Top 50 Emerging Leaders 2022 (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Sunny Lo, executive director, Tencent Investments
Author: Fernando Moncada Rivera
Fernando Moncada Rivera is a reporter at Global Corporate Venturing and also host of the Global Venturing Review podcast.
GCV Emerging Leaders 2022: Tammy Mahn
Top 50 Emerging Leaders 2022 (in alphabetical order by CVC unit): Tammy Mahn, managing director, Verizon Ventures
Thndr rolls to $20m series A round
Prosus Ventures co-led a round for the online share trading service, one of a wave of startups bringing investment tools to emerging markets.
Polygon picks up $450m
The blockchain scaling technology developer’s token sale attracted SoftBank, Animoca Brands, Alameda Research, Bitfinex, Voodoo, Scopely, Unacademy and Celsius.
Infinity Ventures Crypto closes $70m fund
Venture firm Infinity Ventures Crypto recruited Animoca Brands and Circle on its way to closing the oversubscribed fund.
Flexport receives $935m funding haul
SoftBank Vision Fund 1 and Shopify both invested in the shipping management service’s first round in three years, more than doubling its valuation to $8bn.
Qredo to scale with $80m
Coinbase Ventures took part in a series A round for the cryptocurrency custody and settlement technology developer as efforts to overcome bottlenecks within blockchain networks intensify.
WNBA makes $75m funding shot
Nike was part of a round representing the women’s basketball league’s first external funding as it looks to close the gap with the richer men’s leagues.
TTTech Auto drives to $285m
Funding from Aptiv and existing investor Audi pushed the automated driving software provider’s valuation above $1bn.
Wag Labs agrees $350m reverse merger
The pet services provider is joining forces with CHW Acquisition Corporation at a valuation just over half that at which former backer SoftBank invested in 2018.
SoftBank makes good on $1.35bn Cruise pledge
Cruise is set to receive the balance of the $2.25bn pledged by SoftBank Vision Fund in 2018 after commercially launching its autonomous taxi service in San Francisco.
Zero Acre Farms produces $37m round
The oil substitute technology developer is looking to disrupt vegetable oil supply chains with backing from Virgin Group.
Wayflyer bags $150m in series B round
Prosus Ventures invested in the e-commerce finance provider at a $1.6bn valuation, increasing its overall funding to over $236m.
Sony makes $3.6bn Bungie play
Netease is set to exit the video game developer in the third multibillion-dollar gaming acquisition so far this year.