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L’Oréal shows corporate venturing is worth it
Cosmetic brand L'Oréal's Bold Business Opportunities for L’Oréal Development has already made its first investment, in online fragrance creator Sillages Paris.
Dec 11, 2018Tripping arrives at HomeToGo
HomeToGo has acquired Recruit-backed holiday home rental platform Tripping for an undisclosed sum, while also raising an amount likely to be about $120m.
Dec 11, 2018Constellation to pour $100m into female-led startups
Alcoholic beverage producer Constellation Brands plans to provide $100m for female-led companies through its newly formed Focus on Female Founders initiative.
Dec 11, 2018Meiri Yitao produces $100m series B
The fruit and vegetable-focused social commerce platform was incubated by MissFresh and has just raised $100m in an SIG-backed round.
Dec 11, 2018Mogu modulates US IPO
Tencent, Ping An and Bertelsmann-backed e-commerce platform Mogu has floated on the New York Stock Exchange in a $66.5m initial public offering.
Dec 10, 2018NuOrder shops $15m series C
The NewSpring-led round took the B2B e-commerce platform's funding to$40m to date, from investors that include Novel Group and Creative Artists Agency.
Dec 10, 2018Analysis: Lufax raises $1.33bn
China-based wealth management and lending platform has raised a large round backed by six corporate venturer and a sovereign investment fund.
Dec 10, 2018Juul staff rebuff Altria offer
Employees of Juul Labs are resisting a deal with Altria, which is also holding talks with cannabis producer Cronos, that would value the vaping product supplier at approximately $30bn.
Dec 5, 2018Agricool heats up with Danone funding
Danone unit Manifesto Ventures has participated in a $28.5m round for Agricool, which grows strawberries in containers, and which plans to now hire 200 more staff members.
Dec 4, 2018Spiber spins $44m into its web
Synthetic silk developer Spiber, backed by Godwin and Dai-ichi Life, has now raised a total of more than $260m.
Dec 3, 2018Ultrahaptics savours $44.8m sensation
Cornes has pumped more cash into Bristol's haptics technology spinout Ultrahaptics to take its total to $84.3m.
Dec 3, 2018Analysis: Autodesk lays out $875m PlanGrid acquisition
Collaboration platform for the construction industry PlanGrid was acquired by software developer Autodesk for $875m.
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