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Rehman rises to managing partner at Vision Fund
Faisal Rehman, previously a partner who managed SoftBank Vision Fund’s Middle East investments, has ascended to managing partner following the departures of several key executives.
Mar 20, 2020SIG helps insert $25m into InsGeek
Susquehanna International Group co-led a series C round for insurance technology developer InsGeek, whose shareholders already include Legend Holdings and Fosun.
Mar 20, 2020Maven makes away with LiftIgniter
Smart recommendation platform developer LiftIgniter has been purchased by Maven after raising $8.3m from investors including NTT Docomo Ventures.
Mar 20, 2020GM Ventures' Lauckner to retire
GCV Powerlist mainstay Jon Lauckner has announced his imminent retirement from General Motors after leading the firm's GM Ventures unit for a decade.
Mar 20, 2020Penta pins down series A funding
The banking platform developer has raised $21.6m in a first close of its series A round that was co-led by ABN Amro and also backed by Berliner Volksbank.
Mar 20, 2020Bigbasket bids to absorb MilkBasket
The Unilever and Lenovo-backed grocery delivery service has raised $28m but could reportedly be acquired at a valuation below $15m.
Mar 20, 2020FIS helps Billon fill up series A round
The enterprise blockchain software developer raised more than $6m from investors including FIS to take its overall equity and grant funding to more than $16m.
Mar 20, 2020AnyMind picks up Pokkt
SingTel Innov8 has exited in-app advertising platform developer Pokkt through an acquisition by AdAsia owner AnyMind Group.
Mar 20, 2020Boro borrows LexinTech for $12m series A
Consumer lender LexinFintech led a series A round for student lending service Boro and will help it expand into the Chinese market.
Mar 19, 2020Daily deal net: March 19, 2020
Every day, Global University Venturing rounds up the smaller investments from across the university innovation ecosystem in its deal net.
Mar 19, 2020Circle Pharma rings up $45m
Circle Pharma, a spinout of UCSF and UC Santa Cruz, has collected series B funding from investors including another UC campus, Berkeley.
Mar 19, 2020SoftBank hesitates on $3bn WeWork share deal
Shanghai Jin Jiang and Legend Capital could hypothetically lose out, after a letter from SoftBank raised doubts over an agreed $3bn share tender.
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