Corporate-backed unicorns Via and Cohesity have both confidentially filed to go public while autonomous driving technology developer Haomo.AI raised nearly $157m.
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US-based autonomous driving system developer Haomo.AI has secured almost RMB1bn ($157m) in a series A round that included mobile commerce and local services platform developer Meituan and Qualcomm Ventures, the investment arm of mobile chipmaker Qualcomm, as well as conglomerate Shoucheng Group’s Shoucheng Holdings subsidiary. They were joined in the round by JZ Capital and GL Ventures, a vehicle for hedge fund manager Hillhouse Capital.
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