1. China home to 10 of the 30 biggest listed Internet companies, one more than last year

2. US overtaken by Southeast Asia as China's No. 2 trade partner

3. JD.com 京东 adopting AI in order to drive growth in small cities

4. China's ByteDance leads $57m Series C in US edtech firm Minerva Project

5. China's Ping An 平安 to invest in education startup iTutorGroup

6. Megplay's event Esports for Business aims to educate businesses on emerging epsorts trend in Malaysia

7. Guandata.com 观远数据, intelligent data analysis platform, to receive 9-digit RMB B funding round

8. Jimiqizu.com 机蜜企租, office equipment rental platform, to finish 7-digit RMB A funding round

9. Japan mobile pay companies seek international partners in China and South Korea to capture additional revenue from tourists

BEAM offers fund raising assistance sessions for companies in Malaysia that needed help fund raising

10. Amazon invests $7.4m in Quess Corp arm, QDigi, an after-sales support company for electronic products

11. Vietnamese tech major FPT invests in US-based IoT company Homa

12. Unicorn India Ventures launches $58.3m B2B tech-focused fund

This article is contributed by partners Chinaccelerator & BEAM