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• General Atlantic says it plans to invest $2B in Indian and Southeast Asian startups over the next two years, with ~15 currently in early-stage funding talks (Aditya Kalra/Reuters)
• Singapore-based BUD, which offers a metaverse for Gen Z via its apps and plans to launch an NFT marketplace, raises $36.8M Series B led by Sequoia Capital India (Rita Liao/TechCrunch)
• Sources: Broadcom is in ongoing talks to acquire VMware, but a deal is not imminent (Greg Roumeliotis/Reuters)
• Paytm, whose share price has dropped 57% so far this year, reports Q4 revenue of ~$200M, up 89% YoY, and a net loss of ~$98M, up 72% YoY due to higher expenses (Reuters)
• YouTube takes down 70K+ videos and 9K+ channels about the war in Ukraine for violating content guidelines, including videos referring to a "liberation mission" (Dan Milmo/The Guardian)
• A look at the autonomous vehicle industry, as CB Insights says equity funding for startups developing autonomous vehicles passed $12B in 2021, up 50%+ YoY (Rebecca Fannin/CNBC)
• Google details three campaigns that used Predator spyware, developed by North Macedonian company Cytrox and exploited five Android vulnerabilities found in 2021 (Lily Hay Newman/Wired)
• Q&A with Arm CEO Rene Haas on the company's plans, business model, open-source competitor RISC-V, Intel relationship, need to invest more in R&D, and more (Max A. Cherney/Protocol)
• London-based Vertice, which helps businesses streamline SaaS purchases and reduce their annual spend by 20%-30%, emerges from stealth with a $26M Series A (Silicon Canals)
• iFixit will sell nearly every part of Valve's Steam Deck, including its $350 motherboard with the AMD Aerith chip, and upgrades to the fan and the screen (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
• European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde says crypto "should be regulated" to deter people from speculating on assets that are "based on nothing" (Cagan Koc/Bloomberg)
• A look at the antitrust woes of Google, which is potentially in more trouble than other Big Tech companies as multiple bills and lawsuits target its businesses (Sara Morrison/Vox)
• Hands-on with Apple's Self-Service Repair kit to swap iPhone batteries: users rent 79 pounds of tools including a heat station for a seven-day $1,200 card hold (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
• Sources: Apple told some suppliers that it wants to boost production outside China, such as in India and Vietnam, citing Beijing's strict anti-COVID-19 policy (Yang Jie/Wall Street Journal)
• Analysis: 46 wallets bought a combined $17.3M worth of tokens that were listed shortly after on Coinbase, Binance, and FTX, and sold to make $1.7M+ in profit (Wall Street Journal)