When the listing is in progress
Shanghai Minimally Invasive Brain Science
Recently, Shanghai MicroPort Brain Science was listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. According to the prospectus, the total amount of funds raised by the company is about HK$338 million. Minimally invasive brain science was originally called microport NeuroTech, is a high-end medical device company in the field of neurointerventional therapy, with a complete line of stroke interventional therapy products, covering three major areas of aneurysm, acute stroke and arterial stenosis, including "Bridge® vertebral artery drug stent". (Ryan Capital)
Eye Entertainment Holdings Limited
36Kr was informed that, according to the documents of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the producer and distributor of online dramas and online movies, Naikan Entertainment Holdings Limited, submitted a listing application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Tuba rabbit
36Kr learned that on July 18, the website of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange disclosed the "Decision on Terminating the Review of the Initial Public Offering of Shares to TubaTu and Listing on the Growth Enterprise Market". A few days ago, CICC Securities, the sponsor of TubaTu, submitted an application to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange to withdraw Tubatu's listing on the Gem. Tuba rabbit co-founder Kevin also responded on Weibo, the Tuba rabbit withdrew the CHINext IPO, based on the current overall market environment and other factors of the comprehensive consideration, not affected by performance factors, the current company's operating conditions continue to improve, the future will be based on the appropriate time to restart the listing plan.
ARM
Due to political turmoil in the UK government, SoftBank Group has suspended ARM's plans to list on the London Stock Exchange next year, and may choose to list in the United States. In June, Son told shareholders that he preferred to list in the United States because many of ARM's customers were in the United States. (Sina Technology)
TOP3 News
Station B: The "Display Account IP Territory" function will be gradually opened, and it is expected to be fully launched in one week
36Kr was informed that the official announcement of Station B said that in order to ensure the real and orderly discussion atmosphere of the community, continue to prevent and control bad behaviors such as impersonating parties to hot events, malicious rumors, and rubbing traffic, the community will gradually open the "display account IP territory" function in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. Users cannot actively turn on or off relevant displays for the time being, and it is expected to be officially launched for all users in one week.
The ideal car responds to empty suspension fracture: the prototype buffer ring will occasionally fail in the event of large impact conditions
In response to the rupture of the air suspension of the Ideal L9 test drive, Ideal Car responded, "In fact, the Chongqing test drive rushed through a deep pit of more than 20 centimeters at a speed of 90 km / h, resulting in the damage of the buffer ring inside the air spring." "Because of supply problems, we have some test drives using buffer rings from the trial production phase." Although the prototype version meets the safety standards, it will occasionally fail in the event of large impact conditions. The actual production version has 2.5 times the strength of the buffer ring as the prototype version, and it will not be a problem in the face of greater impacts. The reason for the reinforced buffer ring is that the 21-inch wheel has become standard, and the pressure of the buffer is greater. (The Paper)
Central Cyberspace Administration: Seriously investigate and punish the use of Internet celebrity children for profit
The Central Cyberspace Administration of China and other departments will organize a two-month special campaign to focus on platforms such as short video live broadcasts, social networking, learning apps, online games, e-commerce, and children's smart devices that minors use frequently, and concentrate on solving problems involving minors. These include: (1) Strictly control the problem of violating the personal privacy of minors, and investigate and deal with cyberbullying behaviors such as personal attacks, insults and insults against minors; (2) Seriously investigate and deal with the use of "internet celebrity children" for profit and the use of minors to make indecent gestures and sexually suggestive actions to attract traffic; (3) Urge the website platform not to provide network anchor services to minors under the age of 16; (4) Concentrate on cleaning up pornographic novels and comics created in the image of minors. (CCTV News)
Big company/big event
Station B has continuously adjusted its organizational structure in the last week
Station B has continuously adjusted its organizational structure in the past week, involving multiple core business units and six business leaders. Liu Zhi, vice president of Station B and former head of operations, will be responsible for commercializing the middle office system (commercial product department, commercial technology department, commercial operation department, commercial resource management department), as well as the main station commercial center. Liu Binxin, head and vice president of the commercialization center and main station of the original B station, will leave the company; Zhang Zhendong, the head and vice president of the business of the former Mengpai and the marketing center, will be transferred to the innovation business. (Late Post)
Huawei has entered the online ride-hailing industry and has tested the "Petal Mobility" application in Beijing, Shenzhen and Nanjing
