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LOS ANGELES , Dec. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Non-fungible token (NFT) trade has become a rising trend in the market. MADworld, a NFT marketplace of Animoca Brands, announced on Tuesday that it has collaborated with B.Duck, a world renowned brand, to drop a new NFT limited collection on 29 December 2021 . This will deliver B.Duck assets that provide valuable and lasting utility, guarantee return on joy to the MADworld community and the worldwide B.Duck fan base. B.Duck was designed by Mr. Eddie Hui in 2005 as a gift to accompany his children as they grew. By launching a three-part series of the B.Duck NFT drops, the innovative partnership will extend the brand motto of "Be Playful, Be Unique, Be Happy" far beyond just the physical world, sending B.Duck deep into the metaverse. So far, B.Duck has brought joy, positivity and inspired a love for travel among more than 10 million fans around the world, and will now continue its journey to every corner of the metaverse. MADworld is backed by Animoca Brands, the blockchain unicorn co-founded by Yat Siu .

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With $14 billion allocations in India, the Softbank Group along with its Vision Fund has emerged as the largest foreign investor in India during the past decade. The Masayoshi Son-led investment heavyweight has already backed over a dozen startups in 2021 and has concluded its 15th deal. SoftBank has picked up a significant minority stake in Snapdeal-owned Unicommerce, said two people aware of the details of the transaction. SoftBank is buying a 25-30% stake in Unicommerce, said one of the persons cited above, requesting anonymity. Continue reading Exclusive: SoftBank invests in Snapdeal-owned Unicommerce at Entrackr.

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Juspay, a payment stack provider for businesses and merchants, has raised $60 million in Series C funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2

Bengaluru-based payments technology platform Juspay has raised $60 million or Rs 457 crore in a Series C funding round led by Japan-based Softbank''s Vision Fund 2 at a valuation of $460 million.

Juspay said it currently processes 11 million transactions per day - one of the highest daily rates in India.

Arun Padmanabhan / The Economic Times : Bengaluru-based Juspay, which unifies diverse payment options in its app, raises a $60M Series C at a $460M valuation led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 The round also saw participation from existing investors VEF and Wellington Management. While SoftBank has put $50 million in this round

Counting Norwest''s fund, there were five funds of $3 billion or larger launched this year, including one from SoftBank Group Corp.

Uber said on Tuesday that it is looking to sell some of its stake in Chinese ride-hailing company Didi Global, since it is a non-strategic investment, according to Reuters. During a virtual fireside discussion with a UBS analyst, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said, "Our Didi stake we don''t believe is strategic. They''re a competitor, China is a pretty difficult environment with very little transparency". The CEO revealed that aside from Didi, the company was considering selling its stakes in what it considers non-strategic investments in other companies. Many of its shares in these companies will be sold, but for strategic reasons, it would continue to hold some shares, the CEO explained. Khosrowshahi said the company was in no rush to sell the shares. "Those kinds of stakes we look to monetize smartly over time," he said. Uber owns about 12% of Didi, making it the second-largest investor behind SoftBank. The US ride-hailing giant obtained its stake in 2016 after selling its Chinese business to Didi in exchange for equity in its rival.

Similar to North America''s Black Friday and China''s Double 11, India has its own end-of-year sales the Diwali festival. Diwali, or Deepavali, is a festival of lights popular among Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and some Buddhists. As families prepared for the festival, their shopping interest fueled the growth of Diwali as a retail festival. This year, most of them have turned to Flipkart for online shopping. According to a recent Economic Times report, The Flipkart Group bagged a market share of around 60% during this year''s Diwali sales, citing data from PGA Labs. Meanwhile, Amazon India accounted for 32% of total sales. Ever since its foundation in 2007, Bangalore-based Flipkart has been a prominent player in India''s e-commerce scene, competing with Amazon''s India subsidiary and local rival Snapdeal, which focuses on low-tier markets. Flipkart initially focused on bookselling, acquiring companies like the digital distribution business Mime360.com and social book discovery service WeRead along the way.

This article was originally published on TipRanks.com Walmart (NYSE: WMT) backed Symbotic is poised to go public in merger a deal involving a Softbank … The post Walmart’s Backed Symbotic Eyeing Public Listing – Report appeared first on Smarter Analyst .

Symbotic, in which Cohen and his family have a 95% stake with employees owning the rest, is announcing today plans to go public in a $5.5 billion deal with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) sponsored by venture-capital giant SoftBank.

Symbotic LLC said Monday it agreed to be acquired by SoftBank Investment Advisers special purpose acquisition company SVF Investment Corp. 3 in a deal that values the artificial intelligence company in the logistics space at $5.5 billion. The transaction will result in Symbotic becoming a public company for trade on the Nasdaq under the symbol SYM. Symbotic will also raise $205 million in a common equity sale to private investors including $150 million from Walmart Inc.''s , a customer of Symbotic. Symbotic said it has a contracted order backlog of more than $5 billion and expects to generate $433 million in revenue in fiscal year 2022, up 73%. Yanni Pipilis, chairman and CEO of SVF Investment Corp. 3 and managing partner for SoftBank Investment Advisers, led the deal for the SPAC. The deal also includes $320 million of cash in trust from SVF Investment Corp. 3 as well as a $200 million forward purchase of common equity at $10 a share by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. Symbotic also expects to receive an additional $174 million in cash from Walmart by Dec. 31 as a result of Walmart gross exercising warrants it holds in the company.