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Essential Products estimates value of sale
The smartphone producer, which has raised $330m from investors including Tencent, Amazon, Foxconn and Access Industries, is in talks to be acquired.
May 25, 2018Edinburgh's bet on FanDuel pays off
Paddy Power Betfair will put up $158m in cash and its US assets to merge with fantasy sports platform FanDuel, a spinout from University of Edinburgh.
May 24, 2018GCV Symposium Day Two: Danone hails sustainability in business
Lorna Davis, senior advisor to Danone's CEO, delivered a keynote speech through a video call on the importance its involvement in the B Corp initiative.
May 24, 2018Cowarobot finds route to series B funding
SoftBank's Chinese VC unit, SBCVC, has co-led a $21.1m round for autonomous service robot developer Cowarobot, with the funds to go to R&D.
May 23, 2018Foxconn writes down $200m Snapdeal investment
Foxconn subsidiary FIH Mobile has written down all but $3m of the $200m it provided for Snapdeal in 2015, according to its 2017 financial report.
May 22, 2018Corporate Venturing and the Sustainable Development Goals
"the closest thing the world has to a strategy"
May 22, 2018Three charts on corporate venturing
This week we offer our readers three interesting charts presented at GCV Symposium in London last week.
May 21, 2018Analysis: FAW Group drives Byton for $260m
Carmaker FAW Smart car will invest $260m in smart car developer Byton as part of a series B round expected to reach $500m in size.
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