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Analysis: CoStar snaps Homesnap for $250m

Property engine developer Homesnap agreed to a $250m cash acquisition by Real estate data provider CoStar Group. This is a notable exit in the space in which corporates have been actively investing over the past five years but there have not been many exits.


Nov 30, 2020

Analysis: Adobe works out a $1.5bn Workfront acquisition

Marketing and imaging software producer Adobe agreed to acquire US-based work management software provider Workfront in a $1.5bn deal, giving quantitative trading firm Susquehanna International Group (SIG) an exit.

Nov 23, 2020

CVC continues to heal

Monthly report: October 2020

Nov 17, 2020

Brazil embraces corporate venturing

Innovative region: Brazil

Nov 17, 2020

Sector report: financial

Sector challenged amid fintech disruption

Nov 17, 2020

Analysis: IQM computes a $46m round

IQM Quantum Computers, a Finland-based quantum computing spinout of Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre, attracted a €39m ($46m) series A round from investors, including internet group Tencent.

Nov 16, 2020

Analysis: Ant in the balance

China-based financial services provider Ant Group, spun off by e-commerce group Alibaba, intended to float on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock markets.

Nov 9, 2020

Analysis: Ant’s double IPO halted and is likely to be delayed for…

Ant Group, the financial services subsidiary of China-based e-commerce group Alibaba, was due to raise a targeted $37bn in a dual listing in Shanghai and Hong Kong but the mega-initial public offering was unexpectedly blocked by an intervention from financial regulators in Beijing at the eleventh hour.

Nov 9, 2020

Europe cuts planned innovation council budget

Expected budget for European Innovation Council of €3.5-4bn to entrepreneurs less than planned €10bn over the 2021-2027 period

Nov 1, 2020

Analysis: Ant Group to go public

Alibaba´s financial subsidiary Ant has received approval from regulators which will allow a dual listing on the Shanghai and Hong Kong stock exchanges and enable it to raise up to $35bn at a reported valuation of $250bn.

Oct 26, 2020

Venture leaders share at the GCV Digital Forum

Tom Whitehouse, CEO at Leif Capital, moderated a discussion comparing cleantech investment with the first decade after the millennium.

Oct 21, 2020

New highs for hydrogen

Formed in the Big Bang, hydrogen is the most abundant element in the known universe and believed to comprise about 75% of matter. Hydrogen, therefore, is seen as one of the key elements in targeting net zero carbon emissions.

Oct 21, 2020
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