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Daily deal net: December 2, 2020
Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Dec 2, 2020Salesforce to pick up Slack in $27.7bn deal
SoftBank held a 7% stake in the enterprise messaging tool developer when it listed 18 months ago at a $13.1bn valuation, its backers also including GV and Comcast Ventures.
Dec 2, 2020Hirac Fund hits $29m target
GMO VenturePartners, Nippon Life X, Ricoh Leasing, Shizuoka Bank and Tokai Tokyo Investment joined earlier LPs Chatwork, Goodpatch, Raksul, Shift and The Guild to close MFVP’s first vehicle.
Dec 2, 2020Nvidia sweeps up OptiGot
Nvidia has purchased OptiGot, a developer of semiconductor laser diodes that enable applications such as consumer and lidar sensors.
Dec 2, 2020Daily deal net: December 1, 2020
Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Dec 1, 2020Vista Equity Partners gets Gainsight
The customer information software producer has agreed to a majority acquisition at a $1.1bn valuation, having raised $157m from investors including Salesforce and Cisco.
Dec 1, 2020Facebook to get Kustomer in $1bn acquisition
Cisco Investments will exit the customer management platform developer, which is set to be bought for roughly double its valuation a year ago.
Dec 1, 2020ServiceNow elects to buy Element AI for $500m
Hanwha, Nvidia, Tencent, Intel, Microsoft and McKinsey & Company are all set to exit the artificial intelligence software developer at a slight dip from its last valuation.
Dec 1, 2020Tencent experiments with Convertlab round
The $15.2m Tencent-led round will help the cloud marketing software provider's plans to launch new products and recruit new talent.
Nov 30, 2020Daily deal net: November 30, 2020
Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Nov 30, 2020Kuaishou chips in for $50m Vastai round
Vastai Technologies, a developer of artificial intelligence-focused system-on-chip technnology, has disclosed a series A round co-led by Kuaishou.
Nov 30, 2020Logz.io locks up $23m
Siemens-backed software tracing platform developer Logz.io pulled in cash through a Pitango Growth-led round to bring its overall funding above $120m.
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