Venture Capital

Japanese conglomerate to invest USD 250 billion in US developer Epic Games.

Equity funding in H1 2020 decreased by around 29% to USD 4.2 billion across 461 rounds, from USD 5.9 billion funding in H1 2019, the report said.

While online English learning companies are well-known in China, art tutoring platform Meishubao just closed a Tencent-led C+ round.

Despite the pandemic, the total second quarter capital raising was one of the highest ever, a new report by the IVC Research Center and an Israeli law firm showed.

Nobutake Suzuki, President and CEO of MUFG Innovation Partners, will join KrASIA to discuss how he leads the open innovation strategy on behalf of the largest financial institution in Japan.

Sentiment brightens on buybacks and IPO for insurance startup Lemonade.

The funding will be dedicated to startups in seed, growth, and venture stage.

“We worked with Alibaba and Tencent, they bring a lot of very good resources for startups and portfolio companies, but you have to be aware that corporate VCs have different objectives.”