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Cathay CarTech Invests in World Leader in 3D Sensing Systems UPhoton
January 7, 2019 Cathay CarTech Fund, in partnership with Lenovo Capital, THG Ventures, TusStar Invest and ZOL QiHang Investment, has recently completed a 100 million RMB funding round for UPhoton. The leading 3D sensing system supplier once again won the recognition of capital markets. Several existing shareholders such as Shunwei Capital and Baidu Venture have […]
FINALCAD raises $40M to digitise the construction industry
December 13, 2018 Paris, December 13th, 2018. — FINALCAD, a leading construction mobile platform, today announces a $40 million Series C round, led by Draper Esprit, accompanied by Cathay Innovation and with the support of Salesforce Ventures. The investment will enable the company to significantly accelerate operations across Europe and Asia, as demand for their mobile-first […]
Finalcad, the mobile platform for the construction industry, raises $40M Series C
Finalcad, a mobile platform that enables the construction industry to digitize much of its processes, has closed $40 million in Series C funding. The round was led by publicly listed London venture capital firm Draper Esprit and Cathay Innovation, with the support of Salesforce Ventures. Existing French investors Serena, Aster and CapHorn Invest also participated. […]
The ‘Neo-Banks’ Are Finally Having Their Moment
SAN FRANCISCO — After the financial crisis 10 years ago, unhappy customers were expected to flee the megabanks for smaller competitors. It didn’t happen. And the big banks became even more entrenched. Now another wave of alternative banks are at it again, and they say they’ve learned from the mistakes of the upstart banks that […]
Satellites, Big Data Help U.S. Spy on Smugglers of Iranian Oil
Ships carrying Iranian crude have long used tactics like changing their flags of registration or switching off their radio signals to avoid detection amid Western sanctions. But when a new U.S. oil export ban begins on Nov. 5, many of the tricks of seaborne oil smuggling are less likely to be effective at helping Tehran […]
Kayrros’ technology highlighted as helping U.S. find smugglers of Iranian oil
Ships carrying Iranian crude have long used tactics like changing their flags of registration or switching off their radio signals to avoid detection amid Western sanctions. […]
New Partnership with Groupon Brings Thousands of Peek’s Bookable Activities to Groupon’s Marketplace
CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), which generated nearly $900 million in gross billings in North America for activities, events and tours in 2017, announced an inventory partnership with Peek, a platform that aims to make booking activities as seamless and straightforward as a restaurant or flight reservation. […]
Chinese Autonomous Driving Firm Momenta Raises New Round At Unicorn Valuation
Momenta, a Chinese autonomous driving technology start-up, has secured a new round of financing at a valuation of over US$1 billion, the company announced last night. This adds another unicorn, a term used to describe private companies worth US$1 billion or more, to China Money Network’s Unicorn Ranking. […]
Cathay-Backed Momenta Becomes China’s First Autonomous Driving Unicorn
October 18, 2018 The autonomous driving company Momenta announced on October 18th that it has completed a new round of financing. The current round mainly comes from leading strategic investors, including Tencent, China Merchants Capital, Guoxin Investment, Oriza Holdings and CCB International. Historic investors such as Good Capital Group or NioCapital also contributed to this […]