STARTUPS Investment fund $306m from Alibaba for Taiwan startups Nov 20, 2015 Taiwan Entrepreneurs Fund, an investment fund of about $306 million that will invest in startups in Taiwan was created by…
DEALS Alibaba acquired Youku Tudou for $3.7 billion! Nov 12, 2015 In a move to further expand its Chinese empire, Alibaba recently acquired the video-sharing site Youku Tudou for $3.7 billion in…
DEALS Funding $500M for Snapdeal Aug 8, 2015 The amount of 500 million dollars in funding was invested in Snapdeal, one of India’s biggest e-commerce companies, from Alibaba,…
DEALS Audi, BMW and Mercedes bought Nokia’s HERE! Aug 7, 2015 The European car makers Audi, BMW and Mercedes bought for an amount of €2,8 billion HERE, Nokia’s mapping business. The three…
DEALS Face recognition tech + Alibaba = Funding $25M! May 15, 2015 An additional amount of 25 million dollars in a Series B round was raised from Face++, a Chinese startup that develops facial…