Stop, rest, then get back to doing the good work you do

Stop, rest, then get back to doing the good work you do [Read from your browser]( FOMO Saturday Hello {NAME} Happy International Workers’ Day! I know I’m just some guy who writes newsletters (among other things), but it’s imperative that you do exactly what I’m about to tell you: Take a break. Pat yourself on the back for the good work you’ve done, then go lie down for a while so you can come back later and do even better. Once you’ve had a good rest, we’ll be here to catch you up on what happened while you were away for a day or even a month. For example (in case you blinked and missed it), the top fundraiser this week, Urban Company, is [the twelfth startup in India to join the unicorn club]( this year - and we’re barely into the second quarter. You can find all other important investment deals that happened in the last few days in our [weekly funding news wrap-up](. Let’s dive into the biggest deals and M&As that recently took place.  ---------------------------------------------------------------  THE BIGGEST DEALS BY COUNTRY 🇮🇳 Urban Company: The India-based gig marketplace [bagged US$188 million]( from DF International Group, Prosus Ventures, and Wellington Management in its series F funding round. 🇨🇳 DeltaPhone Information: The Chinese AI firm scored a US$76.9 million series B round from BOCOM International, CICC Capital, CMSC, China Merchants Capital, Shenzhen Capital Group, Yuexiu Industrial Fund, and Yunqi Capital. 🇭🇰 AfterShip: The Hong Kong-headquartered ecommerce shipping and tracking solutions provider [raised a series B round worth US$66 million]( from GL Ventures and Tiger Global Management. 🇸🇬 StashAway: The Singapore-based robo-advisor [got US$25 million in series D money]( from Eight Roads Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Square Peg Capital. 🇮🇱 ZenGo: The Israeli cryptocurrency platform raised US$20 million from Benson Oak Capital, Collider Ventures, Distributed Global, Elron Electronic Industries, FJ Labs, Insight Partners, and Samsung Next Tel Aviv in a series A round of funding. Here’s the complete list of this week’s funding chart: [116 deals worth over US$1.4 billion](.  ---------------------------------------------------------------  M&A'S 🇮🇳 India-headquartered payments services company Instamojo has acquihired Bengaluru-based virtual theater platform Showman for an undisclosed sum. 🇸🇬 Global advertising firm IPG Group’s talent management agency Octagon has [acquired a stake]( in Singapore-based celebrity video platform Authentic Celebrity Experiences as part of a strategic partnership.  ---------------------------------------------------------------  KILLER PITCH DECKS 1️⃣ The pitch deck Grab used to reveal its financials to investors The Southeast Asian super app, which is going public in the US by merging with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Altimeter Growth, used [this pitch deck]( to reveal its previously closely guarded financials to its investors. It begins with the details of Grab’s SPAC deal, including the investment size, valuation, and investors, among others.Rare figures and charts of how Grab’s different businesses are moving toward profitability are also included in the deck.  2️⃣ 500 Startups invested in this firm after seeing its pitch deck Shippo is a California-based ecommerce platform that provides retailers with tools to streamline their shipping process. It used [this pitch deck]( to raise seed funding in 2014, and 500 Startups participated in that round. The deck is simple and concise, fit for a startup that’s raising funds for the first time. It clearly illustrates key figures that mark Shippo’s growth, including its run rate, profit margin, and number of packages delivered.  3️⃣ This startup’s pitch deck earned 500 Startups’ attention Purple Go is a sales platform that automates tasks such as invoicing, payments, and order updates for staff to work efficiently with patients. The company used [this pitch deck]( at the 500 Startups Demo Day and obtained seed funding. The deck begins by describing the platform that Purple Go is building and goes on to outline the problems that led the company to develop its service. You can find more [killer pitch decks here]( including those produced by Shopback, Bukalapak, LinkedIn, Coinbase, and Revolut. And if you want to feature your startup's pitch deck, you can [do so here](.  ---------------------------------------------------------------  EXCLUSIVE LISTICLES  Lists of most active investors in the region [China]( | [India]( | [Indonesia]( | [Japan]( | [Singapore](  List of top-funded startups in Asia [China]( | [India]( | [Indonesia]( | [Japan]( | [Hong Kong]( | [Singapore]( | [Vietnam](  ---------------------------------------------------------------  THOUGHTFUL READS  1️⃣ The next generation of VCs will have more women It’s no secret that the venture capital world is a largely male-dominated one - but it seems that could change soon. [This article on The Washington Post]( discusses how Gen Z women are breaking into the VC boys club.  2️⃣ Getting paranoid after working from home for too long? I feel you Like most people, you’ve probably already gotten over the novelty of taking work calls in your pajamas and have started to dread the work-from-home slog. [Here]( are some tips for managing the situation and getting through the day.  3️⃣ Lessons from Twilio on getting better as you scale In 2008, Twilio seemed to be swimming against the strong currents of accepted startup wisdom. Thirteen years and a successful IPO later, the cloud communication company’s bullish bet on developers being influential buyers has borne fruit. In [this First Round Review piece]( Twilio co-founder and CEO Jeff Lawson shares some advice for getting better at running a business while scaling it.  4️⃣ What to do when multiple similar startups pitch you at the same time It’s like that Spider-Man meme, but instead of web-headed wall crawlers, they’re startups. OK, bad analogy. But every VC knows the feeling of having to choose which one to invest in among startup lookalikes - and so does QED Investors’ Frank Rotman. He fired off a 21-tweet thread on the topic that you can check out [here](.  5️⃣ How to land an internship at a VC Redditor u/JurassicPork21 (stellar name, by the way) asked the r/venturecapital community for advice on getting into the VC world via an internship. Some other users threw examples of red flags to watch out for while others gave concrete advice on showcasing your worth as a candidate. Check out the discussion on [this thread](. [ADVERTISE]( | [SUBSCRIBE]( | [HIRE]( | [FIND JOBS]( P.S. Don't miss out on the biggest tech news and analysis. Add newsletter@techinasia.com to your address book, contacts, or safe sender list. Or simply move us into your inbox. Was this forwarded to you? You can read this everyday when you sign up [here](. Don't want to receive these emails anymore? 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