Wall Street's Top Hedge Fund Managers Reveal Their Best Ideas
A slew of Wall Street's top hedge fund managers shared their best ideas on Wednesday at the annual Sohn San Francisco Investment Conference.
Sisu Launches Diagnostic Analytics Platform And Secures $52.5M In Funding From Nea And Andreessen Horowitz
Sisu Launches Diagnostic Analytics Platform and Secures $52.5M in Funding from NEA and Andreessen Horowitz Sisu's advanced analytics platform helps companies like Samsung, Upwork, and Mixt diagnose "why" key business metrics are changing, using all their data, in real time. SAN FRANCISCO, October 16, 2019-- Sisu, the fastest and most comprehensive diagnostic platform for structured data, today announced it has secured $52.5M in a Series B funding round led by NEA. Andreessen Horowitz, the a16z Cultural Leadership Fund, and Green Bay Ventures also participated in the new round.
Realtime Robotics Raises $11.7M Series A Funding
Technology enables robots and autonomous vehicles to automatically plan and respond to changing environments BOSTON, October 16, 2019-- Realtime Robotics, the inventor of responsive motion planning for industrial robots and autonomous vehicles, announced today that it has raised $11.7 million in Series A funding. Led by SPARX Asset Management the round included participation from Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company, and OMRON Ventures, alongside existing investors Toyota AI Ventures, Scrum Ventures, and the Duke Angel Network.
Asia Pacific Property Investors Shift To Jv Acquisitions
Real estate investors in Asia Pacific are looking to joint ventures in a bid to diversify risk in an increasingly uncertain market. Asia Pacific investors racked up US$13 billion of joint venture transactions in the first half of this year,... Read More>> The post Duo Tower Deal in Singapore Part of Growing Trend Toward JV Acquisitions in APAC appeared first on Mingtiandi.
Canva Has Just Been Valued At $4.7 Billion, Triple What It Was 18 Months Ago And Cementing Founders Melanie Perkins And Cliff Obrecht Status As Tech Billionaires
Design platform Canva has just been valued at $US3.2 billion ($4.7 billion), after its latest funding round saw high-profile investors throw another $125 million into the Australian start-up. More >>
Post's Powerbar Spinoff Prices Ipo At $14, Lower Than Expected
BellRing Brands Inc. , a spinoff from Post Holdings Inc. that makes PowerBar-branded snacks, priced its initial public offering at $14 a share Wednesday evening, lower than its projected range. BellRing announced that it plans to sell about 34.3 million shares at that price, after originally stating the intention to sell 30 million shares at a price of $16 to $19 a share. That sale would bring in roughly $480 million, though underwriters - led by Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs - have access to an additional 5.14 million shares.
Whart Plans B4.9bn Capital Increase To Invest In 5 Projects
WHA Premium Growth Real Estate Investment Trust (WHART) plans a fourth capital increase worth a combined 4.88 billion baht to invest in five industrial and logistics projects.
Southeast Asia's Overcrowded Mobile Payments Market Faces Shakeout
SE Asia has nearly 150 e-wallet licence holders, and firms including Grab, Go-Jek, Tencent, and others fighting for dominance. The post Southeast Asia's overcrowded mobile payments market faces shakeout appeared first on DealStreetAsia.
Security Management App Mygate Raises $56M From Tencent, Tiger Global, Others
MyGate plans to build innovative solutions for gated communities and increase the efficiency of other stakeholders. The post Security management app MyGate raises $56m from Tencent, Tiger Global, others appeared first on DealStreetAsia.
Wework Founder Adam Neumann's Close Ties With The Kabbalah Centre
As Adam and Rebekah Neumann built WeWork into a $47 billion coworking giant, the couple relied on the teachings of the Kabbalah Centre, a spiritual organization whose high-pressure donation tactics have drained multiple former members' bank accounts, sources told Business Insider. Kabbalah Centre Rabbi Eitan Yardeni was a regular sight at WeWork offices, where former employees said he helped put together at least one deal, met with company executives, and, in at least one instance, spoke with the entire company as a "spiritual counselor."