On Thursday Toyota Motor Corp’s research arm said, it had acquired US based map and driverless vehicles data provider Carmera. The acquisition underscores Toyota’s push to bulk up its self-driving arsenal as traditional automakers compete with tech giants in the emerging autonomous vehicles sector. The acquisition will provide Toyota access to real-time, high-definition maps and crowdsourced…
On Tuesday, Southeast Asian online automotive marketplace Carro said, it has raised $360 million in its latest funding round that was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, becoming the region’s latest unicorn. “The valuation for the company is well over a billion dollars,” said Carro, Aaron Tan, the CEO and founder of Singapore-headquartered Carro. Carro…
On Tuesday, Boeing Co stated, BBAM, a lessor, had ordered three 737-800 converted freighters to service the growing e-commerce market and the express sectors of the air cargo market. The planes, which will be converted, will come from BBAM’s existing fleet. “This agreement shows how we can serve our customers by delivering efficient and reliable…
On Tuesday, Balderton Capital, an European venture capital firm stated, it is launching a $400 million fund to invest in technology start-ups; its total funds under management now totals to $3 billion. In a statement, Balderton said, the total venture capital funding in European start-ups hit a record high of $27.11 billion (24.6 billion euros)…
This is SoftBank’s second investment in Mexico after it invested $20 million in Clip, a payments firm. In a development that sees an expansion in SoftBank’s growing portfolio in Latin America, the Japanese conglomerate said, it will be investing in Kavak, a Mexican used car platform. “We are proud to join with and invest in…
The deal is aimed at expanding Axel Springer’s growth strategy through targeted online job recruitment advertisements. Axel Springer, a German publisher stated, Stepstone, its jobs portal, had acquired a 85% stake in Appcast for around $79 million. Appcast is a U.S. tech company that specializes in programmatic advertising. Programmatic advertising uses automation to serve job…
Logitech’s raised its full year forecast in the wake of its third quarter sales rise which beat analysts’ forecasts. On Tuesday, Logitech International SA raised its full year profit outlook after reporting a strong growth in its gaming hardware business. The Swiss-U.S. company got a boost from strong sales of its gaming products such as…
Amazon is planing to expand its Prime Now service to nearly all of its roughly 475 Whole Foods stores in the country and not just limit the expansion to Western North America. According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Amazon.com Inc plans on expanding its Whole Foods Market portfolio by adding more stores…
With the purchase SoftBank is positioning itself for the coming data “gold rush”. On Friday, the SoftBank Group Corp stated it would be acquiring two firms that build robots that could walk from Alphabet Inc. The purchase marks an increase of artificial intelligence companies in the group’s portfolio. The Japanese conglomerate will be acquiring U.S.-based…
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