The reporter learned on July 17 that Huawei has launched an application called "Petal Travel" in the application crowd test, and the detail page shows that it is a ride-hailing fast application that aggregates domestic high-quality online ride-hailing suppliers. "It is very similar to AutoNavi taxi and Meituan taxi." A person in the online ride-hailing industry analyzed the mode of Huawei's entry into the online car-hailing industry, but in the current testing stage, there are only a few suppliers of cooperative access, only Shouqi Ride-hailing and Shenzhou Chauffeur-de-limousine, and the online ride-hailing service provided by "Petal Travel" is only tested and supported in Beijing, Shenzhen and Nanjing, and will continue to increase the number of cities that can be served in the future. (The Economic Observer)
The three major U.S. stock indexes closed down collectively, and most of the popular Chinese stocks strengthened
36Kr learned that at the close of trading on July 18, the three major U.S. stock indexes opened high and went low and closed down collectively, with the Dow falling 0.69%, the S&P 500 falling 0.84%, and the NASDAQ falling 0.81%; Big tech stocks rose and fell, with Apple falling more than 2 percent, saying it would slow some hiring and spending; Google fell more than 2%, Microsoft fell nearly 1%, Meta rose 1.54%, Netflix rose 0.96%; Most of the popular Chinese stocks were stronger, with Shang multiplier up more than 72%, Qudian up more than 39%, iQiyi and Station B up more than 6%, JD.com up nearly 3%, Ideal Auto up more than 1%, and Xiaopeng Automobile down more than 4%.
Yunda shares: June express service business revenue of 4.140 billion yuan, an increase of 25.11% year-on-year
36Kr was informed that Yunda shares announced that the revenue of express delivery service business in June was 4.14 billion yuan, an increase of 25.11% year-on-year; The business volume completed was 1.614 billion votes, down 1.71% year-on-year.
SF Holdings: Operating income of express logistics business in June was 16.125 billion yuan, an increase of 11.16% year-on-year
36Kr learned that SF Holdings announced that the operating income of the express logistics business in June was 16.125 billion yuan, an increase of 11.16% year-on-year; The operating income of supply chain and international business was 10.567 billion yuan, an increase of 486.08% year-on-year.
Shentong Express: Revenue from express delivery service business in June was 2.982 billion yuan, an increase of 55.09% year-on-year
36Kr learned that Shentong Express announced the June 2022 business briefing, and the company achieved a revenue of 2.982 billion yuan in express delivery service business in June, an increase of 55.09% year-on-year; Completed business volume of 1.188 billion votes, an increase of 30.83% year-on-year; The revenue of a single ticket of express delivery service was 2.51 yuan, an increase of 18.40% year-on-year.
YTO Express: Revenue from express delivery business in June was RMB4.1 billion, up 32% year-on-year
36Kr was informed that YTO Express announced that it achieved a revenue of 4.107 billion yuan in express delivery business in June, an increase of 31.57% year-on-year; Business completions totaled 1.572 billion votes, up 5.61% year-on-year.
Central Cyberspace Administration of China: Concentrate on investigating and dealing with problems such as the dissemination of false information
The Central Cyberspace Administration of China and other departments will organize a two-month special action to focus on platforms such as short video live broadcasts, social networking, learning apps, online games, e-commerce, and children's smart devices that minors use frequently, and concentrate on solving problems involving minors. (CCTV News)
Snowball responded to the stagnation of its Xueying Securities business and downgraded it from a first-level to a fourth-level division
Recently, there are rumors that Snowball's internal employees broke the news, "Snowball's existing staff size is only about half of the peak period when it was preparing for listing last year, Snowball's Xueying Securities has been downgraded from a first-level department to a fourth-level department, and the original team of more than 100 people has only retained about 20 people." In this regard, Xueying customer service staff said that the statement that Xueying Securities has entered a stage of stagnation is illusory, and the statement that "it has been downgraded from a first-level department to a fourth-level department" is purely a rumor. Xueying continues to operate stably, and there are sufficient team personnel to provide customers with continuous services, and customers can use it with confidence. (Financial Associated Press)
TikTok will turn off the "Circles" feature
Due to the adjustment of business development, Douyin will offline the "Circle" function on July 29, when all the circle functions in the same city will not be accessible and used, and the offline will not affect the works that users have published on Douyin. In this regard, a customer service staff member said that he has not received relevant information about the subsequent arrangement of the function. (Beijing Business Daily)
Liu Jiaming, chairman of Tencent Micro-Insurance, has left his job and will go to blockchain game developer Animoca Brands
Liu Jiaming, Chairman of Tencent WeBao, has officially left his post on July 15 and will join Animoca Brands, a Hong Kong mobile game development company, as Chief Commercial Officer (CBO), responsible for managing all of its more than 300 acquisition and investment companies, and leading mergers and acquisitions, and external cooperation. Weibao also confirmed to reporters that Liu Jiaming resigned as an executive director of Weibao for personal reasons. (Interface)
Goertek Shares: Signed a partnership agreement with Mihayou and 37 Mutual Entertainment
36Kr was informed that Goertek announced that the Company and its holding subsidiary signed a partnership agreement with Mihayou and 37 Interactive Entertainment to subscribe a total of RMB555.56 million to carry out venture capital activities, and the partnership will make equity or quasi-equity investment in unlisted start-ups in the fields of advanced manufacturing, intelligent connected vehicles, augmented reality/virtual reality, and semiconductors.
