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IPO of the Year: Alibaba
In the last week of September 2014, the financial news wires were white hot as Yahoo and Softbank-backed Alibaba priced its IPO at $68 per share, initially raising $21.8bn, before the China-based e-commerce company reported that it had sold additional shares in the company, making the listing the biggest in history.
Jun 1, 2015New Entrant of the Year and Fund of the Year: DRX Capital
The meeting of minds between IT and healthcare is a strategic move that will help accelerate big data convergence in the wider healthcare and life sciences segments. New Entrant of the Year recipient DRX Capital has capitalised on this exciting investment segment with a fellow corporate venturing unit, potentially urging others to co-fund digital health investment opportunities.
Jun 1, 2015Lifetime achievement award: Arvind Sodhani, Intel Capital
As news emerged today that Arvind Sodhani was stepping down as head of Intel Capital in Autumn, we republish our write-up for the lifetime achievement award he received at our Global Corporate Venturing Symposium last month.
Jun 1, 2015Unit of the Year: Merck Global Health Innovation Fund
Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, the corporate venturing unit owned by pharmaceutical firm Merck, has quickly become one of the biggest corporate venturing players in the digital health segment and is dedicating a sizeable amount of its $500m fund to larger deals with private equity and other strategic partners. Given the significant impact it has made over a short period of time, there was a significant number of votes from our advisory board to make it unit of the year.
Jun 1, 2015Ringier joins Campanda camp in $5.5m series A
Ringier and LVMH-backed Groupe Arnault both contributed to the camper van booking platform's series A round, which will be used to increase its market share.
May 29, 2015Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache go for $142m ride
Sina Weibo is set to invest $142m in a holding company owned by ride hailing apps Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache, which agreed in February to merge.
May 28, 2015Singapore Post helps deliver $9.7m to TrucksFirst
Logistics services provider TrucksFirst will use the series A funding to support technology development, strengthen its back-end infrastructure and expand its team.
May 19, 2015Telogis hauls in $25m
Undisclosed investors have provided fresh funding for the General Motors-backed logistics software provider.
May 19, 2015Lyft series E climbs to $680m
Lyft has secured a $150m extension to a $530m series E round led by Rakuten in March, with $100m of the new funding comping from Icahn Enterprises.
May 18, 2015Alibaba ships investment to Shanghai YTO Express
E-commerce company Alibaba is set to purchase a minority stake in YTO, one of its 14 logistics partners, for an undisclosed sum.
May 15, 2015General Motors drives into Kettering
Kettering University set to receive $4m for automotive proving ground and test lab from GM.
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