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Startup Tea Talk wants to feature amazing stories of Silicon Valley startups and investors

By DavidCao01 on February 24, 2017

Startup Tea Talk is a new series of events hosting every month to share great stories of startups and investors in SF / Silicon Valley. These stories will be published through several difference […]

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Chinese Tesla rival Nio files to raise $1.8 billion in US IPO August 14, 2018
Tesla may be looking to go private, but Chinese rival Nio is going the other way after it filed to raise $1.8 billion in an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. Nio was started in 2014, initially as NextCar, by Bin Li, an entrepreneur who founded online automotive services platform Bitauto. The company is backed by Chinese […]
Jon Russell
Singapore’s Openspace Ventures closes new $135M fund for Southeast Asia August 14, 2018
It seems like everyone is out there raising new funds in Southeast Asia. Weeks after we reported Golden Gate Ventures hit a first close on its third fund aimed at $100 million, so Openspace Ventures — the Singapore-based firm formerly known as NSI — has announced a final close of $135 million for its second […]
Jon Russell
China’s Didi beefs up its newly-independent car services business with an acquisition August 14, 2018
A week after spinning out its driver services business and giving it $1 billion in investment capital, Didi Chuxing has added to it through an acquisition. Xiaoju Automobile Solutions (XAS), which the Didi spinout is called, announced today it has bought Hiservice, a three-year-old company that provides after-service care for car owners using a digital platf […]
Jon Russell
WeWork China rival Ucommune raises $43.5M more at a $1.8B valuation August 14, 2018
Barely weeks after WeWork China raised $500 million, one of its main rivals is refueling its tanks too. Ucommune — the company formerly known as UrWork until a WeWork lawsuit forced a rebrand — announced its $43.5 million Series C round. Beijing-based Ucommune’s new round was led by real estate-focused investment firms Prosperity Holdings and RK […]
Jon Russell
India’s budget hotel network OYO moves into wedding banquet services August 13, 2018
OYO Rooms, the India-based budget hotel network that’s backed by SoftBank’s Vision fund, has prioritized expansion into China this year but that’s not all it’s up to. Back home in India, it just moved into the event hosting space through the acquisition of a wedding banquet company. Today, OYO said it has acquired Weddingz.in, a three-year-old company that [ […]
Jon Russell
Three Indonesian tech unicorns unite to back digital insurance startup August 13, 2018
It’s almost unheard of to see three unicorns join forces to fund a startup, but that’s exactly what has happened in Indonesia. Ride-hailing company Go-Jek, e-commerce firm Tokopedia and travel booking startup Traveloka — each of which is valued in the billions of U.S. dollars — have come together to provide a Series A funding […]
Jon Russell
Taiwan startup FunNow gets $5M Series A to help locals in Asian cities find last-minute things to do August 13, 2018
“Instant booking” apps that let tourists sign up for activities on very short notice have been in the news a lot lately, partly because of Klook’s new unicorn status, but also because of the proliferation of startups in the space, especially in Asia. With so many instant booking apps, are there any niches left to […]
Catherine Shu
Singapore’s Golden Gate Ventures announces a $10M fund for crypto deals August 10, 2018
VCs around the world are trying to wrap their head around crypto, and the new investment paradigm it brings. Some have made one-off deals but a few have jumped in off the deep end with dedicated crypto funds, with A16z in the U.S. the most prominent example. Now Singapore has its first from the traditional […]
Jon Russell
Wonderschool raises $20M to help people start in-home preschools August 10, 2018
Educators already don’t get paid enough, and those that work in preschools or daycares often make 48% less. Meanwhile, parents struggle to find great early education programs where kids receive enough attention and there’s space, but they don’t need special connections or to pass grueling admissions interviews to get in. Any time there’s a lousy […] […]
Josh Constine
SenSat, a UK startup that uses visual and spatial data to ‘simulate reality’, picks up $4.5M seed August 10, 2018
SenSat, a U.K. startup aiming to use visual and spatial data to “simulate reality” and help computers better understand the physical world, has raised $4.5 million in seed funding — cash it will use to further develop the technology, and invest in its San Francisco office. The round was backed by Force Over Mass, Round […]
Steve O'Hear

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