The funding round saw the Alibaba Group making an undisclosed strategic investment in the startup. Optibus, a U.S.-Israeli mobility technology company stated, it has secured $40 million in a private funding round that was led by Insight Venture Partners and which saw a strategic investment from the Alibaba Group. Its existing investors, including Sir Ronald…
In recent years, faced with rising costs and a slump in sales, Samsung has shifted the bulk of its mobile production plants in facilities in India and Vietnam. A spokeswoman from Samsung Electronics has stated, the company will suspend operations at one of its mobile phone manufacturing plants in China. The development comes midst rising…
Tokopedia has garnered $1.1 billion from its latest funding round wherein it was valued at $7 billion. Tokopedia, an Indonesian e-commerce company, stated it has secured $1.1 billion from its latest funding round which was led by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp and China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. This investment follows a similar trend from last…
SoftBank could make as much as $3 billion from this potential sale. Bloomberg has cited sources familiar with the matter at hand as saying, SoftBank Group Corp plans on selling its stake in Nvidia Corp in early 2019. One of the reasons cited for this plan is the downward tread of Nvidia’s shares. SoftBank is…
Yesterday, senior officials from the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “China’s Non-Traditional Espionage Against the United States: The Threat and Potential Policy Responses.” As per a senior U.S. intelligence official, in recent months, cyber activities by China in the United States has increased significantly. These…
The appointment, effective immediately, sees Vishah Shah replacing Adam Mosseri who became Instagram’s head in October 2018. Facebook Inc’s owned photo-sharing app Instagram stated, it has promoted Vishal Shah, its director of product management, as the head of product, effective immediately. The position was earlier held by Adam Mosseri, who was appointed as Instagram’s head…
The strategic move places Uber in direct competition with venture-capital backed startup Citymapper. On Tuesday, as per a report from the Financial Times which cites source familiar with the matter at hand, Uber Technologies Inc plans on integrating the bus and Tube timetables of Transport for London. The development will place Uber in direct competition…
As per SQN Investors, the slow pace of innovation at Yelp has enabled its peers to narrow its lead. Further, in the last several quarters, Yelp’s performance was dismal with revenue expansion dipping below 2%. SQN Investors LP, a hedge fund which has built a substantial holding in Yelp, has called for an overhaul of…
The development will have short term consequences for SoftBank given its relation with Huawei; it will find it hard to replace the pre-existing Huawei network equipment that has been customized to its requirements and thus is not easily interchangeable. On Monday, Japan’s Kyodo News News reported, the three biggest telecom operators of Japan, do not…
The amount that is being raised falls short of the $25 billion mark that was raised by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd in its 2014 IPO. As per a regulatory filing, in what is slated as Japan’s biggest-ever IPO, SoftBank Corp has priced its initial public offering (IPO) at 1,500 yen per share; it will be…
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