Credrails, a startup working on aggregating financial data in Africa, is set to close its $2.5 million funding round this month with backing from SoftBank, Bloomberg reported Monday (Feb. 21). Co-foun
SoftBank Group Corp is likely to trim its stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, an analyst said on Tuesday, as the Japanese tech conglomerate invests in unlisted startups through its second Visio
London-based PrimaryBid helped Deliveroo offer shares to retail investors in its March 2021 IPO
London fintech PrimaryBid has landed a US$190mln Series C funding round, led by Softbank, as it seeks to expand internationally. Proceeds of the funding are earmarked to expand in Europe and the Unite
Fortress Investment Group is lining up advisers to work on a bid for Motor Fuel Group.
(Reuters) Fortress Investment Group is plotting a 5 billion pound ($6.8 billion) takeover of Britains petrol stations giant Motor Fuel Group (MFG), Sky News reported on Saturday.
Fortress Investment Group is plotting a 5 billion pound ($6.8 billion) takeover of Britain''s petrol stations giant Motor Fuel Group (MFG), Sky News reported on Saturday. The U.S.-based private equity firm is lining up advisers to work on a bid for MFG, the report said, citing unidentified sources close to
Miami-based brokerage Avenue Securities is planning to start trading cryptocurrencies next month, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Founded in 2008, SoftBank-backed (SFTBY) (SFTBF) Avenue
Italy's biggest bad loan firm doValue is discussing a possible extension of its contract with UniCredit but in the meantime has made prudent estimates on future problem debts the Italian bank will sen

Tokyo stocks end lower on Ukraine concerns

07:10am, Friday, 18'th Feb 2022 Business Recorder
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks ended lower Friday as concerns over Ukraine gripped investors despite Washington''s announcement that Secretary of State Antony Blinken has accepted an invitation to meet his Russian counterpart. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index dropped 0.41 percent, or 110.80 points, to 27,122.07 while the broader Topix index lost 0.36 percent, or 6.93 points, to 1,924.31. The dollar stood at 115.17 yen in Asian trade, against 114.91 yen seen on Thursday in New York. Tracking falls on Wall Street, the Nikkei opened sharply lower amid continued uncertainty over the standoff in Ukraine. Tokyo stocks close lower on Ukraine fears But buybacks then took hold among investors on the news that Blinken has agreed to meet Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov next week, provided there is no invasion before then. The announcement "reassured the market that at the very least, there is unlikely to be any imminent invasion by Russia," Makoto Sengoku, senior equity market analyst at Tokai Tokyo Securities, told AFP. "The prospect of Washington-Moscow talks offered slight hopes of a resolution to the current crisis, and that kind of expectation likely helped narrow drops," Sengoku said.
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the investment round by infusing $200 million in Elasticrun while Naspers, Prosus, Goldman Sachs Assets Management and existing investors Chimera and Innoven jointly infused $130 million the rural market-focussed B2B firm at an enterprise valuation of around $1.5 billion
startup Digest brings you a recap of all the movers, shakers and headline-makers in this space.
In 2020, in the middle of the first Corona summer, the world of chips got out of joint. US chip giant Nvidia grabbed British chip design maker ARM, owned by Japanese investor Softbank. The ARM architecture powers the mobile world and the ARM processors are built into the iPhone and most Android devices. Apple switched from […] Der Beitrag The canceled ARM/Nvidia deal is a major victory for European Hermann Hauser erschien zuerst auf Trending Topics .

Digital content media company Jellysmack enters India

05:52am, Thursday, 17'th Feb 2022 Economic Times India
Jellysmack, a global creator company that works with some of the biggest content creators, including PewDiePie, Mr.Beast and Nas Daily, is expanding into the Indian market with the launch of its creator programme for Indian creators.The company, which uses a tech-driven approach and leverages deep data and AI capabilities to help creators distribute their content across multiple platforms like Facebook, Snapchat and YouTube, has already signed 21 Indian creators to start with, including Kanak’s Kitchen, Triggered Insaan, and Faisal Khan.The company plans to sign around 100 Indian content creators this year across segments that offer high potential for monetisation, including entertainment and comedy, food, gaming, sports, beauty and science tutorials."We intend to be the definitive global creator company and our expansion into global markets, including India, is in line with this vision," said Laurent Hulin, GM-APAC, Jellysmack.He told ET that India is a priority market for the company, and the company realises that to understand the local market and culture, they need a strong presence in the country. "We need to have local roots to understand the cultures of our potential partner creators to adapt our offers to their needs and desires," he said. "Today we have signed just 21 creators, and we have a proven technology solution for growing creators across social platforms that no one else has.

Vymo is certified by SoftBank as a ''ONE SHIP'' business partner

12:00am, Thursday, 17'th Feb 2022 PR Newswire Asia (English)
TOKYO , Feb. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Vymo ( https://www.getvymo.com ), the world''s leading Sales Acceleration Platform provider, has been certified as a solution partner in the "ONE SHIP" corporate partner program by SOFTBANK CORP. What is "ONE SHIP"? "ONE SHIP", the corporate partner program by SOFTBANK K.K.(SOFTBANK), is designed for SOFTBANK and corporation aiming for innovation, service providers, system integrators and sellers to create innovative businesses together. This program provides ICT services that will lead people''s lives into a brighter future. About "ONE SHIP" https://www.oneship.biz/ #SoftBank and the SoftBank name and logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of SoftBank Group Corp in Japan and other countries. #ONE SHIP and the logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of SOFTBANK CORP in Japan and other countries. Covid-19 has changed the sales activities and entire business, remote sales became common sales activities, the business changed, customer needs rapid change, new communication tools became popular during this pandemic.
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