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07 May 2018 – Tencent Leads $820m Series C for UBTech
Listen nowDeals Baidu has spun off the likes of Baidu Video and Zuoyebang in recent years, and video streaming platform iQiyi, in which Baidu owned a…
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16 April 2018 – Ant Financial Reportedly Targeting $150bn Valuation
Listen nowDeals Ant Financial, Alibaba’s financial services arm, is on its way to becoming the most valuable private VC-backed company ever, having reportedly lined up $3bn…
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09 April 2018 – Management Approaches to Portfolio
Listen nowWhich camp are you in? In China, it seems, there is Alibaba and there is Tencent. Alibaba and Tencent account for 40% to 50% of…
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26 March 2018 – Sir Li Ka-shing to Retire from Two Businesses
Listen nowDeals Alibaba has provided another $2bn for Lazada, the Southeast Asian e-commerce marketplace it had already invested $2bn in as of June last year. India-based…
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19 March 2018 – Walmart Discusses Investing $7bn in Flipkart
Listen nowDeals Big-box retailer Walmart has entered discussions to invest roughly $7bn in India-based e-commerce company Flipkart at a valuation of about $20bn, Bloomberg reported on…
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12 March 2018 – Magic Leap Increases Series D to $963m
Listen nowDeals In last week’s Big Deal on GCV, news editor Robert Lavine looked at DoorDash, which just got its first corporate investment in a $535m…
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05 March 2018 – Dropbox Files for $500m IPO
Listen nowDeals Internet group Tencent has led an $818m series C round for China-based automotive e-commerce platform Chehaoduo. Shougang Fund, an investment branch of steelmaker Shougang,…
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26 February 2018 – EasyHome Raises Over $2bn
Listen nowDeals Chinese furniture and home improvement retail chain EasyHome has raised just over $2bn in a round in which Alibaba invested approximately $860m in return…
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19 February 2018 – Wells Fargo-backed Venture Firm NVP Closes $1.5bn Fund
Listen nowFunds NVP, the Wells Fargo-backed venture firm has closed its largest ever fund, having secured $1.5bn to invest from seed to late stage. The mobile…
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12 February 2018 – Ant Financial in Potential $5bn Funding Round
Listen nowDeals Ant Financial, e-commerce group Alibaba’s financial services affiliate, is reportedly preparing to raise $5bn in funding in a round that will value it at…