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2017 Roundup: Tencent
Tencent added huge private equity deals to investments in the likes of Meituan-Dianping, Go-Jek and Flipkart before a run of huge IPOs late in the year.
Dec 21, 20172017 Roundup: Alphabet
The Google owner committed big money to Lyft and Airbnb as GV increased its late-stage deals, formed an AI fund called Gradient and exited from Snap and Cloudera in IPOs.
Dec 20, 2017Allianz takes a position at Bima
Insurer Allianz has invested $96.6m to become the largest strategic shareholder in mobile insurance and health platform Bima.
Dec 20, 2017SoftBank makes Lemonade in $120m series C
Digital insurance platform Lemonade has raised $120m at a $500m+ valuation, in a SoftBank-led round that included GV, Allianz and XL Innovate.
Dec 20, 20172017 Roundup: SoftBank
The telecommunications group raised almost $98bn for its Vision Fund and dominated the tech VC space in 2017.
Dec 19, 2017Tier1CRM goes to another level to raise $34m
Salesforce Ventures and MassMutual Ventures both invested in the financial services CRM software producer as part of a Wavecrest Growth-led round.
Dec 19, 2017Corporate Venturing in 2017: The Trends
The upper end continued to grow and corporates launched a raft of AI funds, as bike sharing, real estate, smart vehicles and urban farming drew capital.
Dec 18, 2017IDB collars Colu with $14.5m
Conglomerate IDB Group has invested in localised currency platform Colu and a presale for its cryptocurrency, Colu Local Network.
Dec 18, 2017Kasisto chats up investors to raise $17m
Mastercard and the BBVA-backed Propel Venture Partners have contributed to a series B round that will support product development and growth.
Dec 18, 2017Analysis: Kingsoft Cloud receives $300m
Cloud storage firm Kingsoft Cloud raised $300 in a series D round, one of the largest rounds in the cloud tech space in 2017
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