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Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Alibaba raised.
Companies Alibaba acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
Stories naming Alibaba. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
HongShan Capital, formerly Sequoia Capital China, closed a $2.5 billion fund backed by Hangzhou's government and insurers; founder Neil Shen has also invested in startups Zhipu and Moonshot.
Ten13's blog announces Sophie Robertson's promotion to partner after three years leading investor relations there, alongside a Q&A tracing her move from investment banking and a Startmate fellowship into venture capital.
Ignition Lane's weekly wrap: Tiger Global's losses and past Australian bets, MilkRun and TradeSquare closures, Cyara's Spearline acquisition, a Co Ventures pre-seed fund, Square Peg's partner promotion and LaunchVic's 30×30 picks.
Square Peg's investment note covers its backing of Indonesian e-commerce software firm Desty's pre-A round, alongside earlier supporters East Ventures, Jungle Ventures and 5Y Capital.
Revolut brings on Charles Debonneuil, ex-Intrepid Group president and Lazada co-founder, to lead its Asia-Pacific growth push as regional general manager. The piece also recalls Lazada's 2016 sale to Alibaba.
SmartCompany's year-end list profiles ten Australian startups poised for a big 2022, recalling their 2021 raises, crowdfunding campaigns, government grants and accelerator origins, from mtime and Quantum Brilliance to Zoomo and Superhero.
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Wholesale Investor profiles Altive's Unicorns Fund, a closed-end private equity vehicle backed by Alibaba and Pacific Century Group, opening pre-IPO technology opportunities to Australian investors, with a team drawn from Goldman Sachs and Macquarie.
Canva has acquired Austrian AI startup Kaleido.ai and Czech mockup tool Smartmockups for undisclosed sums, adding AI and automation capability, and announced monthly active users have doubled to 50 million.
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Daily tech roundup covering a pardon for a ex-Google engineer, Jack Ma's reappearance, a cyberattack on Malwarebytes, Facebook's privacy settlement, Cruise's multi-billion raise, and neobank Xinja winding up.
Ant Group is preparing a dual listing in Hong Kong and Shanghai that Reuters estimates could raise about US$35 billion, surpassing Saudi Aramco's record IPO, with Jack Ma praising the pricing.
Ignition Lane's weekly roundup reports MyDeal and Adore Beauty listing on the ASX, Rokt's US$80 million Series D, several trans-Tasman raises, Quibi shutting down, Westpac trimming its Zip stake, and local executive appointments.
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Ellerston Capital's Asia portfolio manager comments on Alibaba's Hong Kong listing debut and plans to shift the fund's holding from US-listed ADRs into the Hong Kong shares over time.
Agtech accelerator SparkLabs Cultiv8 selects seven startups for its 2019 program, profiling each venture, while recalling last year's participants' progress, including Ripe.io's completed seed round backed by Maersk Ventures.
Softbank's Vision Fund has invested US$800 million in Greensill Capital, reportedly valuing the working capital finance provider above $5 billion, with founder Lex Greensill aiming to overtake Citi globally.