1. Chinese e-commerce growth in May slows against world average, where the figure had fallen below 20% and e-commerce sales totaled CNY3.9 trillion

2. Chinese e-commerce giant JD sales for June 18 shopping gala reached 201.5b yuan, compared with 159b yuan in 2018

3. Tencent Teams With Medical Technology Firm Heren Health to Promote Telemedicine

4. Gobi Partners, MAVCAP, Sunway Group launch early-stage fund, Malaysia Superseed Fund II for Malaysian startups

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5. Accelerating Asia to reach first close of $5m pre-seed VC fund in July to accelerate startups from around Asia

6. Hotel startup OYO accounted for 92% of the total funding in India's hospitality startups in 2018

7. World electronic gaming revenues to grow 9.6% to $152.1 billion in 2019 – report by gaming analytics firm Newzoo

8. Top 200 Apps Made $13 Billion In Q1 2019; iOS Apps Earn 64% More Than Android

9. Facebook launches a new cryptocurrency called Libra

10. AI photography platform Meero raises $230 million to become France's newest unicorn

11. Amazon's Twitch acquired social networking platform Bebo for up to $25M to bolster its esports efforts

This article is contributed by partners Chinaccelerator & BEAM