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11 January 2021 – Online Tutoring Platform Zuoyebang Raises $1.6bn Series E
Listen nowThe Big Ones One of the big shifts in 2020 was the surge in educational technology providers, with China leading the way. That was before…
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21 December 2020 – ByteDance Raising $2bn at $180bn Valuation
Listen nowThe Big Ones Ant Group may not have been able to successfully go public but China’s other hugely valuable VC-backed private company, ByteDance, is reportedly…
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Leadership Series: Larry Loev (Ariel Scientific Innovations)
Listen nowIn this week’s episode of the Leadership Series podcast, we talk to Larry Loev, chief executive of Ariel Scientific Innovations, about leading a tech transfer…
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14 December 2020 – Drug Development Company Tempus Secures $200m
Listen nowThe Big Ones 2020 has been a year when, for obvious reasons, innovative drug development has taken a leap forward. Tempus combines artificial intelligence and…
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Leadership Series: Mike Zimmerman (Main Sequence Ventures)
Listen nowIn this week’s podcast episode of the Leadership Series, we talk to Mike Zimmerman, partner at Main Sequence Ventures, about improving commercialisation activities in Australia,…
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07 December 2020 – Salesforce Announces $27.7bn Purchase of Slack
Listen nowThe Big Ones Electronics and appliance retailer Suning has spun off its online retail platform and e-commerce services activities into a newly formed business called…
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Leadership Series: Kelly Sexton (University of Michigan)
Listen nowThierry Heles talks to Kelly Sexton, Associate Vice President for Research – Technology Transfer and Innovation Partnerships at University of Michigan. In this role, she…
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30 November 2020 – Stripe Opens Discussions for Funding at Potential $100bn Valuation
Listen nowThe Big Ones Digital payment technology and services provider Stripe last raised money in October 2019, closing $850m from investors including Alphabet unit GV at…
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Leadership Series: Shiva Dustdar & Lara Koole (Including Both Halves of Society)
Listen nowAmparo de San José Riestra, director, IESE Business School Angel Network, moderates a discussion between Shiva Dustdar and Lara Koole on how to include women…
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23 November 2020 – PingCap Stores £270m in Series D Funding
Listen nowThe Big Ones Distributed database software provider PingCap has secured $270m in series D funding from backers including Bertelsmann Asia Investments that will support research…