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| 11.02.2026 | OMOWAY Wins BDA Award: Interstellar Aesthetics as a Vessel for the Smart Future | SINGAPORE, Feb. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently, the OMO X—the flagship self-balancing smart electric motorcycle from OMOWAY—stood out among over 15,000 entries from more than 60 countries to win the 2025 Better Design Award(BDA) in the A... |
| 27.01.2026 | Inferact Secures $150M to Revolutionize AI Inference | Inferact, a San Francisco-based AI firm, just secured a significant $150 million in seed funding. This substantial investment, co-led by industry giants Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners, signals strong confidence in the c... |
| 26.01.2026 | Inferact Raises $150M in Seed Funding | Inferact, a San Francisco, CA-based developer of a high-performance AI inference engine, raised $150m in seed funding.
The round was co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Alt... |
| 23.01.2026 | Inferact Launches With $150 Million Funding At $800M Valuation To Commercialize vLLM As Inference Demand Surges | Inferact, a new AI infrastructure startup founded by creators and core maintainers of the open-source vLLM inference engine, has launched with $150 million in seed funding at an $800 million valuation, positioning the company to push perfor... |
| 14.01.2026 | OMOWAY Raises Eight-Figure USD to Scale the World's First Mass-Produced Self-Balancing E-Motorcycle | SINGAPORE, Jan. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- OMOWAY, a pioneer in two-wheeled smart mobility, has successfully closed consecutive Pre-A and Pre-A+ funding rounds, raising tens of millions of US dollars. The investment was led by HONGSHAN and RO... |
| 12.01.2026 | Meta rings opening bell in age of AI agents | As 2025 drew to a close, US-based Meta completed a multibillion-dollar acquisition of Butterfly Effect, the Chinese startup behind the artificial agent product Manus. The deal, though faces potential antitrust assessment and risks, has forc... |
| 09.01.2026 | China to Look Into Meta’s Acquisition of AI Startup Manus, Ministry Says | (Yicai) Jan. 9 -- China’s Ministry of Commerce, together with other relevant departments, will carry out an investigation into whether US tech giant Meta’s purchase of Manus, a Singapore-based artificial intelligence startup founded by Chin... |
| 31.12.2025 | Meta Secures AI Powerhouse Manus in $2 Billion Deal Amidst Geopolitical Scrutiny | Meta Platforms secured general-purpose AI firm Manus for $2 billion. The Singapore-based startup, with Chinese origins, developed powerful AI agents. These automate complex tasks like market research and data analysis. Manus rapidly gained ... |
| 30.12.2025 | Meta покупает сингапурский ИИ-стартап Manus за $2 млрд | Сделка оценивает Manus более чем в $2 млрд, сообщили осведомлённые источники. Это редкое приобретение американской компанией азиатского технологического бизнеса и очередная многомиллиардная ставка на ИИ со стороны гендиректора Meta Марка Цу... |
| 30.12.2025 | Meta* купила сингапурский ИИ-стартап Manus за $2 млрд | Meta Platforms* объявила о приобретении сингапурского стартапа в области искусственного интеллекта Manus. Сумма сделки составила $2 млрд, что соответствует оценке компании в рамках ее планируемого раунда финансирования, пишет TechCrunch.
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| 25.12.2025 | From Rainblood to Phantom Blade Zero: The origins and rise of S-Game | At this year’s Game Awards (TGA), Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 arguably stole the show, sweeping nine awards, including “Game of the Year.” But for Chinese audiences, two other moments from the TGA likely stood out just as vividly.
First, Ar... |
| 23.10.2025 | Deals in brief: Accel backs Pave Bank, Endowus raises over USD 70 million, Hangry completes Series A5 round, and more | Pave Bank raises funding to build the future of regulated on-chain finance
Pave Bank, a commercial bank “built for the modern economy,” has raised more than USD 39 million in a funding round led by Accel, with participation from Tether Inve... |
| 27.09.2025 | HOVERAir lands in Costco | Your personal videographer is now available across the U.S.
PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- It's official—HOVERAir is now available nationwide at Costco, online and in over 600 stores. This partnership marks a milestone in... |
| 05.09.2025 | Immunofoco Earns Spot on Forbes Asia 100 to Watch 2025 List for Leading New Wave in Solid Tumor Cell Therapy | SHANGHAI, Sept. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Immunofoco, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, focused on developing novel cell therapies for solid tumors, has been selected for the prestigious "Forbes Asia 100 to Watch 2025" list. T... |
| 20.08.2025 | OMOWAY Founder on CNBC, Shares E-Motor Industry Insight and Invites Partners to Pioneer Indonesia's Smart Mobility Future | JAKARTA, Indonesia, Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- OMOWAY, an innovative electric motorcycle technology startup, was recently featured on CNBC Indonesia's popular program, "Autobizz". During the segment, founder Todd He shared his ... |
| 28.07.2025 | OMOWAY Accelerates Indonesia's Smart E-Motorcycle Future with Deep Local Commitment & Sustainable Vision | JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Following its highly anticipated debut on June 20th, OMOWAY, a smart e-motorcycle startup founded by former XPENG Motors executives, is accelerating its deep localization strategy and solidi... |
| 22.07.2025 | Is Kimi K2 strong enough to spark China’s next “DeepSeek moment?” | Kimi K2’s launch on July 16 drew global attention after Nature described it as “another DeepSeek moment.”
