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France’s Fund Aims To Rescue Tech Startups From Takeovers
France’s Fund Aims To Rescue Tech Startups From Takeovers
June 05, 2020  |  International

Looking for a way to protect technology companies from becoming prey to foreign buyers, France has created a fund to bail out startups. Bloomberg News reported...

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SoftBank Announces $100M Fund For Minority-Led Startups
SoftBank Announces $100M Fund For Minority-Led Startups
June 03, 2020  |  Investments

SoftBank is rolling out a $100 million loan fund targeted exclusively at minority-led startups, in the latest move by a big corporate player to address...

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Kroger’s Foundation Aims To Raise $10M For Coronavirus Fund
Kroger’s Foundation Aims To Raise $10M For Coronavirus Fund
April 20, 2020  |  Retail

To help families particularly impacted by the novel coronavirus, The Kroger Co. Zero Hunger | Zero Waste Foundation said it has created the Emergency COVID-19 Response...

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General Atlantic, Tripp Smith Look To Spend $5B Fund On Coronavirus-Stricken Firms
General Atlantic, Tripp Smith Look To Spend $5B Fund On Coronavirus-Stricken Firms
April 14, 2020  |  Investments

To provide firms impacted by the coronavirus pandemic with financing, General Atlantic has joined forces with Tripp Smith. The private equity firm is creating a joint venture...

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Gojek Execs To Create $6M Fund For Gig Workers
Gojek Execs To Create $6M Fund For Gig Workers
March 24, 2020  |  Gig Economy

Executives at delivery FinTech Gojek have pledged to give 25 percent of their salaries over the next year to merchants, drivers and partners as their...

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Quona Capital Raises $203M For FinTech-Boosting Fund
Quona Capital Raises $203M For FinTech-Boosting Fund
March 06, 2020  |  Investments

Quona Capital, a venture capital firm based in Washington and Bengaluru, has closed its second fund with $203 million in commitments, according to a report...

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SoftBank Head To Push New Tech Fund At Saudi Investment Conference
SoftBank Head To Push New Tech Fund At Saudi Investment Conference
October 24, 2019  |  Investments

SoftBank Founder and CEO Masayoshi Son is participating in an annual three-day investment forum in Saudi Arabia at the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh from Oct. 29-31,...

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FB Co-founder Hughes Forms $10M Fund To Fight Monopolies
FB Co-founder Hughes Forms $10M Fund To Fight Monopolies
October 17, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who wrote an op-ed in the New York Times earlier this year about the danger of Facebook’s dominance, has started a...

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Notion Capital Goes After B2B SaaS With Launch Of Newest Fund
Notion Capital Goes After B2B SaaS With Launch Of Newest Fund
October 03, 2019  |  B2B Payments

U.K.-based Notion Capital has announced the launch of its newest fund, Notion Capital Venture Fund IV, which will focus on investments in the B2B Software...

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