Tianjin Municipal Housing and Construction Commission to map the loan needs of real estate projects? A number of housing enterprises: have received relevant notices
Recently, the Tianjin Municipal Housing and Construction Commission issued an "Emergency Notice on Mapping out the Need for Loans from Real Estate Development Enterprises to Financial Institutions" outflowed. The notice said that in order to help housing enterprises solve the difficulties in project construction funds and support enterprises to accelerate project construction, it is now urgent to investigate and map out the need for loans from financial institutions for real estate development projects, and ask all housing enterprises to fill in relevant questionnaires and feedback to the Real Estate Development and Construction Department at 16:00 on July 16. In this regard, the Tianjin Municipal Housing and Construction Commission told reporters that it is "not clear", but a number of housing companies told reporters that they have received relevant notices. (Financial Associated Press)
Universal Beijing Resort: From July 18 onwards, you must hold a 72-hour nucleic acid certificate to enter the park
36Kr learned that the Universal Beijing Resort website released the latest entry requirements prompt, since July 18, all visitors to Enter Universal Beijing Resort (including Universal Studios Beijing Theme Park, Universal City Avenue Beijing, Universal Studios Hotel, NUO Resort) must hold a valid nucleic acid test negative certificate within 72 hours, while verifying Beijing Health Treasure and valid IDENTITy documents, and presenting a valid reservation code when entering the theme park.
Intel will raise the price of a variety of semiconductor chips in the second half of the year, and some products may rise by 10% to 20%
Nikkei reported that Intel has informed customers that it will increase the price of semiconductor products in the second half of 2022. The reason is that the cost is rising due to the impact of global inflation. Intel is expected to increase prices on a wide range of products such as core servers and computer CPU processors and peripheral chips. According to a relevant person, the increase varies depending on the type of chip, and has not yet been finally decided, the lowest is in single digits, and some products may rise by 10% to 20%. (Interface)
Apple: Slowing down some team hiring and spending in 2023
People familiar with the matter said that because of the possibility of a recession, some departments of Apple are ready to slow down the pace of recruitment, and the growth rate of spending will be reduced. Before Apple, Meta and Tesla have also slowed down the pace of recruitment. Apple's tweaks are not aimed at all teams, and Apple's product launch plans for 2023 are still aggressive, including MR helmets. (Sina Technology)
The iPhone 14 Plus is affected by the panel supply chain and the production schedule is lagging behind
According to reports, iPhone 14 Plus is affected by the panel supply chain, the production schedule lags behind the original plan, because the first wave of new iPhone sales will affect the subsequent order situation, in the case of backward production progress, Apple or will adjust the original first wave of product shipment ratio. The iPhone 14 Plus model is mainly assembled by Pegatron and Luxshare. (Sina Technology)
Musk is preparing to countersuage Twitter in an attempt to abandon the $44 billion acquisition deal
Market news: Musk will countersuage Twitter in an attempt to abandon the $44 billion acquisition. (Sina Finance)
Boeing predicts that more than 41,000 new aircraft will be needed over the next 20 years
Boeing recently released its 2022 Civil Aviation Market Outlook (CMO), predicting that more than 41,000 new aircraft will be needed worldwide by 2041, highlighting the resilience of the aviation industry in the two years since the outbreak of the epidemic. The latest CMO forecasts that $7.2 trillion worth of new aircraft deliveries over the next 20 years will increase global fleet size by 80 percent by 2041 from pre-pandemic levels in 2019. About half of the newly delivered airliners will be used to replace existing models, which will improve the fuel efficiency and sustainability of the global fleet. (SSE)
AFC: Australia, South Korea, Indonesia and Qatar are interested in bidding for the 2023 Asian Cup
