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#24 - Jack Ma to share data, Didi's weak IPO, and it's time for tea!


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This week Adeh and Kevin discuss Ant Financials' talks to share data for credit-scores with state-owned banks, and how this reflects trends we're seeing globally. They also talk about Didi's IPO which was not as big as expected, and the latest tea craze as tea brands score an increasing amount of investment and consumer interest.


  • Ant Financial (Alibaba) to share data with banks (and gov)
  • Didi lackluster IPO at $62 billion, but still a big player
  • Tea mania in China!
  • HeyTea new round of funding at $9.27 Billion USD
  • Tea brand 椿风 pre-A funding at tens of millions RMB
  • Tea brand CHALI茶里 latest funding round hundreds of millions RMB, led by GGV



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The Great FirechatBy Kevin and Adeh