Shanghai, China-based university applicant mentoring startup ChaseFuture bagged $400,000 in its seed funding round led by Banyan Partners and Harbor Pacific Capital to assist international students in university admission tests.
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US-based fitness app MyFitnessPal to launch localized apps for Asian expansion
San Francisco, California-based nutrition and fitness startup MyFitnessPal is set to launch localized apps with additional languages to build its audience in Asia, particularly in China, Japan, and South Korea.
Mining tycoon Andrew Forrest acquires Australian beef processor Harvey Beef
Mining tycoon Andrew Forrest acquired Perth, Western Australia-based beef processor and exporter Harvey Beef for an undisclosed amount through his company Minderoo, and announced expansion plans for the newly-acquired firm.
US-based gameplay-recording startup Kamcord raises $7.1M to conquer Asia
New York, US-based mobile gameplay-recording startup Kamcord raised $7.1 million in a Series A funding round led by TransLink Capital to conquer the giant gaming markets of Japan, China, and South Korea.
US web performance monitoring firm Catchpoint to foray into China and Russia
New York, US-based web performance monitoring firm Catchpoint Systems will be foraying into China and Russia, based on the pathway provided by their clients, indicating that Asia Pacific and Russia are the emerging markets in the industry.
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The Chinese government arrested some people and fined Internet giant Sina.com for publishing and distributing pornographic content on its website as part of China's "Cleaning the Web" campaign which is held every year.
American venture capital firm Domain Elite invested $6.5 million in Israeli endoscopy and colonoscopy products maker SMART Medical Systems to bring the latter's products to meet the demand for the said products in Greater China.
Beijing, China-based travel and expense management services provider Baoku pocketed $10 million in its Series A funding round led by China Broadband Capital (CBC) and Asiainfo-Linkage to help people reduce their travel costs by 20% to 50%.
The territorial dispute between China and Japan has caused the latter to pull out its investments from the country and redirecting its focus to other South East Asian countries where it has already funded companies with USD22.8 billion last year.
Santa Clara, US-based semiconductor chip maker Intel Corp shelled out $100 million to establish an innovation center in China to accelerate the innovation of smart equipment in the Asian country.
Mountain View, US-based business-oriented social networking service LinkedIn already reached the 300-million mark in registered users worldwide, with half of that number coming from countries outside of its home country.
Chinese microblogging site Weibo has cut its offered IPO size after a shaky start taking in only USD286 million from 16.8 million depository shares sold which was far from the expectations on Wall Street.
The initial public offering of microblogging platform Weibo has only sold 16.8 million shares instead of its expected 20 million share sale, reported TechCrunch.
Kowloon, Hong Kong-based investment firm China Haidian Holdings Ltd acquired London, UK-based Swiss watch retailer The Dreyfuss Group in an all-share deal that will see the Dreyfuss brands expand into Asia.
