News aggregator SmartNews raises $230 million, valuing its business at $2 billion – TechCrunch techcrunch.com SmartNews, a Tokyo-headquartered news aggregation website and app that’s grown in popularity despite hefty competition from built-in aggregators like Appl...

Telemedicine Startup Alpha Medical Closes $24 mln Series B Funding Round - Grit Daily News gritdaily.com Alpha Medical, a telemedicine startup based in Palo Alto, has closed a $24 million Series B round to continue revolutionizing women’s health....

Singapore-based logistics startup Ninja Van secures $578M Series E – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Ninja Van, a Singapore-based logistics startup, has closed a $578 million Series E round to support its operations infrastructure and technology systems growth....

Coral Capital closes third fund with $128M for startups in Japan – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Coral Capital, a Tokyo-based venture capital firm, announced today that it has closed its third fund, Coral Capital III, raising $128 million (14 billion yen). ...

Untitled Ventures joins the scramble for Russian & Eastern European startups with a $118M warchest – TechCrunch techcrunch.com Sorry Mr. Putin, but there’s a race on for Russian and Eastern European founders. And right now, those awful capitalists in the corrupt West are starting to o...

China's globalizing startups could be a boon to US cloud giants techcrunch.com The cloud market is cooling as businesses look for ways to curb cloud spending in post-COVID times and an uncertain economy....