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InCarda Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops transformative therapies for cardiovascular diseases that enable patients to use in the first moments of acute cardiovascular symptoms. The company develops an inhaled therapy intended to treat paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. InCarda Therapeutics, Inc. was formerly known as Pleiades Cardio-Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name to InCarda Therapeutics, Inc. in May 2011. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Newark, California.

Lamabang, a Chinese social network and ecommerce company. Lamabang targets women at four different stages in their journey to parenthood: pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting. The original Lamabang website is a web portal with articles, forums, and a Weibo-style social network complete with a news feed. More than just parenting, topics range from fashion to healthcare to lifestyle.

Guangzhou Lizhi Network Technology Co., Ltd. operates an interactive audio community and entertainment platform in China, primarily through its Lizhi app, which allows users to record, edit, store, and share their voices on mobile devices. Founded in 2010 and based in Guangzhou, the company focuses on enabling individuals to showcase their vocal talents and connect through audio content. Lizhi provides a variety of services, including podcasts, audio live streaming, and other interactive features, fostering a vibrant community of audio content creators. The company has also formed partnerships, such as with Xpeng Motors, to integrate its audio offerings into in-car systems. Lizhi aims to create a global audio community that transcends cultural boundaries, promoting user engagement and diverse entertainment experiences through voice.

Apellis Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company based in Waltham, Massachusetts, dedicated to developing therapeutic compounds that inhibit the complement system to address autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The company's lead candidate, pegcetacoplan, is undergoing Phase III clinical trials for geographic atrophy associated with age-related macular degeneration and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, while also being assessed in Phase II trials for several other conditions, including cold agglutinin disease and lupus nephritis. Additionally, Apellis is developing APL-9, which is currently in Phase I clinical trials aimed at preventing immune activation related to adeno-associated virus. The company collaborates with Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB to advance pegcetacoplan for various rare diseases. Founded in 2009, Apellis focuses on creating innovative therapies for conditions characterized by excessive activation of the complement cascade across multiple medical fields, including hematology and ophthalmology.

Metao.com, operated by Beijing Science and Technology Co., Ltd., is a cross-border e-commerce platform designed to enhance the overseas shopping experience for Chinese consumers. The platform connects users directly with a wide range of international brands, offering products across various categories such as clothing, electronics, cosmetics, and more. With a focus on quality, Metao.com collaborates with numerous suppliers and offers thousands of products, ensuring a diverse selection for its customers. The platform facilitates real-time price adjustments in line with foreign exchange rates and supports payments in RMB and via PayPal. Additionally, Metao.com prioritizes efficient and secure logistics services, aiming to simplify the overseas shopping process and make it more accessible for consumers.

Idibon, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2012 that specializes in developing natural language processing technologies to help organizations analyze and understand unstructured language data. Its solutions enable businesses to derive insights from various sources, including emails, social media, and websites, by transforming unstructured data into structured information that addresses key business intelligence questions. Idibon's technology supports text analytics in multiple languages with high accuracy, leveraging a proprietary human-in-the-loop machine learning approach. This allows marketers, data scientists, and application developers to create customized natural language processing solutions tailored to specific business needs, all without the necessity of coding.

Woqu travelling website (我趣旅行) is an online travel reservation platform, helping users plan a self-help trip. It is a one-stop service for planning individualized overseas trips with inclusive of tours, hotels, tickets, visa, shopping, car rentals, insurance and many other options that a traveler would require. The clients can also decide their own travel routes, and the proceed with the reservations required directly. And now, the business of Woqu.com has covered the American, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Thailand and Europe.

Snowball Finance Ltd. is a Beijing-based internet financial information service provider that operates the online platforms iMeigu.com and Xueqiu.com. iMeigu.com offers stock quotes, business news, and analysis reports for Chinese companies listed in the United States, catering to American stock investors in China. Xueqiu.com serves as a social network for Chinese investors, providing them with investment solutions, cross-market data queries, newsletter subscriptions, and interactive communication services. The platform encompasses information on A shares, Hong Kong stocks, and the U.S. stock market, making it a comprehensive resource for investors looking to engage in various markets.

Meilapp.com is a Shenzhen-based Chinese beauty and cosmetics. The company says it will use the proceeds on marketing, brand building and team expansion. Launched in 2013, Meilaipp.com has close to one million daily active users, who share and purchase beauty products and cosmetics through its web portal and mobile apps.

Lamabang, a Chinese social network and ecommerce company. Lamabang targets women at four different stages in their journey to parenthood: pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, childbirth, and early parenting. The original Lamabang website is a web portal with articles, forums, and a Weibo-style social network complete with a news feed. More than just parenting, topics range from fashion to healthcare to lifestyle.