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09 October 2017 – Uber’s Board Approves SoftBank Investment
Listen nowDeals Uber’s board of directors has approved an investment by SoftBank of up to $1.25bn, in a deal that will also give the corporate two…
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02 October 2017 – Roscosmos Establishes Space Ecosystem Fund
Listen nowDeals Chinese online services portal Meituan Dianping is reportedly nearing the close of a $3bn round featuring long-term investor Tencent that will value it at…
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25 September 2017 – Gogoro Raises $300m for Electric Scooter with Swappable Batteries
Listen nowDeals Gogoro has developed an electric scooter that it sells alongside access to a network of stations where riders can swap batteries, and it’s raised…
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18 September 2017 – ZhongAn Lines up $1.5bn IPO
Listen nowExits All eyes will be on Chinese online property and casualty insurance platform ZhongAn next week as it is lining up a Hong Kong IPO that…
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11 September 2017 – Judging Purchase Versus Investment
Listen nowExits Johnson & Johnson is celebrating an exit with the acquisition of its portfolio company NeoTract by Teleflex for a total consideration of $1.1bn. Intel Capital…
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04 September 2017 – Expedia CEO Moves to Uber
Listen nowFunds University OSI secures Legal & General backing Imperial gives founders a choice Government Vertex pushes beyond $150m Széchenyi gains $31m St Louis hammers out…
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28 August 2017 – VIPKid Closes Round with Reported $1.5bn Valuation
Listen nowFunds China Life and Baidu combine for $1bn fund SparkLabs sets up $50m Seah-anchored fund Kuppam’s Epsilon anticipates $350m close Government Monash BDI joins MRCF…
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21 August 2017 – $1.7bn Chinese EV Investment
Listen nowWe talked a lot about SoftBank’s Vision Fund last week and about how it invested $2.5bn in e-commerce marketplace Flipkart, led a $1.1bn round for…
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14 August 2017 – SoftBank/Flipkart Investment Following Acquisition Breakdown
Listen nowDeals Flipkart’s prospective acquisition of SoftBank portfolio company Snapdeal may have broken down less than two weeks ago but the corporate has wasted no time…
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07 August 2017 – Possible UK National Investment Fund
Listen nowFunds The government of the UK revealed it is considering the creation of a National Investment Fund to support startups that could become unicorns. The…