Latest Episodes
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18 December 2017 – OneWeb Follows SpaceX with a $500m Investment
Listen nowDeals Days after SpaceX raised $1bn in funding, another satellite technology company, OneWeb, is lining up a $500m investment from SoftBank, which had previously put…
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11 December 2017 – Obsidian Therapeutics Raises $49.5m
Listen nowCovering the week’s venturing news including funding, investments, exits and people moves. This week’s episode includes: Fund news from Viola and GeneChem and deal news…
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04 December 2017 – Europe ‘Guarantees’ Research & Innovation Budget
Listen nowFunds Fortino Capital Partners, which has attracted $150m for the first close of its $240m vehicle that will focus on the Benelux countries. Nio Capital, the investment…
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27 November 2017 – $1.2bn in Grail’s Series B
Listen nowDeals Illumina’s cancer diagnostics spinout, Grail, came out of stealth less than two years ago but has raised some big money since. Its series B…
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20 November 2017 – SoftBank Uber Investment Finally Happening
Listen nowDeals People have been waiting for SoftBank’s proposed investment in Uber to be confirmed, and it now appears as though it’s happening, after Uber revealed…
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13 November 2017 – TransferWise in $280m Big Deal
Listen nowDeals Nio, the autonomous electric vehicle developer formerly known as NextEV, has raised in excess of $1bn in a Tencent-led round that valued it at…
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06 November 2017 – SenseTime Sets Up AI Fund
Listen nowFunds Deep learning technology provider SenseTime is joining one of its investors, asset management firm CDH Investments, to raise a fund that will target investments…
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30 October 2017 – ADCT Secures $200m Private Placement
Listen nowDeals Oncology drug developer ADCT has secured $200m in a private placement featuring return investor AstraZeneca, taking its overall funding to $455m. Cybersecurity management software provider Skybox…
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23 October 2017 – $4bn for Online Services Provider Meituan-Dianping
Listen nowDeals Online services provider Meituan-Dianping has raised an astonishing $4bn in a funding round led by Tencent at a reported $30bn valuation, putting it just…
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16 October 2017 – Ola Raises $1.1bn in Tencent-led Round
Listen nowDeals Ola confirmed today it has raised $1.1bn in a round led by Tencent, which invested $400m according to recent reports. Tujia, the online accommodation…