The autonomous drone provider secured funding in a round led by existing investor Siemens Next47 that included NTT Docomo Ventures.
Month: July 2020
Li Auto lines up US flotation
Meituan Dianping is the largest investor in the China-based smart electric vehicle producer, which has set a $100m placeholder target for its initial public offering.
Beekeeper broadens series B to $60m
Swisscom and Swiss Post contributed to a $10m second extension that increased mobile communication software provider Beekeeper’s series B round to $60m.
Oak Street to host IPO
Primary care network Oak Street Health has filed for a $100m offering on the New York Stock Exchange that will give Humana an exit.
Coupang collects Hooq assets
The SingTel, WarnerMedia and Sony-backed streaming service filed for liquidation in March and has reportedly agreed to let Coupang buy its assets.
Pandemic shock still lingers in June
Monthly analysis: June 2020
Lockdown does not stop CVC in Q2
Quarterly data report: Q2 2020
Navigating big government
The traditional way to think of supporting entrepreneurs has been to look at their five primary needs: access to capital, finding customers, product and service development, hiring people and, eventually, an exit.
SETsquared: a global leader continues to charge ahead
The world’s number one university incubator has been making a big impact since 2002, having supported more than 4,000 entrepreneurs that have raised more than $2.2bn between them.
A DACH for capital
Innovative region report: DACH
Independent VC versus corporate VC
Comment from Héctor Shibata, director of investments and portfolio, AC Ventures
Covid-19: the retail time machine
Comment from Héctor Shibata, director of investments and portfolio, and Ana Maury Aguilar, investment specialist, AC Ventures
IT sector keeps digitising the globe
Sector analysis: IT
CVC dominates CNBC’s top 50 disruptors
More than 80% of CNBC’s 50 top disruptors list is CVC backed.