The AFC announced on the 18th that four countries have submitted their intention to bid for the 2023 Asian Cup before the deadline of July 15, namely Australia, South Korea, Indonesia and Qatar. According to the regulations, countries interested in bidding for the 2023 Asian Cup must formally submit their bid materials by August 31, and the AFC Secretariat will conduct a comprehensive assessment of the bidding materials. The final host country will be announced by the AFC Executive Committee on 17 October. (CBN)
Investment and financing
Swire AG announces a US$1.015 billion acquisition of Coca-Cola bottling businesses in Vietnam and Cambodia
36Kr has been informed that Swire AG has announced that, as at the date of this announcement, Swire Coca-Cola and Swire Beverage Holdings, both of which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Swire Corporation, entered into an agreement with the vendor, which is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Coca-Cola. Accordingly, Swire Coca-Cola agreed to purchase and the seller agreed to sell the shares sold, i.e. all the shares of the target company, for a total consideration of US$1,015 million (HK$7,917 million) and will be adjusted as set out below in this announcement as at the time of completion of the transaction. Subsidiaries of the Target Company are engaged in the preparation, packaging, distribution and sale of ready-to-drink beverages in Vietnam and Cambodia, respectively.
Digital RF innovation enterprise "Deyi Communications" completed nearly 100 million yuan pre-A round of financing
36Kr learned that the digital RF innovation company "Deyi Communications" announced the completion of a Pre-A round of financing of nearly 100 million yuan. The financing round was jointly led by GRC SinoGreen Fund and Junke Danmu, a sub-fund of Legend Capital, and the original shareholder Mingshi Capital continued to increase its investment, and Potential Capital served as the exclusive financial adviser for this round of financing. The financing funds will be mainly used for the company's R&D investment, new product development, market expansion and expansion of the company's operations.
Nezha Automobile completed hundreds of millions of yuan D3 round of financing
Recently, Nezha Automobile announced the completion of hundreds of millions of yuan D3 round of financing, and the investor is Richu Capital. Nezha Automobile is an automobile brand under Hezhong New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd., and its parent company, Hezhong New Energy, was founded in 2014. Nezha Automobile's main products include electric logistics vehicles and pure electric passenger cars. (Investment community)
"Guoxin Tongchuang" received more than 10 million yuan of angel round financing
36Kr exclusively learned that the R & D and production manufacturer of new electronic glass "Guosen Tongchuang" announced that it has recently completed an angel round of financing of more than 10 million yuan, and this round of financing is exclusively invested by the Suzhou Industrial Park Industry Fund. Guosen Tongchuang said that after this round of financing, a mechanized production line will be established to further expand its market share.
AI+ new drug research and development company "Fermion Technology" received more than 100 million yuan of B round financing
36Kr learned that AI+ new drug research and development company "Fermis Technology" has completed more than 100 million yuan of B round of financing, and this round of investors includes iFLYTEK Venture Capital, Zhengxuan Capital, old shareholder Panda Capital and Challenger Venture Capital continue to follow the investment. This round of financing funds will be mainly used to promote the research of the company's core pipeline in Clinical Phase 1 and the immediate proof of concept of effectiveness (POC), the preclinical development of other pipelines, and the further upgrading of the company's AI drug development platform and team.
Cool products/new features
Baidu Intelligent Cloud will launch a digital people live broadcast platform
36Kr learned that at the Baidu World 2022 Conference on July 21, Baidu Intelligent Cloud will launch a digital person live broadcast platform, which can achieve a 24-hour pure AI live broadcast of hyper-realistic digital people, and support the arbitrary switching of makeup, hair, clothing, and scenes. According to reports, compared with live anchors, digital live broadcasting can reduce the restrictions of people, time and space, without the support of real anchors, central control personnel, and complex hardware, and reduce the cost of live broadcasting for merchants by more than 30%.
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