The two rivalling US-based ride hailing platforms Uber and Lyft, both counting many corporates among their backers, are preparing to float on public markets in the coming weeks, with the
valuations of the two combined likely to stand well above $100bn
Category: Analysis
Analysis: Vice seeks $200m
Media group Vice, backed by various corporates, is looking to raise a $200m in equity and debt financing, after laying off 10% of its employees
Israel goes from startup to scale-up nation
Innovative Region: Israel
Industrials grind forward
Sector focus: Industrial
Deals continue to grow
This is our data snapshot based on last month’s investment activity. The charts and tables have been generated by our data platform GCV Analytics.
Holding hands with the entrepreneurs of tomorrow
GUV editor Thierry Heles reports from Autm’s annual meeting in Austin, Texas
Analysis: Rivian gets $700m delivered from Amazon
Amazon led the latest round of electric truck developer Rivian Automotive sized at $700 – the first large corporate-backed round in this space for 2019.
Editorial: Blessing of Chinese unicorns for world’s markets
While the US awaits its next wave of $1bn flotations after ride-hailing platform Lyft’s filing for an initial public offering (IPO) at between $20bn to $30bn in market capitalisation this month, its Chinese counterparts have spent the past 18 months taking to the public markets. About a quarter of the estimated 125 Chinese unicorns –… Continue reading Editorial: Blessing of Chinese unicorns for world’s markets
Big Deal: Vision Fund makes billion-dollar Grab
SoftBank Vision Fund invested $1.46bn to take Grab’s series H round, already backed by Toyota, Hyundai, Kia, Booking Holdings, Central Group, Yamaha, Ping An, Microsoft, Tokyo Century and KBank, to $4.5bn.
Analysis: DoorDash gets $400m order
Last-mile consumer goods delivery service provider DoorDash raised $400m, from SoftBank´s Vision Fund at a valuation of $7.1bn
Germany – Mittelstand forever?
Innovative region: Germany
Riding the innovation wave of disruption
The fourth annual Global Corporate Venturing & Innovation (GCVI) Summit in Monterey, California on Wednesday and Thursday, January 30-31 by reporters Kaloyan Andonov, Edison Fu and Thierry Heles
Services sector continues to grow
Sector focus: Services
Corporate-backed deals grow slightly in January
This is our data snapshot based on last month’s investment activity. The charts and tables have been generated by our data platform GCV Analytics.