijiupi 易久批, integrated FMCG supply chain service platform, received US$80M in strategic investment from Tencent

5. inossem 英诺森, digital service provider for the energy industry, received 7-digit USD in Series A

6. HOW好好搜索, UGC-based search engine in Q&A community, finished 6-digit USD Pre-A funding round

7. East Ventures raises $75m from Temasek, Meituan-Dianping CEO, and more

8. Tala, a digital lending startup, raises $110M, eyes India for expansion

9. Singapore-based RateIt raises US$5M to expand its real-time customer feedback solutions in Southeast Asia

10. JD.com-backed Vietnamese e-commerce firm Tiki buys event ticketing startup Ticketbox

11. Multinational corporation Splunk acquires cloud monitoring platform SignalFx for $1.05 billion

12. Knotel raises $400 million to lease and manage coworking spaces

This article is contributed by partners Chinaccelerator.

