The online event ticket retailer raised the capital in a round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 at a $400m valuation.
Month: September 2021
Kepler engages with NetEase to raise $120m
The computer game studio received the cash from NetEase and is looking to expand its business to incorporate mobile entertainment and animations.
Cover Genius makes series C claim
Sompo Holding put $49.2m towards the $74.2m round, which will help the embedded insurance provider grow its reach.
Ascend Money pockets $150m in series C
Ant Financial contributed to a round that enabled the payment technology provider to become Thailand’s first fintech unicorn, with $1.5bn valuation.
Corporate venturing bullishness went on in the summer
Monthly data: July-August 2021
Aspire gets $158m deposit
Massachusetts Mutual doubled down on its investment in the business banking platform developer, through its MassMutual Ventures vehicle.
Growing seeds of innovation through strategic corporate venturing
Comment by James Mawson, editor-in-chief, Global Corporate Venturing, Stefan Gabriel, CEO, Hitachi Ventures, Kenichi Funaki, deputy general manager for the corporate venturing office, Hitachi
Japanese innovation ecosystem on the rise
Innovative region: Japan
The world should be India’s playground
Comment by Vatsal Gaur, partner, Pier Counsel, Adam Salkin, partner, Herzog, Fox & Neeman
Corporate venture capital – here to stay or just another wave ebbing away?
Comment from Patrick Flesner, partner, LeadX Capital Partners
Families versus institutions in corporate venture capital
Comment by James Mawson, editor in chief, Global Corporate Venturing
Telecoms recovering from the pandemic
Sector report: Telecoms
Jeff Herbst, managing partner, GFT Ventures
Last month, Jeff Herbst departed from US-headquartered semiconductor technology provider Nvidia, where he had led its business development activities and corporate venture capital (CVC) unit Nvidia GPU Ventures for two decades starting in 2001.
Semiconductor and AI panel
A Taiwanese industry association and Global Corporate Venturing jointly organised a second semiconductor, artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing-themed panel held under Chatham House Rule on July 27, after a similar discussion in late April.