Financial

Ride hailing services company Uber, backed by many corporate investors, held its long-awaited $8.1bn IPO, which was the world's largest since 2014, though many consider it a disappointment

Monthly analysis: April 2019

Finarya is lining up funding from state-run bank BRI's corporate venturing unit, which is taking a 19% stake in the Mobile wallet provider.

Each Friday the Global Corporate Venturing Deal Net rounds up the week’s smaller deals and tracks the emerging companies accessing corporate funds.

Baidu spinoff Du Xiaoman Financial has injected $65m into Harbin Bank Consumer Finance as part of a collaboration deal that will see them develop a range of products and services.

First Data and Airbnb are set to exit the restaurant booking platform in an acquisition of undisclosed size by American Express.

Moneysupermarket was among the participants in a $14.3m round for the cash deposit diversification service that also included VentureFounders and Kindred Capital.

Singapore Exchange took part in a Hillhouse Capital-led round that the electronic trading platform will use to expand its corporate bond business in the US.

SoftBank Vision Fund has led a $152m first tranche for financial comparison service ETechAces’ latest funding round, which also included fellow corporate Info Edge.

Arange of financial services firms, payment processors and fintech providers are set to exit the electronic billing software producer in an acquisition by Mastercard.

SoftBank Vision Fund is investing $800m in Greensill, a platform that provides working capital to businesses, at a reported $3.5bn valuation.