The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has given the green light to Visa’s $5.3bn takeover of fintech data-sharing firm Plaid — after judging that London’s vibrant fintech scene would provide plenty of further competition, even once the pair join forces. Visa...
Sydney-based logistics tech start-up Ofload has scored $2.8 million of seed funding in a round led by the venture capital division of Danish shipping giant Maersk. The company, formerly called Loadsmile, was co-founded by former HelloFresh head of operations Geoffroy...
ispace Inc., a Tokyo-based lunar exploration company, announced Thursday the raise of USD 28mn in Series B funding round, bringing the total funding to circa USD 125mn since its inception. The space startup raised the funding from Incubate Fund, Space Frontier Fund,...
Riverwood Capital Management LP (Riverwood Capital), a Menlo Park, California-based technology focused global private equity firm, has raised circa USD 1.3bn in total capital commitments, for its third private equity fund and parallel vehicles including General...
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. has agreed to sell its Japanese consumer healthcare business to U.S. investment fund Blackstone Group for 242 billion yen ($2.3 billion), Japan’s largest drugmaker said on Monday. Takeda Consumer Healthcare Company, which makes... 