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16 July 2018 – Swisscom Venture to Set Up $200m Digital Transformation Fund
Listen nowFunds Telecommunications company Swisscom has run its corporate venturing unit, Swisscom Ventures, since 2005 but has constantly looked to fine-tune its approach. Its latest move…
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09 July 2018 – Telstra Ventures Partners HarbourVest to Create Investment Vehicle
Listen nowFunds Telstra Ventures has had some big exits in the past four years including IPOs for Snap, DocuSign and Box, but the unit is now…
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02 July 2018 – AT&T Agrees Acquisition of AppNexus
Listen nowExits AT&T has agreed an acquisition of AppNexus reported to be priced around the $1.6bn mark, enabling WPP, Microsoft, News Corp and Deutsche Telekom to exit. PayPal…
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25 June 2018 – Following Merger AT&T Begins Talks to Acquire AppNexus
Listen nowDeals Showing that China’s online education sector continues to grow, VIPkid has raised $500m in a series D+ round that reportedly valued it at more…
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18 June 2018 – Toyota Adds $1bn to Grab
Listen nowCovering the week’s venturing news including funding, investments, exits and people moves. This week’s episode includes: Fund news from Bayer and Samsung Next, deal news…
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11 June 2018 – Ant Financial Raises $14bn not $10bn
Listen nowThe European Commission has today released its draft budget for its next financial period to start after 2020 with its draft plans for about $100bn…
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04 June 2018 – Vision Fund Backs Cruise With Up To $2.25bn
Listen nowDeals Despite the short week, Ant Financial has really been rather busy, and has reportedly now sealed a $10bn funding round led by GIC, the…
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28 May 2018 – Ant Financial’s Latest Round Pegged at $10bn
Listen nowWe are back from the annual GCV Symposium and GUV: Fusion conferences, our London events bringing together CVCs and university tech transfer leaders from around…
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21 May 2018 – NewTV Raises $800m in Funding
Listen nowDeals Last week’s Big Deal on Global Corporate Venturing looked at a reported $800m in funding raised by NewTV, a stealthy video content producer formed…
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14 May 2018 – China About to Finalise $47bn Semiconductor and Chip Investment Fund
Listen nowDeals Online medical booking and healthcare services portal WeDoctor has raised $500m at a $5.5bn valuation, securing the cash in a round co-led by insurer…