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06 April 2020 – Lyell Immunopharma Gains $493m Investment from GlaxoSmithKline
Listen nowThe Big Ones It is the sort of line to awaken the curiosity in an annual report: “Cash payments to acquire equity investments amounted to £258m…
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Leadership Series: Darek DeFreece (UC Berkeley)
Listen nowOur Leadership Series interview where Thierry Heles talks to Darek DeFreece from UC Berkeley. “Funky Chunk” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution…
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30 March 2020 – Lime in Talks to Raise Funding at a Reduced $400m Valuation
Listen nowThe Big Ones In what may be an ominous sign, electric scooter rental service Lime is reportedly in talks to raise funding at a $400m…
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Leadership Series: Tom Vanhoutte (Imec.xpand)
Listen nowOur Leadership Series interview where Thierry Heles talks to Tom Vanhoutte from Imec.xpand. “Funky Chunk” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0</a
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23 March 2020 – Fox Agrees to Buy Tubi for $440m in Cash
Listen nowThe Big Ones When SoftBank emerged with a $9.5bn rescue package for beleaguered workspace provider WeWork in October, $3bn of the amount had been earmarked…
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Leadership Series: Jonathan Tudor (Centrica) Part 2
Listen nowThe second part of our Leadership Series interview where Izzy Woolgar talks to Jonathan Tudor from Centrica and our very own James Mawson. “Funky Chunk”…
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16 March 2020 – Insightec Targets $150m Series F
Listen nowThe Big Ones Insightec is targeting up to $150m in a series F round valuing it at $1.3bn post-money, and has already received a $100m…
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Leadership Series: Jonathan Tudor (Centrica) Part 1
Listen nowThe first part of our Leadership Series interview where Izzy Woolgar talks to Jonathan Tudor from Centrica and our very own James Mawson. “Funky Chunk”…
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09 March 2020 – Waymo Secures $2.25bn in Initial Close of First External Round
Listen nowThe Big Ones Waymo began life in Alphabet’s secretive Google X division but has now fully emerged as a standalone company, securing $2.25bn from investors…
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Leadership Series: Ippei Akiyoshi (Mitsubishi)
Listen nowJames Mawson interviews Ippei Akiyoshi from Mitsubishi. The first in a series of interviews. Recorded remotely. “Funky Chunk” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons:…