And, Tmall: In May, overseas sales of foreign goods increased by 15% year-on-year; Google Pay cooperated with Indian errand platform Dunzo to provide Indian consumers with necessities of life.

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SoftBank Vision Fund II led a $ 1 billion financing for Didi ’s autonomous driving . Didi Chuxing announced that its self-driving company has completed its first round of financing of over US $ 500 million. It is reported that the funds raised this time are used to increase investment in R & D and testing, deepen industrial cooperation, and promote the development of autonomous driving manned applications in specific areas at home and abroad to further improve travel safety and efficiency. This is the first external financing since the establishment of Didi Autopilot, and it is also the largest single financing obtained by domestic autopilot companies. (Phoenix Technology)

OPPO Western Europe headquarters officially opened. It was learned that on May 29th, OPPO announced the official opening of its Western Europe headquarters in Düsseldorf, Germany, which will be further integrated into the local market. Previously, OPPO’s joint partners promoted the commercial landing of 5G terminals in Europe, and had become a major player in the European smartphone market.

Gartner releases cloud security capability assessment report: Alibaba Cloud ranks second in the world. It is learned that in a recent report released by Gartner, the overall security capabilities of global TOP cloud vendors have been comprehensively evaluated for the first time. Among them, Alibaba Cloud’s overall security capability was rated as the second in the world, and 11 security capabilities were evaluated as the highest level, second only to Microsoft. The report evaluates six major cloud vendors: Amazon, Microsoft, Alibaba Cloud, Google, IBM, and Oracle. The evaluation dimensions include “infrastructure security, cloud governance and compliance, network security, application and container security, data security, logs, and early warning. , Application and workload protection “.

Tmall: Overseas sales of foreign goods in May increased by 15% year-on-year. It is learned that Tmall data shows that in May Tmall overseas sales of foreign goods increased by 15% year-on-year. According to the introduction, the fast-moving consumer goods necessary for life became the fastest-growing category in May. The sales of daily necessities such as paper towels, cereals, oils, rice noodles, shampoos and baths increased by 34% year-on-year. Brand Natural Hall sales increased by 121%.

India

The Abu Dhabi Sovereign Wealth Fund plans to invest US $ 1 billion in Jio Platforms, a subsidiary of Reliance Group India. Reuters news, three insiders revealed on the 28th that the Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company is planning to invest about 1 billion US dollars in Jio Platforms.

Google Pay partners with Indian errand platform Dunzo to provide Indian consumers with necessities of life. According to ET Tech reports, Google Pay has opened a shop on the Indian errand platform Dunzo on its platform. Consumers choose various types of errand delivery services by using Dunzo in Google Pay. It is reported that Google is also one of Dunzo’s investors. In the case of strong basic demand, the company receives more than 100,000 orders every day.

Swiggy began to provide supply credit business to restaurant partners. Swiggy is using its B2B platform Swiggy Staples Plus to provide groceries, meat, vegetables, other supplies and packaging materials to restaurants through credit. Swiggy is currently piloting the platform in Bangalore and Mumbai. According to the conditions of Swiggy’s application for a restaurant partner, the restaurant requires a minimum consumption of 900 rupees on Swiggy Staples Plus.

Southeast Asia

Singapore medical technology startup Endofotonics received $ 12 million in Series B financing. According to KrASIA, this round of financing is led by Singapore Medical Group (SMG). Endofotonics will use the new funds to promote the commercialization of Spectral IMDx in the Asia-Pacific region and extend the technology ’s cancer detection capabilities to other areas. The company also plans to launch the system in Europe and some Asian countries by 2021.

Thai retail company Central Retail has reached an agreement with a family convenience store in Japan to acquire a 49% stake in the latter ’s joint chain convenience store joint venture. According to DealStreetAsia, Central Retail will purchase nearly 5.8 million shares of the joint venture Central FamilyMart from the family convenience store through its wholly-owned subsidiary Central Food Retail. Central Retail said in its announcement on Thursday that the family convenience store is seeking to transfer investment in Thailand. After the transaction is completed, Central Retail will take full control of nearly 1,000 stores in ThailandFamily convenience store.

Latin America

Chile launched an official plan to provide funding for start-ups in the scientific field. According to LABS, Chile ’s Production Development Corporation (CORFO) and the Chilean Ministry of Science have announced the launch of the “Ciencia” program, through which early start-ups in the scientific field can receive $ 272,000 in financing. The plan is to help biotech startups that are in urgent need of financial support during the outbreak.

Other

The Korean private equity firm IMM plans to acquire the pharmaceutical contract manufacturing organization and pharmaceutical development business of Colmar Holdings for $ 413 million. According to DealStreetAsia, IMM Private Equity was established in September 2006 and is one of the leading private equity companies in South Korea, focusing on South Korea and related investment opportunities in South Korea. It manages 22 private equity funds with total assets under management of $ 4.9 billion. It invests in various industries including shared cars, industrial gases, travel agencies, financial services, etc.

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