The SoftBank-backed eyewear retailer has received investment from KKR following a series of secondary transactions over the last five years.
Month: May 2021
Interius initiates $76m series A
Pfizer Ventures and Penn Medicine both contributed to an oversubscribed series A round for University of Pennslyvania spinout Interius Biotherapeutics.
New highs in April
Monthly analysis: April 2021
Taking CVC impact further
Economist Tyler Cowen talks of “strange kind of tech boom”.
How Evox is engineering a new class of therapeutics
Spinouts always operate, by their very nature, on the cutting edge of science, but every once in a while, one comes along that could prove truly transformational by inventing an entirely new field.
Israel ushers in innovation and technology
Innovative region: Israel
Using human brains to improve AI
Special report: Sparsity looks to make AI infrastructure more efficient, AI increasingly useful in the software stack, quantum and classical hardware evolves
Cutting the cable cord
Comcast’s decision to limit its successful corporate venturing unit
Structuring a CVC: ensure long-term commitment
Comment from Patrick Flesner, partner, LeadX Capital Partners and Stephan Bank, partner, SMP
Cutting through the noise
May 2021 issue editorial by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
The global success story in southeast Asia
The merger of corporate venture-backed Gojek and Tokopedia, Indonesia’s two biggest startups, has focused attention on the global success story happening in southeast Asia.
Daily Deal Round Up: May 17, 2021
Vark and Willbox have both raised funding, while Cisco has decided to buy Kenna Security and Guru Capital has purchased Oval Money.
Gojek goes to Tokopedia for $18bn merger
Just days after Telkomsel injected $300m into Gojek, the company has finalised its merger with Tokopedia to form a new business called GoTo that will go public this year.
JD Logistics gears up for $3.4bn IPO
The logistics services provider has set a price range for its proposed offering and will raise up to $3.4bn in proceeds, with JD.com retaining a majority stake.