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Tata Digital buys up majority of BigBasket
The online household items and fresh produce marketplace has sealed a $1.2bn majority acquisition by the Tata unit, enabling Alibaba to exit.
Jun 1, 2021Analysis: Riiid raises $175m from SoftBank
AI-based online tutor developer Riiid raised a sizeable $175m round from SoftBank. Riiid is part of the broader edtech space, which has been given much attention by corporate investors in recent years.
May 31, 2021Daily Deal Round Up: May 28, 2021
Lilly Asia Ventures took part in a $78m round for oncology therapy developer BH Med while gifting platform developer Snappy completed a $70m Hearst-backed series C.
May 28, 2021Daily deal net: May 28, 2021
Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
May 28, 2021Sub-sector: care provision and on demand services
The gamification of life continues, just updated for the modern world it seems.
May 28, 2021SoftBank lands on Perch for $775m round
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the e-commerce holding company's latest round, reportedly the largest series A ever closed by a US-based company.
May 27, 2021Daily Deal Round Up: May 25, 2021
Affirm spinoff Resolve raised $60m from investors including its parent company, while sales and marketing software provider Qualified secured $51m in a Salesforce-backed round.
May 26, 2021Oatly floats in $1.43bn offering
Roc Nation scored an exit as the oat milk brand went public having priced its initial public offering at the top of its range.
May 24, 2021Snap snatches WaveOptics in $500m deal
IP Group is exiting the diffractive waveguide producer in a cash-and-share purchase by Snap.
May 24, 2021Oatly floats on Nasdaq
The Lund research-based oat milk brand has floated in a $1.43bn IPO on the Nasdaq Global Select Market after pricing shares at $17.
May 24, 2021Analysis: Valmont to acquire Prospera
Crop monitoring technology developer Prospera is to be acquired by Valmont Industries in a $300m deal, giving exits to Tekfen Ventures, Cisco Investments and Qualcomm Ventures.
May 24, 2021Factory14 opens with $200m
DMG Ventures has co-led a funding round for Factory14, which is looking to become a holding group through acquiring smaller startups.
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