-
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…
-
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…
-
28 May 2018 – Ant Financial’s Latest Round Pegged at $10bn
Listen nowWe are back from the annual GCV Symposium and GUV: Fusion conferences, our London events bringing together CVCs and university tech transfer leaders from around…
-
21 May 2018 – NewTV Raises $800m in Funding
Listen nowDeals Last week’s Big Deal on Global Corporate Venturing looked at a reported $800m in funding raised by NewTV, a stealthy video content producer formed…
-
14 May 2018 – China About to Finalise $47bn Semiconductor and Chip Investment Fund
Listen nowDeals Online medical booking and healthcare services portal WeDoctor has raised $500m at a $5.5bn valuation, securing the cash in a round co-led by insurer…
-
07 May 2018 – Tencent Leads $820m Series C for UBTech
Listen nowDeals Baidu has spun off the likes of Baidu Video and Zuoyebang in recent years, and video streaming platform iQiyi, in which Baidu owned a…
-
12 March 2018 – Magic Leap Increases Series D to $963m
Listen nowDeals In last week’s Big Deal on GCV, news editor Robert Lavine looked at DoorDash, which just got its first corporate investment in a $535m…
-
26 February 2018 – EasyHome Raises Over $2bn
Listen nowDeals Chinese furniture and home improvement retail chain EasyHome has raised just over $2bn in a round in which Alibaba invested approximately $860m in return…
-
19 February 2018 – Wells Fargo-backed Venture Firm NVP Closes $1.5bn Fund
Listen nowFunds NVP, the Wells Fargo-backed venture firm has closed its largest ever fund, having secured $1.5bn to invest from seed to late stage. The mobile…
-
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…