Last Week in Tech: Didi’s ascension, and more funds for the taking

Didi’s president, Jean Liu, onstage at WSJDLive in Laguna, California. Image credit: screen grab from WSJ video.

Didi’s rise to the top, and a new battle arena for Tencent and Alibaba? What did Uber do this time to piss people off? Welcome to Last Week in Tech, where we look back at what happened in the tech and startup ecosystem over the last seven days. We’ve also collated a list of regional events to look forward to in the week ahead for your convenience.

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Upcoming Events

Events to look out for this coming week. Want to list your event here? Email us and let us know!

Talk data to me
Tuesday, 2 May
7 – 9 pm SGT
GA Singapore, Spacemob
Level 3, 8 Claymore Hill, Spacemob
Singapore

“Talk data to me” hosts thought-leaders from the Singapore data community to discuss the possibilities that data brings to life. Data leads from Carat Asia Pacific, Funding Societies, and Honestbee come together to cover how today’s wealth of data drives business and product decisions across industries, and share their visions for the future.

My Startup Journey: What I Need to Know About Tax and Grants
Tuesday, May 2, 2017
12:00 PM – 02:00 PM SGT
ACE Ideation Centre
79 Ayer Rajah Crescent
#01-13, jtc LaunchPad @ one-north
Singapore 139955

You are driving a start-up business, and you have a great idea and plan to scale up. However, finding adequate funding and navigating government assistance schemes can be daunting. At the same time, complying with all tax regulations can also be challenging.

KPMG’s Enterprise Incentive professionals are organising a session to discuss how government financial assistance schemes can help your business, and what tax regulations and incentive opportunities that you should be aware of.

Quick bites

A snapshot of last week’s news.

Photo credit: Ofo Weibo.

Bike-sharing battles

• Bike-sharing unicorn Ofo raises an undisclosed round of investment funds from Jack Ma’s Ant Financial. (Eva Xiao / Tech in Asia)
• Ofo’s latest round of funding heats up the Alibaba vs Tencent battle, as they tussle with MoBike. (Eva Xiao / Tech in Asia)

New funds to watch

This week in funding

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