SoftBank Vision Fund 2 invests $160M in media localization provider Iyuno-SDI Group Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Catherine Shu - April 9, 20210 Iyuno-SDI Group, a provider of translated subtitles and other media localization services, announced today it has raised $160 million in funding from SoftBank Vision 2. The company said this makes the fund one of its largest shareholders. Iyuno-SDI Group was formed after Iyuno Media Group completed its acquisition of SDI Media
Daily Crunch: KKR invests $500M into Box Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Anthony Ha - April 8, 20210 Box gets some financial ammunition against an activist investor, Samsung launches the Galaxy SmartTag+ and we look at the history of CryptoPunks. This is your Daily Crunch for April 8, 2021. The big story: KKR invests $500M into Box Private equity firm KKR is making an investment into Box that should help
Krebs: It’s time for a law that invests in the digital infrastructure Data Breach by Joe Uchill - April 7, 20210 Chris Krebs, former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, highlighted shifts to cloud-based services and multifactor identification as areas where federal funds could be used to improve state and local cybersecurity. (Photo by Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images) On the heels of President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion infrastructure plan,
Apple invests $50M into music distributor UnitedMasters alongside A16z and Alphabet Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Matthew Panzarino - March 31, 20210 Independent music distribution platform and tool factory UnitedMasters has raised a $50M series B round led by Apple. A16z and Alphabet are participating again in this raise. United Masters is also entering a strategic partnership with Apple alongside this investment. If you’re unfamiliar with UnitedMasters, it’s a distribution company launched in
PUBG Mobile-developer invests $22.4 million in India’s Nodwin Gaming Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - March 9, 20210 Krafton, the developer of popular gaming title PUBG Mobile, has invested $22.4 million in Indian esports firm Nodwin Gaming, the two firms said Tuesday as the South Korean firm looks to maintain some presence in what was once its key overseas market. Nodwin Gaming, a subsidiary of local gaming giant Nazara,
Sequoia Capital India’s Surge invests $2M in sales engagement platform Outplay Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Catherine Shu - March 3, 20210 Outplay’s team members on a video call Sales engagement platforms (SEP) help sales teams automate and track the large number of tasks they need to do each day as they contact leads and home in on potential deals. Focused on small-to-medium-sized companies, SEP startup Outplay announced today it has raised $2
Facebook invests $5.7B in India’s Reliance Jio Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Manish Singh - April 22, 20200 Facebook has enjoyed unparalleled reach in India for more than a decade. But as China’s fast-growing ByteDance emerges as a formidable competitor in what has become the world’s second largest internet market, the American social media giant has found the horse it wants to bet on in the new
A venture firm that invests ‘from Park City to Kansas City’ just closed its third fund Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Connie Loizos - January 4, 20200 Sometimes, in venture capital, it pays to specialize. The latest indicator is a Kansas City, Mo.-based venture firm that’s focused on seed-stage startups that are based anywhere from “Park City to Kansas City.” According to an SEC filing, it just closed on $16.4 million in capital commitments. It’s the third
Airbnb invests as Zeus corporate housing raises $55M at $205M Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Josh Constine - December 10, 20190 As Airbnb absorbs more and more of the demand for housing, it’s exploring how to monetize opportunities beyond vacation rentals. A marketplace for longer-term corporate housing could be a huge business, but rather than build that itself, Airbnb is making a strategic investment in one of the market leaders
OLX Group invests up to $400M in used car marketplace Frontier Car Group at $700M valuation Tech and Gaming Blog Technology by Ingrid Lunden - November 11, 20190 Frontier Car Group, the Berlin-based startup building used-car marketplaces targeting high-growth, emerging markets, has picked up another significant round of funding from a strategic backer also focusing on the same geographical opportunity. Today, OLX, the online classifieds division Prosus (the digital division of Naspers that listed earlier this year in