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Samsung captures Corephotonics in $155m deal

Samsung has agreed an acquisition of the smartphone camera technology provider, allowing SanDisk, Western Digital, CK Telecom, MediaTek and Foxconn to exit.

Jan 31, 2019

Aproplan and GenieBelt merge to build new company

The newly merged digital construction platform has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from existing investors including corporates Solar and Inventures.

Jan 31, 2019

IPO of the Year: DocuSign

A leading company in the e-signature and digital transaction management space, San Francisco-based DocuSign went public in April last year, with a market capitalization of $4.4bn.

Jan 31, 2019

M&A of the Year: Prexton Therapeutics

Having emerged from the Merck Serono Entrepreneur Partnership Program (EPP) in 2015, Prexton Therapeutics raised a total $41m of funding before it was acquired by pharmaceutical firm Lundbeck for an estimated $1.1bn last year.

Jan 31, 2019

Microsoft seizes Citus Data

Digital Garage has exited the database technology developer, which had raised about $11m, in an acquisition of undisclosed size by Microsoft.

Jan 30, 2019

Venturing in 2018 – the trends

Rob Lavine, News editor for Global Corporate Venturing, reviews the trends in venturing from 2018

Jan 29, 2019

Maoyan gets $250m for IPO ticket

Maoyan is floating in Hong Kong at the bottom of its range, in an offering that will provide exits to Enlight, Tencent and Meituan Dianping.

Jan 28, 2019

Naspers fully absorbs Avito in $1.16bn deal

Naspers subsidiary OLX has fully acquired classified listings platform Avito, six years after Naspers paid $50m for a minority stake and four after it took a majority share.

Jan 28, 2019

Just Eat takes Flyt as Time Out exits

Just Eat has purchased the remaining shares of portfolio company Flyt for $28.8m, while fellow corporate Time Out recorded a $12.6m return.

Jan 28, 2019

Beleaguered Blippar finds a buyer

Candy Ventures has reportedly agreed to buy the Qualcomm-backed AR technology developer just weeks after it fell into administration.

Jan 25, 2019
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