Asia: Notable funding captured by the Internet-based services and technological startups last week.

Investors mostly from USA are more and more careful, preferring established models copied from West that suit very well with the local realities.

This practice that ignores the R&D and innovation, keeps Asia, more depending from West in terms of technologies and leadership.

Tuniu (China), a Travel and tourism booking service has raised $500 million funding round led by JD, followed by Hony Capital, DCM Ventures, Ctrip, Temasek Holdings, and Sequoia Capital.

DJI (China), a Consumer drone manufacturer has raised $75 million funding round from Accel Partners.

Aiwujiujiu (China), a Rental and second-hand home listing portal has raised $120 million series D round from GGV Capital, MorningSide Ventures, Shunwei Capital, and Banyan Capital.

Vedantu (India), a live online tutoring tool has raised $5 million series A round from Accel Partners and Tiger Global.

Toppr (India), an Edutech firm for engineering and medical entrance exams ahs raised $10 million series B round led by SAIF Partners, Helion Ventures, and Fidelity Growth Partners.

Delhivery (India), an Ecommerce fulfillment startup has raised $85 million series D round led by Tiger Global. 

iChef (Taiwan) , an iPad-enabled point-of-sales service for restaurants has raised US$1.5 million investment from Lin Ming-Hsiung, chairman of Pxmart.

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