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25 February 2019 – LPs Express Concern in SoftBank Vision Fund
Listen nowBig stories Reports earlier in the week claimed some of the LPs in SoftBank Vision Fund have concerns about its centralised decision making and the…
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18 February 2019 – Mitsubishi Takes 20% Ovo Energy Stake for $256m
Listen nowBig 3 Mitsubishi Corporation has paid $256m for a 20% stake in energy retailer and smart systems provider Ovo Energy, which plans to use the funding as…
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11 February 2019 – Tencent and the Gaming Industry
Listen nowBig Three General Electric’s corporate venturing unit is launching a content portal called Flux to help companies overcome barriers to diversity and inclusiveness. In game-industry…
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28 January 2019 – Stanford StartX Fund Comes to an End
Listen nowThe big 3 For all the talk about the big numbers of 2018 – Global Corporate Venturing tracked 2,775 deals worth an estimated total of…
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21 January 2019 – SenseTime Prepares for $2bn Round
Listen nowThe big ones Image recognition software provider SenseTime raised a total of $1.7bn in the year running up to May 2018, and news has emerged…
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14 January 2019 – CloudEndure Acquired by Amazon
Listen nowThe big ones Reports in late 2018 suggested SoftBank Vision Fund was planning to invest between $15bn and $20bn in order to take a majority…
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07 January 2019 – Bristol-Myers Squibb Agrees Celgene Acquisition
Listen nowThree biggest stories In this week’s biggest deal, pharmaceutical firm Bristol-Myers Squibb has agreed to acquire peer Celgene in a buyout made up of cash…
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17 December 2018 – Grab Reaches $2.85bn in Latest Round
Listen nowDeals Grab has boosted its latest round to $2.85bn, taking in $150m from Yamaha Motor through a strategic partnership agreement. Indonesian online marketplace Tokopedia has…
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03 December 2018 – ChargePoint Charges Up with $240m Series H Round
Listen nowCovering the week’s venturing news including funding, investments, exits and people moves. This week’s episode includes: Fund news from SK China and Michelin, deal news…
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26 November 2018 – Coupang Gains Second SoftBank Investment
Listen nowDeals SoftBank invested $1bn in online marketplace Coupang three years ago, and has returned to provide another $2bn in funding through its Vision Fund at…