Captain’s Log, August 8: Alibaba launches joint venture with Marriott to target affluent Chinese consumers
Also, aCommerce eyes US$30 million Series B, a Singaporean pet supplies platform...
Ant Financial invests in Shanghai-based fintech startup VFinance
Vfinance has also signed strategic cooperation with MyBank, an online bank...
News Capsule: The 5 stories that rocked the Asian tech community today
In today’s edition of News Capsule, an Indonesian fintech startup raised...
ofo catches up Mobike with a US$700M+ Series E round led by Alibaba, Hony Capital, CITIC PE
Didi Chuxing and DST Global also participated in the latest funding round for...
Paytm in talks to raise up to US$2B from SoftBank; looking to buy FreeCharge from Snapdeal
With this all-cash deal, the Indian m-commerce and mobile payments...
Lazada’s payment platform helloPay merges with Alibaba’s Ant Financial, rebranded as Alipay
The rebranded entity will continue to provide payment services on the...
Alibaba invests in WayRay, a maker of augmented-reality dashboards for smart cars
After launching its first car last year, Alibaba is digging deeper into...
Alibaba leads US$18M Series B round in WayRay, a holographic AR navigation startup
WayRay has partnered with Banma Technologies to develop a new AR car navigation...
Jack Ma named UN Special Adviser on youth entrepreneurship, small businesses
Recently Ma’s name was proposed for the post of Adviser for...
Meet the top 5 female leaders from the tech world in China
10 of the 50 most powerful women in the world are from mainland China Fortune...