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06 March 2017 – British Business Bank’s $500m fund and Much More
Listen nowFunds Foxconn, the contract manufacturer that’s already backed the $100bn SoftBank Vision Fund, has now also dropped $600m on a majority stake in the telecoms group’s Asia-based…
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27 February 2017 – Westpac Supplies A$100m to Reinventure for Disruptive FinTech and Much More
Listen nowDeals SoFi is reportedly close to completing a $500m funding round backed by existing investor SoftBank. Speaking of SoftBank, editor-in-chief James Mawson has taken a deep look at its…
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20 February 2017 – Ford Invests in Argo AI, Enterprise Ireland backs 4 Funds and Much More
Listen nowDeals SoftBank has agreed to pay $3.3bn to acquire Fortress Investment Group, an investment manager with some $70bn of assets under management. Jera, the joint…
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13 February 2017 – Used Vehicle Marketplace Uxin Raises $500m and Much More
Listen nowDeals Mobile wallet operator Mobikwik has raised more than $120m from an investor base that includes corporates Net1, Cisco, American Express, GMO and Mediatek, and…
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23 January 2017 – $20m Series B-1 for Moon Express, Rocket Internet Capital Partners Fund Closes at $1bn and Much More
Listen nowDeals Chinese used vehicle marketplace Uxin has raised $500m in new funding, making it only the latest player in the sector to close a nine-figure…
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16 January 2017 – Funding Circle Raises $100m, Starship Technologies Raises $17.2m Seed Funding and Much More
Listen nowDeals Insurance and reinsurance firm Arch Capital Group has contributed to a $510m round that has launched Premia Holdings, a Bermuda-based company that will offer…
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9 January 2017 – Welcome to 2017 with Bike Sharing Deals, Fund backing from Apple and Much More
Listen nowDeals Easy Life Financial Services, a tourism-focused financial services spinout of aviation and travel conglomerate HNA Group, has raised approximately $273m in series B+ funding…
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19 December 2016 – $225m for BlueRock Therapeutics, Microsoft Ventures Invests from its AI Fund and Much More
Listen nowDeals Bayer and investment firm Versant Ventures have jointly provided $225m in series A funding for a regenerative medicine startup called BlueRock Therapeutics. Symphony emerged…
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12 December 2016 – Tinder creates Swipe Ventures, Australia launches $150m Csiro fund and Much More
Listen nowPeople Mary Kay James, previously a managing director at DuPont Ventures, has joined Tyson Foods as the US-based meat processor unveils a $150m corporate venturing…
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5 December 2016 – HTC $1.45bn VR Fund, BMW Increases Fund to €500m and Much More
Listen nowCovering the week’s venturing news including funding, investments, exits and people moves. “Funky Chunk” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0