Latest Episodes
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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…
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29 January 2018 – Ping An Insurance On a Roll
Listen nowDeals Ping An Insurance is on a roll. At the end of November, the insurance provider was gearing up for a $1bn IPO of Ping…
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22 January 2018 – Alibaba Buys $3bn in Shares of Ofo
Listen nowDeals Alibaba has reportedly bought $3bn in shares of bicycle rental platform Ofo from venture firm GSR Ventures at a $10bn valuation, according to reports…
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15 January 2018 – Grab Aims for $2.5bn Series G Deal
Listen nowDeals Grab has added Hyundai to a series G round that already includes SoftBank, Didi Chuxing and Toyota which the ride hailing platform aims to…
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08 January 2018 – Kicking Off 2018
Listen nowDeals WP Engine, a provider of digital experience software for online publishing platform WordPress, has raised $250m in funding from Silver Lake. Health data analysis…
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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…