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DataOps Firm WhaleOps Bags Tens of Millions of Yuan in Financing

Beijing-based tech startup WhaleOps announced its completion of a new round of financing on July 14, led by Kaitai Capital and followed by its angel round financing investor BlueRun Ventures.

Data Infrastructure Developer Timeplus Secures Seed-Round Financing

TimePlus, a real-time data analysis infrastructure platform with streaming data as the core, announced on July 8 its completion of seed-round financing led by GL Ventures.

Associate Dean of Alibaba’s DAMO Academy Leaves Job

Jin Rong, Alibaba's vice president and Associate Dean at DAMO Academy, recently left the job. According to official website of DAMO Academy, Jin Rong was a tenured professor at Michigan State University and joined Alibaba in 2014.

Big Data Analytics Provider Sensors Data Secures $200M in Round-D Financing

Big data analytics platform and services provider Sensors Data announced on Friday that it has obtained $200 million in round-D financing. The lead investors were Tiger Global and Carlyle Group.

Yonghong Tech to Go Public in Hong Kong

Yonghong Tech, a big data and business intelligence analytical services unicorn company, is planning to go public in Hong Kong.

DataStory Secures $25M in C2-Round Financing

Big data and artificial intelligence firm DataStory announced on Wednesday the completion of a C2 round of financing worth 160 million yuan ($25.3 million).

Big Data Company Zshield Inc. Receives C-Round Financing Led by Legend Capital

Zshield Inc., an industrial big data innovation enterprise based in China, announced the recent completion of a C-round financing worth several hundred million yuan.

Thinking Data Secures C Round Financing Worth $59 Million Led by Sequoia China

Thinking Data, a domestic big data analysis service provider for the game industry, announced the completion its round C financing worth 376 million yuan ($59 million).

Beijing to Promote Development of Live and Social Commerce

The government will now support what it sees as healthy and sustainable development of new business formats and models such as livestream e-commerce and social commerce.

China to Introduce New Laws to Regulate “Big Data Killing” by Internet Enterprises

Authorities in Beijing have released the latest version of the country's draft Personal Information Protection Law, affirming that it further improves rules on the processing of personal information.

China VC Weekly: Foodtech, IoT, Big Data and More

Last week saw several notable investment rounds raised in the world of China VC.

China VC Weekly: Biggest Series A in Chip Industry, Big Data, Robots and AI

DataStory, a Chinese provider of big data and AI services, announced that it has raised a 120 million yuan ($17 million) series B+ round of strategic financing.

Ant Group Spins Off Database Service OceanBase as Independent Company

Ant Group announced to spin off a self-developed database service OceanBase, aspiring to serve more of its partners.

China VC Weekly: Fitness Tech, Groceries, Smart Car Washes and Big Data

This past week saw Keep, China’s answer to Nike’s Training Club, officially become the first unicorn in the world of fitness tech.

AutoX Launches China’s Largest Data Center for Autonomous Driving in Shanghai

Chinese self-driving company AutoX is launching a big data center in Shanghai. It will serve as the largest data hub for self-driving car data in China.

China VC Weekly: HeyTea’s Rumored RMB 16B Valuation and Big Week for Enterprise Service Providers

AI, Big Data, Telematics and Logistics services caught investors’ attention and raised significant funds, hinting at a bright future for such services in the digitizing world.

Meituan Bicycle’s Big Data Shows Recovery from COVID-19 Stagnancy

According to Meituan Bicycle’s big data, the number of cycling trips nationwide increased by about 86% on weekdays last week compared with two weeks ago.

OPPO Announces $7 Billion R&D Push at INNO DAY 2019

On December 10, OPPO held their INNO DAY 2019 event, promoting their theme of ‘Create Beyond Boundaries’.

Why Are China’s Internet Giants Reviving Bike-sharing?

When it seemed like we were about to hear the eulogy to the troubled industry, Meituan-Dianping and Didi Chuxing – companies that timely bought into bike-sharing flag-bearers Mobike and Bluegogo – started revitalizing their bicycle fleets.

Kai-Fu Lee Talks AI Applications and Opportunities for China at GMIC Beijing 2018

The 10th Global Mobile Internet Conference (GMIC) Beijing opened on April 26, the theme of this year’s conference is AI Genesis. Kai-Fu Lee, CEO of Sinovation Ventures, attended the panel discussion on “The Present and Future of AI”, where he shared his views on artificial intelligence applications and talent cultivation.

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