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Today’s Tech Headlines: Gobi Partners plans micro funds for Thailand & the Philippines; Sensetime leads $75-million round in Helian Health

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Tencent will buy up to USD50 million worth of the notes.
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SEA to offer $400m convertible notes after losses tripled in Q1
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Plus, Douyin taps into e-commerce. Amazon to bring its staffless stores to two more cities.
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KrASIA Daily: Sea may raise funds amid widening losses
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AVANA’s co-founder, Yien Yee, has also been recently selected to be a part of Alibaba’s e-Founders Fellowship Programme.
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Deals | Gobi Partners Leads $1M in Malaysian AVANA’s Pre-A Round
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Plus, NIO is reportedly planning for a US IPO. Uber’s Frances Frei is leaving the company.
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KrASIA Daily: Pony Ma, Tencent founder and CEO, is now the richest Chinese
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Gobi Partners has raised nine funds to date, and has invested in over 170 portfolio companies across China and ASEAN.
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Deals | Gobi Partners Leads a RM4 million Pre-Series A Investment in Zoom
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Gobi Partners currently has three ASEAN-oriented funds. Overall, the firm has invested in 172 startups in China, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
Gobi Partners expands ASEAN team with two new VPs
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Plus, Uber lost records on 57 million customers and drivers. License for online microloan is expected to become extremely expensive in China.
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Kr-Asia Daily: Garena’s parent company Sea’s loss more than doubled in the third quarter
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