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Big Deal: Rakuten leads $120m Cabify series C
The Japan-based e-commerce group's investment in ride hailing platform Cabify illustrates how e-commerce businesses cannot afford to be pure play anymore.
Apr 25, 2016Big Deal: Alibaba plunges $1.25bn into Ele.me
Alibaba's ten-figure investments in Ele.me and Lazada last week could signify the ramping up of an investment strategy that has already dramatically grown the e-commerce group's offering.
Apr 18, 2016Fund in the News: Statoil Energy Ventures
Statoil's newly formed $200m cleaner energy-focused fund will look to build up a portfolio of 15 to 25 companies in the next four to seven years, according to SEV managing director Gareth Burns.
Apr 11, 2016Big Deal: Slack adds $200m
The enterprise messaging company took its total funding to $540m, securing $200m at a $3.8bn valuation from backers including Alphabet and Comcast, showing there is still big late-stage money available for the right kind of company.
Apr 4, 2016Organising for Innovation in Japan
Discussion at Kyushu University, Japan, identifies that Fukuoka, under its youthful mayor Soichiro Takashima (he was elected in 2010 aged 36), is one region continuing to explore its options to be a growth centre.
Mar 26, 2016Editorial: CVCs and governments step up
All the VC deals (with named investors) on Friday had effectively corporate or government venture capital angles, including sole rounds by CVCs.
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