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Investors in LatAm get bitten by the hotel investment bug as Ayenda raises $8.7 million
Some of Latin America’s leading venture capital investors are now backing hotel chains. In fact, Ayenda, the largest hotel chain…
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Y Combinator’s short-lived China dream
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what…
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China Roundup: Alibaba’s Hong Kong listing and Tencent’s new fuel
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch’s China Roundup, a digest of recent events shaping the Chinese tech landscape and what…
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Finance
Khatabook raises $25M to help small businesses in India record financial transactions digitally and accept online payments
Even as tens of millions of Indians have come online for the first time in recent years, most businesses in…
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WeChat restricts controversial video face-swapping app Zao, citing “security risks”
Zao went viral in China this weekend for its realistic face-swapping videos, but after controversy about its user policy, WeChat…
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Tencent brings cloud service to Japan in global push
The world’s largest video game publisher is looking outside its home country for growth. Tencent, the Chinese internet behemoth that…
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Carrefour sale shifts the balance of power in China’s new retail battle
Hot on the heels of Amazon’s decision to shutter its local marketplace, Carrefour — another global commerce giant — is…
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Alibaba proposes share split ahead of reported $20B Hong Kong IPO
Alibaba is being heavily linked with a public listing in Hong Kong, which could reportedly happen in Q3 and raise…
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