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29 June 2020 – Sana Biotechnology Raises $700m in First Round
Listen nowThe Big Ones There is a true IPO bonanza going on at the moment and we’ll get to that in a moment, but there’s still…
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22 June 2020 – DoorDash Raises $400m in Late Stage Round
Listen nowBig Stories Slowly, then suddenly change happens This past week’s online roundtable for the Reinhard Mohn Prize 2020*, Fostering Innovation, Unlocking Potential, hosted by the Bertelsmann Stiftung (Foundation), saw luminaries from politics,…
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15 June 2020 – Zuoyebang in Talks to Raise up to $800m in Coronavirus Boost
Listen nowBig Ones Online student answer and livestreamed education provider Zuoyebang was spun off by Baidu and has since received $585m in venture funding. Like many…
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08 June 2020 – GCV Digital Forum Roundup
Listen nowGCV Digital Forum Roundup Thank you to the team and all who have worked their socks off for the first GCV Digital Forum, and also…
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01 June 2020 – UBS Groups Prepares for Fintech Investments
Listen nowThe Big Ones 1 Switzerland-based bank UBS Group is setting aside hundreds of millions of dollars of its money to invest in financial technology companies,…
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25 May 2020 – SenseTime Expands to Help Track Coronavirus
Listen nowThe Big Ones Chinese AI software provider SenseTime has expanded its visual surveillance technology to assess the internal temperature of individuals in order to more…
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11 May 2020 – Intel picks up Moovit for $900m
Listen nowBig Stories Korys, the family office behind the France and Belgium-based retailer Colruyt Group, and Mérieux Equity Partners, the asset management arm of the Institut…
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04 May 2020 – FIS Commits $150m to its Corporate Venturing Unit
Listen nowThe Big Three As highlighted in last week’s podcast, some sectors are flying high and, certainly relative to the global financial crisis a dozen years ago,…
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27 April 2020 – AvidXchange Raises $128m Bringing Total Round to $388m Plus Audio from our Second COVID19 Webinar
Listen nowThe Big ones AvidXchange, a developer of accounts payable automation software, has raised $128m to hike its latest round to $388m. Mastercard was among the…
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20 April 2020 – Stripe Raises $600m in Series G Plus Audio from our Industrial Sector Webinar
Listen nowThe Big Ones Digital payment processor Stripe is one of the companies that has seen demand for its product skyrocket in recent weeks as more…