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HTC Corp recently signed a strategic partnership with Shenzhen municipal government in China, creating a RMB10 billion (about US$1.5 billion) investment fund, and a research center to boost virtual reality developments.

The Japan-based developer, Seven Dreamers, announced last Monday that the startup has secured 6 billion yen (around US$ 60 Million) in funds from SBI Investment, in addition to Panasonic and Daiwa House.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday has approved Shakey's Pizza Ventures Inc's plan of initial public listing (IPO) at a stock exchange from which the pizza franchise is expected to raise up to P5.5 billion (about US$113 million).

Malaysian food delivery startup, Dah Makan is looking for a larger funding round with global venture capital firms in order to upgrade their technology and improve their user experience.

Trip Free secures seed funding from iSGS Investment Works to offer free SIM card services to international visitors in Japan.

China's ecommerce giant, Alibaba has set a new sales record with its annual Singles Day event, reaching 121bn yuan (US$ 17.7 billion)

Japanese Monstar Lab secures 250 million yen (about US$2.5 million) for the further expansion of crowdsourced app development service, Sekai Lab .

Interana, a California-based startup providing behavioral analytics solution has secured US$18 million in a funding round led by Vertex Ventures. The funding will be used to make behavioral analytics more available to digital transforming businesses.