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Analysis: Visa swipes $5.3bn for Plaid
Visa is to acquire one of its portfolio companies, financial data network operator Plaid, in multi-billion-dollar transaction, which comes only four months after its latest commitment to the company along with its peer Mastercard.
Jan 20, 2020Corporate venturing deal net: 13-17 January 2020
Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.
Jan 17, 2020Tencent leads Lydia's series B round
Mobile payment technology provider Lydia took its total funding to $73m in a $44.5m round that also attracted CNP Assurances, with the cash to fund European expansion.
Jan 17, 2020Insurify covers series A with $23m raise
Hearst Ventures joined existing investors MassMutual Ventures and Nationwide Ventures as the insurance comparison platform took its total funding to nearly $30m.
Jan 16, 2020OneConnect upgrades IPO to $347m
Ping An's financial technology spinoff, which also counts SoftBank Vision Fund and SBI as shareholders, has sold an additional $35.2m in shares in the offering.
Jan 16, 2020Notaras extracts herself from XL Innovate
Martha Notaras, previously a partner at XL Innovate, has teamed up with former New York Life Investments executive John Kim at fintech and insurtech-oriented VC fund Brewer Lane Ventures.
Jan 15, 2020Visa to pay $5.3bn for Plaid
Visa is buying Plaid four months after investing in it, at a price that doubles the financial data technology provider's 2018 valuation.
Jan 14, 2020AvidXchange accelerates with $130m
The payment automation software provider, which counts Mastercard and several banks among its investors, has bagged another $130m.
Jan 14, 2020Corvus uncorks $32m series B round
Proceeds from the Telstra Ventures-led series B round will allow Corvus to accelerate insurance technology development and build tools to improve its risk management.
Jan 14, 2020The big issues for 2020
In our annual survey of corporate venturing industry leaders, we asked what the most important trends were in 2019 and sought their insights into the big opportunities of 2020.
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