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Meet Dongtu, the Giphy of China
With its own universe of homegrown social networks, e-commerce platforms and search engines, the Chinese internet is a world apart from its counterpart in the U.S. But in some areas, the two countrie
SimShine raises $8 million for home security cameras that use edge computing
SimShine, a computer vision startup based in Shenzhen, has raised $8 million in pre-Series A funding for SimCam, its line of home security cameras that use edge computing to keep data on-device. The f
Snap turns to search giant Baidu to court Chinese advertisers
Two years have passed since Snap Inc. first struck a deal with Baidu that authorized China’s largest search engine to be a reseller of Snapchat ads for companies in Greater China, as well as Jap
The Exit: Getaround’s $300M roadtrip
In August of last year, Getaround scored $300 million from Softbank. Eight months later they handed that same amount to Drivy, a Parisian peer-to-peer car rental service that was Getaround’s tic
Ambitious new media firm ByteDance is no longer a secret outside of China
ByteDance is a name that is about to become very familiar to everyone in international tech circles. Really it should already be. It is valued at $20 billion and its flagship Toutiao news reader app i
Cheetah Mobile’s Live.me streaming service raises $60M from Chinese investors
Cheetah Mobile, the Chinese firm that specializes in utility apps for smartphones, has enlisted the help of outside investors for its live-streaming service. Cheetah announced this week that its one-y
Cheetah Mobile acquires News Republic for $57 million
Chinese tech company Cheetah Mobile has acquired French startup News Republic for $57 million. News Republic is a news aggregator — think about it as a sort of Flipboard, Apple News or RSS reader on
Cheetah Mobile Will Launch Its Online Advertising Platform In India
Best known as an Android utility app maker, Cheetah Mobile is now focused on global growth for its mobile advertising business. The Beijing-based company announced today that it will launch its advert
Nanigans Raises $24M To Fuel Asian Growth And Expand Its Ad Tools Beyond Facebook
Leading Facebook ad company <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nanigans.com">Nanigans</a> is announcing that it has raised $24 million in Series B funding.
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Cheetah Mobile Buys MobPartner For $58M As Ad Tech Consolidates
Cheetah Mobile, a software company based out of China and best known for products like the Clean Master security and storage optimizer for Android devices, has made an acquisition to move deeper into