Latest Episodes
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13 August 2018 – Alibaba Plans to Merge Koubei and Ele.me
Listen nowDeals Alibaba spun off its local services platform, Koubei, with a $1.1bn round at the start of last year, and acquired food delivery service Ele.me…
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06 August 2018 – $585m Series B+ Round for Xiaopeng Motors
Listen nowDeals Grab has been on a tear in the last year, raising $2.5bn from SoftBank, Didi Chuxing, Toyota and Hyundai a year ago, before Toyota…
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30 July 2018 – Alphabet Shares Hit All-time High
Listen nowWith Facebook and Netflix stumbling without recognised corporate venturing units, it has been interesting to see the other big four US internet companies, Microsoft, Amazon,…
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23 July 2018 – First Half of 2018 Sets Up Record-breaking Spree for University-linked Deals
Listen nowFunds Petrochemical group Sinopec is committing approximately $1.5bn to an investment firm that will back technologies in areas such as intelligent manufacturing, new materials and energy. BlackFin…
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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…