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09 December 2019 – Kuaishou Lining Up One of 2019’s Largest Rounds
Listen nowBig Deals It’s edging towards the end of the year but Kuaishou is lining up one of 2019’s largest rounds, having reportedly secured $2bn from…
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02 December 2019 – SoftBank Leads Oyo’s $1.5bn Funding Round
Listen nowThe Big Ones SoftBank Vision Fund is putting up $807m to lead a $1.5bn funding round for one of its most notable portfolio companies, India-based…
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25 November 2019 – SoftBank Reportedly Reaches Vision Fund II First Close
Listen nowThe Big Ones And what better way to get back into the swing of things than with SoftBank, which has reportedly reached a first close…
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18 November 2019 – Orbital Insight Enters $50m Series D
Listen nowThe Big Ones Chevron Technology Ventures has thrown its weight behind US-based geospatial software technology provider Orbital Insight, which also welcomed back GV and Sky Perfect…
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11 November 2019 – Marianne Wu Moves On From GE Ventures
Listen nowThe Big Ones Marianne Wu, president of GE Ventures, has left the corporate venturing unit as the US-listed industrial conglomerate has agreed to sell 16…
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04 November 2019 – Greensill Raises $655m from SoftBank
Listen nowThe Big Ones Greensill, a UK-based company that taps the capital markets in order to provide working capital for businesses, received one of this year’s…
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28 October 2019 – We Company Gains $18.5bn in Debt and Equity Funding
Listen nowThe Big Ones SoftBank COO Marcelo Claure revealed on Thursday that it has committed a total of $18.5bn in debt and equity financing to WeWork…
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21 October 2019 – SoftBank Prepares We Company Restructuring Deal
Listen nowThe Big Ones The latest twist in the We Company/WeWork saga is that SoftBank, the largest shareholder in the workspace operator and also the investor…
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14 October 2019 – Oyo in $1.5bn Series F Round
Listen nowThe Big Ones Short-term accommodation platform Oyo is reportedly in the process of raising $1.5bn in series F funding at a $10bn valuation. Existing investor…
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07 October 2019 – We Co Pulls IPO
Listen nowWe Co, otherwise known as WeWork, formally pulled its initial public offering last week, putting a cap on what will go down as one of…