Why does that matter? Because Kimi K2 follows the DeepSeek playbook: high performance, low cost, and truly open-source. Most important... |
| 30.06.2025 | Former Xpeng execs launch Omo X smart e-motorbike in Indonesia | Omoway, an electric motorcycle maker, has completed its seed and angel funding rounds, raising a combined eight-figure USD sum. The funding was jointly led by ZhenFund, HongShan, and Hui Capital, with founder He Tao and the core team also p... |
| 10.06.2025 | Memory for machines: Manifold Tech’s Odin 1 brings spatial recall to robotics | Manifold Tech, a Shenzhen-registered company, has raised a seven-figure RMB sum in a pre-Series A funding round backed by investors including Hony Capital. The capital will support the custom manufacturing of core components, the scaling of... |
| 05.05.2025 | China’s PE-VC market braces for shakeup as tough times weed out trailing GPs | The ongoing reshuffle in Greater China’s private investment market is expected to intensify as significant macro challenges eliminate trailing managers with unwanted “zombie funds”. |
| 30.04.2025 | U POWER Tech Unveils All-Electric Vehicle Solution at ACT Expo | SHANGHAI, April 30, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- U POWER Tech, a global innovator in smart electric vehicle solutions, today showcased its complete lineup of urban logistics and specialty EV platforms at ACT Expo, North America's largest commercial... |
| 07.02.2025 | Greater China Digest: Hex Trust, Lexiang raise funding | Hex Trust is looking to raise a Series C round after pocketing strategic funding from Morgan Creek Digital, while Lexangre has hit a post-money valuation of 600 million yuan ($82.3 million) after its angel round. Hex Trust secures strategic... |
| 06.02.2025 | Deals in brief: Syfe bids for ASX-listed Selfwealth, Malaysia’s KMP backs Swift Bridge, SoftBank in talks to acquire chipmaker Ampere, and more | Syfe makes non-binding bid to acquire Selfwealth for AUD 65 million
Syfe, a savings and investment platform in the Asia Pacific, has submitted a non-binding indicative offer to acquire Selfwealth, one of Australia’s publicly listed investme... |
| 14.01.2025 | RedNote vira refúgio dos americanos frente ao possível banimento do TikTok nos EUA | Com a iminente probabilidade do TikTok ser banido nos Estados Unidos, muitos usuários americanos estão migrando para a rede social chinesa Xiaohongshu, também conhecida como RedNote, como forma de resistência às políticas do governo america... |
| 10.01.2025 | The Rise of Companion Robots: A New Era of Emotional Connection | The world is changing. In the realm of technology, a new player is emerging: the companion robot. As we step into 2025, the landscape is buzzing with excitement. Entrepreneurs are flocking to this uncharted territory, eager to carve out the... |
| 08.01.2025 | Is 2025 the year of the companion robot? | Entrepreneurs from hardware companies are rushing to establish a foothold in the companion robot market, with two major players entering the space in recent weeks.
On December 23, 2024, Guo Renjie, former executive president of Dreame Techn... |
| 11.11.2024 | Meituan co-founder returns to lead company’s AI ambitions | Wang Huiwen, a co-founder of Meituan and founder of Light Year (Guangnian Zhiwai), has returned to Meituan to lead its artificial intelligence efforts. His team, internally known as “GN06,” is focused on AI companions and chatbots. Job list... |
| 23.07.2024 | Xellar Biosystems raises angel+ round and 40 other Greater China deals worth over $431m | Xellar Biosystems, an artificial intelligence (AI) biotech firm that combines machine learning and AI with large-scale wet-lab experiments, has secured 100 million yuan ($14 million) in its angel+ funding round led by Chinese pharmaceutical... |
| 16.04.2024 | Former Bosch Radar Lead Joins Altos Radar to Accelerate its 4D Imaging Radar Technology | Altos Radar appoints Dr. Mingkang Li as President to lead development of its radar applications and European market development.
Dr. Li formerly led Bosch Germany's next generation imaging radar group.
Dr. Li's addition to Altos Radar, reno... |
| 08.04.2021 | Куда идти стартапам в Китае | Одна из крупнейших экономик мира активно развивает собственную стартап-индустрию: за последние 10 лет она изменилась до неузнаваемости. По данным Global Startup Ecosystem 2020, в рейтинге экосистем для инноваций Пекин занимает четвертое мес... |
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| 01.12.2020 | Farm produce platform Nice Tuan makes it $450m funding for the year with Alibaba-led tranche | Nice Tuan, a Chinese group-buying platform for farm produce and other groceries, has raised $196 million in a “Series C3” round co-led by Alibaba and Hong Kong’s Jeneration Capital.
