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Big Deal: Didi Chuxing buys a 99

Didi Chuxing's reported $600m acquisition of a majority stake in its Brazilian counterpart indicates a new level to its expansion plans.


Jan 8, 2018

Alta rebrands to University of Birmingham Enterprise

University of Birmingham Enterprise will handle tech transfer activities, manage the $7m Spinout Investment Fund and handle a range of incubation and training services.

Jan 8, 2018

Analysis: Didi Chuxing invests in 99

China-based on-demand ride hailing service Didi Chuxing acquired 90% of its Brazilian counterpart 99

Jan 8, 2018

May Mobility steers itself to $11.6m

The autonomous transportation developer hopes to introduce self-driving shuttle buses to Detroit by the middle of 2018.

Jan 8, 2018

Intel joins Swarm64 for series B round

Swarm64, a data analytics software producer founded at Humboldt University of Berlin, has raised $12.5m in a round that was co-led by Intel Capital.

Jan 5, 2018

News round up 8 January 2018

A round up of all the latest news on www.globaluniversityventuring.com for our subscribers.

Jan 5, 2018

Bluefield Innovations screens first project

An oncology team led by Johns Hopkins professor Marikki Laiho has been backed by the commercialisation fund, becoming its first recipient.

Jan 5, 2018

Rewind records $18.3m series A

The KU Leuven spinout is researching remedies for debilitating diseases of the nervous system such as multiple sclerosis.

Jan 5, 2018

Purdue eight score $160,000

Purdue University-linked companies operating the in renewable energy, sustainable transport and oncology sectors are among those to have secured $20,000 in initial funding.

Jan 3, 2018
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