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ISRAEL SOFTWARE AnyVision

Microsoft to sell AnyVision stake Although no evidence was found that AnyVision's facial recognition technology is used for mass surveillance in the West Bank, Microsoft will divest from the Israeli startup.

by GLOBES

2020-03-30

US Healthcare GOOGLE

Google Commits $800 Mn Covid-19 Fund To Support SMBs, Healthcare The tech giant is offering $340 Mn as Google Ads credits to SMBs

by Inc42

2020-03-30

EGYPT Information Security SecureMisr

SecureMisr acquired by Cysiv, a Trend Micro Group Company SecureMisr is a leading cyber security services provider, based in Cairo, Egypt and serving clients across the Middle East and Africa.

by magnitt

2020-03-25

ISRAEL Information Security Checkmarx

H&F to Acquire Cybersecurity Startup Checkmarx According to $1.15 Billion Valuation The American private equity firm is buying Checkmarx from current owner Insight Partners, which acquired it in 2015 for $100 million.

by CalcalisTech

2020-03-17

CHINA REAL ESTATE SOHO China

Blackstone in talks to take developer SOHO China private in $4b deal The price represents an almost 100% premium to the HK$3.03 average price of SOHO China’s shares in January.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-03-11

NIGERIA FINTECH Paga

Nigerian Fintech Paga Follows Up Acquisition Of Ethiopia’s Apposit With Visa Partnership Founded in 2009, Paga has created a multi-channel network to transfer money, pay bills, and buy things digitally.

by WeeTracker

2020-03-11

US GIANTS GOOGLE

Google scrubs coronavirus misinformation on search, YouTube Since Covid-19 began to spread, Google has aggressively intervened in some of its most popular online services to limit the spread of misinformation.

by LiveMint

2020-03-11

US FINTECH Quona Capital

Quona Capital closes US$203M round to focus on fintech companies in emerging markets Quona Capital targets fintech companies in Asia.

by e27

2020-03-11

US FOOD HUNGRY Marketplace

HUNGRY Raises $19.7M in Series B Funding to Fuel Expansion into 23 Cities Led by Walter Robb and Evolution VC Partners, the latest investment round will drive HUNGRY’s mission to provide extraordinary, ultra-reliable and cost-efficient business and event catering.

by Jade Quatro

2020-03-09

UAE Motor Vehicle Waymo

Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala co-leads $2.25 billion investment in self-driving car company Waymo It is the first-ever external investment round by Waymo that had started in 2009 as Google’s self-driving car project.

by MENAbytes

2020-03-04

NIGERIA ENTERTAINMENT Netflix

Netflix Continues African Affair By Setting Up Shop In Nigeria Where It Will Invest In More Originals Barely 24 hours after setting up an official Twitter account and announcing its presence in Nigeria with a picture that featured some of the A-Listers in the Nigerian film industry.

by WeeTracker

2020-03-03

KENYA MANUFACTURING Deere & Co.

World’s Leading Farm Equipment Maker & Nigerian Agtech Firm Using Uber-Like Tech To Enable ‘Tractor-Hailing’ In Africa The company also revealed plans to roll out the devices across Africa in the second half of this year, offering it to all contractors who buy its equipment on the continent.

by WeeTracker

2020-02-26

ISRAEL INSURANCE At-Bay

Cyber Insurance Startup At-Bay Raises $34 Million At-Bay analyzes the digital systems of its clients to determine their level of exposure to cyberattacks.

by CalcalisTech

2020-02-24

ISRAEL Biotechnology Exalenz Bioscience

Unnamed U.S. Company Buys Biomed Company Exalenz Bioscience for $49.4 Million Exalenz first announced it was seeking a buyer in October.

by CalcalisTech

2020-02-20

US VC KKR fund

Financing for social impact and climate businesses gets a billion dollar boost with new KKR fund KKR, the multi-billion dollar, multi-strategy investment firm, has closed on over $1.3 billion for companies focused on social and environmental challenges.

by TechCrunch

2020-02-14

CHINA E-COMMERCE FARFETCH

Tencent, Dragoneer to invest $250m in London’s fashion marketplace Farfetch The investment “elevates the ongoing relationship” between Tencent and Farfetch.

by DealStreetAsia

2020-02-06

CHINA New Energy Vehicle TESLA

Tesla inks deal with CATL to drive growth US electric carmaker Tesla announced a partnership with CATL, China's largest power battery producer, on Thursday, prompting insiders to call the deal a win-win situation.

by ChinaDaily

2020-02-04

INDIA REAL ESTATE OYO

SoftBank-backed Oyo lays off over 350 people in the US In the last week of January, Oyo laid off around 360 US employees in a bid to take a more balanced approach to growth

by techinasia

2020-02-04

INDIA New Energy Vehicle AMAZON

Amazon To Adopt 10K Electric Vehicles Made By Indian OEMs The electric rickshaws will operate in Bengaluru, Delhi NCR, Hyderabad and other cities by 2025.

by Inc42

2020-01-21

INDONESIA IoT Roambee

US-based IoT startup Roambee receives Series B1 investment from Indonesia’s TMI, MDI Ventures The VC capital arm of Indonesian network provider Telkomsel collaborates with fellow CVC MDI Ventures in investing out of its US$40 million-joint fund with Singtel Innov8.

by e27

2020-01-21