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31 May 2021 – Perch Raises $755m in Record-breaking Series A
Listen nowThe Big Ones US-headquartered e-commerce holding company Perch completed a $775m series A round led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2. The round also featured venture…
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24 May 2021 – Goldman Sachs Invests $20m in British Anti-money Laundering Company ComplyAdvantage
Listen nowThe Big Ones 1 Delighted the May issue of GCV is now out covering the media sector, a special report on AI, Israel as the innovative region, extracts…
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17 May 2021 – Grocery Delivery App Dingdong Maicai Orders Up $330m Series D
Listen nowThe Big Ones China-based grocery delivery app operator Dingdong Maicai closed a $330m series D-plus round led by SoftBank’s Vision Fund. Founded in 2017, Dingdong…
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10 May 2021 – Oxford Nanopore Pockets $280m in Equity Financing
Listen nowThe Big Ones Canada-based digital investment platform developer Wealthsimple received C$750m ($610m) in funding from investors including Allianz X, a subsidiary of Allianz, at a…
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03 May 2021 – Messagebird Adds $800m to Series C Round
Listen nowThe Big Ones Netherlands-based customer service software provider Messagebird has added $800m to a series C round featuring Bonnier, expanding it to $1bn. Bonnier joined…
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26 April 2021 – UK National Grid Commits Further $150m to its Silicon Valley-based Corporate Venture and Innovation Group
Listen nowThe Big Ones 1 In November, this column said, if demotivated, “talented people will quickly cut the cord”. This was in response to US-listed cable group Comcast’s…
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19 April 2021 – Coinbase Lists on Nasdaq
Listen nowThe Big Ones 1 Spend enough time in venture and you can see the transformation in startups and the economy almost as if time has…
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12 April 2021 – Food Delivery Service Swiggy Raises $800m
Listen nowThe Big Ones India-based food delivery service Swiggy has raised $800m from Prosus Ventures, Falcon Edge, Goldman Sachs, Amansa Capital, Think Capital, Carmignac and Accel.…
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29 March 2021 – GoPuff Secures $1.15bn in Round Including SoftBank
Listen nowThe Big Ones On-demand consumer product delivery service GoPuff has experienced some major league growth of late, and has secured $1.15bn from investors including SoftBank…
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22 March 2021 – Stripe Raises $600m with a $95bn Valuation
Listen nowThe Big Ones Payment processing software provider Stripe has raised $600m from investors including Axa and Allianz X, but the key element to the story…