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06 August 2018 – $585m Series B+ Round for Xiaopeng Motors
Listen nowDeals Grab has been on a tear in the last year, raising $2.5bn from SoftBank, Didi Chuxing, Toyota and Hyundai a year ago, before Toyota…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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20 November 2017 – SoftBank Uber Investment Finally Happening
Listen nowDeals People have been waiting for SoftBank’s proposed investment in Uber to be confirmed, and it now appears as though it’s happening, after Uber revealed…
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16 October 2017 – Ola Raises $1.1bn in Tencent-led Round
Listen nowDeals Ola confirmed today it has raised $1.1bn in a round led by Tencent, which invested $400m according to recent reports. Tujia, the online accommodation…
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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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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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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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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…