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Big Deal: Jimubox joins well-funded peers

The $84m raised by Jimubox last week makes it the third China-based peer-to-peer lending platform to close a large funding round this month.


Apr 27, 2015

News round up 27 April 2015

A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.

Apr 24, 2015

Peloton races to $16m series A

Intel, Denso, Castrol, Volvo, Magna and UPS all contributed to an oversubscribed round for the vehicle systems developer, which will invest the cash in its technology.

Apr 23, 2015

UK universities flying high

Airbus is working with three UK universities to transform air travel in a project sponsored by the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Apr 23, 2015

Qualcomm drives $20m series A for Navdy

Navdy has raised almost $27m of venture funding in eight months and will now work to launch its in-car display system later this year.

Apr 17, 2015

Ola goes the distance for $400m

The SoftBank-backed taxi hailing service has raised $85m to close its series E round at $400m, and will use the funding to expand its network to 200 cities.

Apr 17, 2015

BlaBlaCar revs up with Carpooling acquisition

Daimler exited the ride sharing company after it was bought by BlaBlaCar alongside another competitor, Hungary-based Autohop.

Apr 16, 2015

Ninebot nets $80m and buys Segway

Personal transportation company Ninebot raised its first external funding in a Xiaomi-backed round and has used the cash to buy electric vehicle maker Segway.

Apr 15, 2015

Baidu boosts Chinese ride sharing portfolio

The internet company has invested in ride sharing apps Tiantian Yongche and 51Yongche, both of which have raised eight-figure dollar amounts in their latest rounds.

Apr 13, 2015

News round up 13 April 2015

A round up of all the latest news on www.globalcorporateventuring.com for our subscribers.

Apr 10, 2015

Taxi hailing service Ola collects $315m

The SoftBank-backed company has now raised more than $590m in total after closing a late-stage round that included a $207m investment by DST Global.

Apr 9, 2015

Another $5.5bn investments notched up in March

During March, Global Corporate Venturing tracked 162 investments in corporate venturing-backed companies worth $5.5bn, compared with 162 investments worth $5bn in February. We also tracked four exits in March worth $482m.

Apr 7, 2015
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