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<li>Baishan Cloud, China’s independent edge cloud service provider, filed to go public in Hong Kong. CICC and investment bank Haitong are the lead underwriters in this offering.</li>
<li>Founded in 2015, <a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/beijing-baishancloud-technology-co-ltd" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:40988:1" rel="noopener">BaishanCloud (1568617D HK)</a> is led by its CEO and Founder, Mr. HUO Tao, and a highly experienced founding team.</li>
<li>I believe the company will achieve a break-even this year, coupled with a strong international expansion, potential revenue acceleration and gross margin improvement as the business continues to scale up.</li>
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Baishan Cloud, China’s independent edge cloud service provider, filed to go public in Hong Kong. CICC and investment bank Haitong are the lead underwriters in this offering.
Founded in 2015, BaishanCloud (1568617D HK) is led by its CEO and Founder, Mr. HUO Tao, and a highly experienced founding team.
I believe the company will achieve a break-even this year, coupled with a strong international expansion, potential revenue acceleration and gross margin improvement as the business continues to scale up.


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<li>Freshworks, a cloud-based customer services software unicorn, held its first Investor Day on September 7, 2023. Management highlighted the long-term target to deliver the Rule of 40 by 2025. </li>
<li>The 2023 Investor Day agenda included company vision and strategy, solutions in action, strategy for durable growth, customer spotlight, and financial overview, among others. </li>
<li>Management plans to deliver a long-term balance of growth and profitability, with the 2026 model leading to an FCF margin of 20%+ and $1B+ revenue. </li>
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Freshworks, a cloud-based customer services software unicorn, held its first Investor Day on September 7, 2023. Management highlighted the long-term target to deliver the Rule of 40 by 2025. 
The 2023 Investor Day agenda included company vision and strategy, solutions in action, strategy for durable growth, customer spotlight, and financial overview, among others. 
Management plans to deliver a long-term balance of growth and profitability, with the 2026 model leading to an FCF margin of 20%+ and $1B+ revenue. 


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<ul><li>Tech Heavyweights Shouldering the Load- Caution Flags Waving Since the end of 2022, few and fewer big cap tech names are now carrying the overall S&amp;P 500 index performance.</li><li>As of last Friday’s close, the S&amp;P 500 is up about 2% YTD. However, without the contribution of chip maker Nvidia (NVDA) it would be flat YTD.</li><li>Since the end of 2022, few and fewer big cap tech names are now carrying the overall S&amp;P 500 index performance.</li></ul>

Tech Heavyweights Shouldering the Load- Caution Flags Waving Since the end of 2022, few and fewer big cap tech names are now carrying the overall S&amp;P 500 index performance.As of last Friday’s close, the S&amp;P 500 is up about 2% YTD. However, without the contribution of chip maker Nvidia (NVDA) it would be flat YTD.Since the end of 2022, few and fewer big cap tech names are now carrying the overall S&amp;P 500 index performance.

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<ul><li>Cloudflare had another strong quarter despite a challenging macroeconomic environment.</li><li>The company delivered an all-around beat and its revenue increased by 42% year over year to $274.7 million.</li><li>They had 2,042 major customers at the end of the quarter, up 134 over the previous quarter and 44% over the same period last year.</li></ul>

Cloudflare had another strong quarter despite a challenging macroeconomic environment.The company delivered an all-around beat and its revenue increased by 42% year over year to $274.7 million.They had 2,042 major customers at the end of the quarter, up 134 over the previous quarter and 44% over the same period last year.

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<ul><li>Despite the heightened economic unpredictability, Cloudflare had a good quarter and managed to deliver an all-around beat.</li><li>The company generated $234 million in sales in Q2, up 54% from the same period last year.</li><li>They now have 1,749 customers that pay them more than $100,000 annually after recently adding 212 additional large customers.</li></ul>

Despite the heightened economic unpredictability, Cloudflare had a good quarter and managed to deliver an all-around beat.The company generated $234 million in sales in Q2, up 54% from the same period last year.They now have 1,749 customers that pay them more than $100,000 annually after recently adding 212 additional large customers.

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