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Alibaba, Tencent, Nokia cash in on China activity

As well as investing in the biggest investments, Alibaba also secured the biggest exits, after it acquired China based digital map service AutoNavi for $1.5bn, having earlier backed it. Alibaba was also a big investor in China-based microblogging platform Weibo, which raised $285.6m in an initial public offering (IPO).


Jul 31, 2014

Google most active by number, Alibaba by value

A round-up of the biggest corporate venturing dealmakers in the second quarter.

Jul 31, 2014

Summer deals sizzle in busy June

Corporate venturing units maintained a brisk deal-making pace in the summer with another busy month in June, although activity was down against the bumper spell of deal-making in May.

Jul 14, 2014

Innovative region: Benelux

In-depth analysis of the venturing ecosystem and infrastructure in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Jul 14, 2014

Symposium: Kashyap - Building a global strategy

An edited transcript of the keynote speech by Nagraj Kashyap, global head of Qualcomm Ventures, at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium.

Jul 14, 2014

Symposium: Arvind Sodhani fireside chat

Arvind Sodhani, head of Intel Capital, talked to Toby Lewis, editor of Global Corporate Venturing, at the Global Corporate Venturing Symposium in May.

Jul 14, 2014

Big Deal: Wish illustrates how personalisation is driving e-commerce

The shopping app company, which raised $50m last Friday, is just one of several companies using personalisation and curation to drive increased use and monetisation.

Jul 4, 2014

Big Deal: NGP lands large exit after UCWeb move

Nokia Growth Partners backed UCWeb in 2010 because it believed UCWeb was a strong company, yet this required the unit to invest in a company potentially competitive to a goal of its sponsor and sole limited partner.

Jun 23, 2014

The Big Deal: Uber

Uber's $1.2bn series D round has demonstrated again the excitement surrounding the mobility sector at present, and the ride sharing market in particular.

Jun 13, 2014
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