Other investors to participate included CDH Investments, C... |
| 29.07.2020 | Nice Tuan nets another $80m amid China’s fresh food group-buying hype | Nice Tuan, a Chinese e-grocer that allows customers to group-buy fresh produce and other goods, has received $80 million in a ‘Series C2’ financing led by alternative asset manager CDH Investments.
California-based GGV Capital, China Minshe... |
| 14.10.2019 | China Digest: Sequoia leads $16m round for Alfilo; ZhenFund backs SaaS firm USP | Premium
Sequoia Capital China has led a $16 million Series A+ round for Alfilo Brands, while investment firm ZhenFund has led a Series A round worth over $1 million for Chinese SaaS startup UPS.
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| 07.07.2017 | Hear about China’s growing influence on startups at Disrupt SF 2017 | The tech communities in China and the U.S. are now talking to each other more than ever. Some of the most ambitious deals involve both American and Chinese founders and investors. TechCrunch has noticed this cross-pollination effect, and we... |
| 12.01.2017 | Yoshi raises $2.1 million to fill up your car, or wash it, anywhere | A startup that refuels your car wherever it’s parked, Yoshi Inc. has raised $2.1 million in a new round of venture funding to expand its gas delivery service into new towns, and to add different auto-related services to its menu. According ... |
| 18.08.2016 | Gobi Partners joins $15m series A+ round in China’s 51Autogo | Premium
51Autogo, a mobile app that aims to improve customer experience at gas stations, has received RMB 100 million ($15 million) series A+ funding from Gobi Partners and existing investors Zhen Fund and Renren Inc.
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| 27.04.2016 | IDG, GSR, ZhenFund invest $23m in China’s Zero Zero Robotics | Premium
China’s Zero Zero Robotics has raised $25 million in a funding exercise that included a $23 million Series A by IDG, GSR Ventures, ZhenFund and ZUIG, as well as other undisclosed investors, the company said in a statement.
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| 26.04.2016 | Daily funding roundup - April 26, 2016 | Trov secured $25.5M; Zero Zero Robotics raised $25M funding; TaskEasy closed $12M Series A
UrbanStems, providing bouquet delivery in Washington, D.C. and New York City, closed a $6.8 million Series A round of funding led by SWaN & Legen... |
| 02.09.2015 | Daily funding roundup - September 2, 2015 | Tanium landed $120M; NewsCred bagged $42M; Universal Avenue secured $5M
ConnectedYard, an innovator in smart technology and the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced that it has closed a $2.2-million seed round of funding led by Playgro... |
| 25.08.2015 | Daily funding roundup - August 25, 2015 | Coursera raised $49.5M; BlueData Landed $20M; Simility secured $3.45M
As we have seen so many times in recent years, with hacks on Target, Sony and the U.S. government, and now most recently on Ashley Madison, Internet security is more impo... |
| 23.10.2014 | English-learning site 51Talk pockets new funding to expand in Asia | 51Talk, an English-learning service which provides one-to-one courses in English speaking, announced that it has received US$55 million of Series C financing led by Sequoia Capital and followed by DCM and Shunwei Fund, a fund headed by Xiao... |
| 21.08.2014 | MIT-Spun Startup Raises $3M to Help More Than Just Aspiring MBAs Study On the Go | (The team working out of its space at WeWork South Station.)
LTG Exam Prep Platform is proving why its "positioned to transform the self-study app space." The MIT-spun startup announced Thursday it's raised $3 million in a Series ... |
| 30.06.2014 | Huobi Brings Margin Trading, Interest Accounts to Bitcoin and Litecoin | Chinese 'big three' exchange Huobi is bringing margin trading and interest accounts to bitcoin, in a bold and possibly industry-first move designed to make more 'traditional' financial products available to serious digital currency traders.... |
| 02.11.2013 | Education app Super secures tens of millions yuan from Sequoia | Super, an education app caters for the needs of university students, reportedly received tens of millions yuan in Series B funding from consortium led by Sequoia Capital, and followed by ZhenFund, Ceyuan, and AngelVest (report in Chinese).
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| 02.11.2013 | Education app Super secures tens of millions yuan from Sequoia | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 06.06.2013 | LightInTheBox’s Shares Surge 22% To $11.61 As E-tailer Launches 2013’s First Chinese IPO In U.S. | Online e-commerce site LightInTheBox became the first Chinese company to hold its IPO in the U.S. this year. Trading under the ticker LITB, shares rose 22.2% to $11.61 during the stock’s first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange, ... |
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Just like every year, Forbes magazine has released the 2017 Midas List including the top 100 tech venture capital investors.
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