SenseTime Group valued at $4.5 billion in latest funding round

The development underscores the fact that the Chinese facial recognition company is gaining strategic bulk. SenseTime Group, a Chinese facial recognition technology company, disclosed that it raised $620 million in its latest funding round which saw its valuation touch $4.5 billion. The funding round was led by Fidelity International, Hopu Capital, Silver Lake and Tiger…

Utility-scale batteries set to be a multi-billion dollars market by 2022

The nenewable energy market in the Asia Pacific region is to boom with utility-scale batteries replacing expensive power grids. In a strategic move, Japan’s JERA, is set to collaborate with a U.S.-German joint venture along with an Australian firm in order to develop battery projects in the Asia-Pacific region. The move targets a market expected…

Prosecutors from South Korea raid Samsung Securities’ Head Office

The raid was in connection to Samsung Securities’ recent fat finger error in which in accidentally issued shares worth 2.8 billion to its own employees. On Monday, South Korean prosecutors raided the head office of Samsung Securities in relation to the brokerage firm’s recent fat finger error. As reported here earlier, Samsung Securities had accidental…