German Air Taxi Startup Lilium to Float via Reverse Merger

German flying taxi startup Lilium said on Tuesday it would float on the U.S. stock market via a reverse merger with Qell Acquisition Corp, a blankcheque acquisition company, in a deal valuing the combined company at 3.3 billion. Munichbased Lilium is in a race with other aviation startups to deploy batterypowered aircraft that can take […]
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Buyout Group Makes 5.5 Billion Final Bid for KAZ Minerals

A consortium aiming to take copper miner KAZ Minerals private has increased its bid by 9 to 4.02 billion pounds 5.5 billion after minority shareholders indicated they would reject earlier proposals for being too low. Nova Resources, led by KAZ Minerals chairman Oleg Novachuk and Kazakh billionaire Vladimir Kim, has offered shareholders 850 pence in […]
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Fintech Feedzai Valued at 1B in KKRled Funding Round

Financial technology group Feedzai said on Wednesday it had raised 200 million in a round led by investment company KKR valuing the startup at more than 1 billion. Existing investors, including Sapphire Ventures and Citi Ventures, also participated in the round, the San Mateo, Californiaheadquartered company said. Feedzai develops artificial intelligence and machine learning technology […]
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French Supermarket Group Carrefour to Buy Brazils Grupo Big

French supermarket retailer Carrefour has agreed to buy Grupo Big, Brazils thirdbiggest food retailer, in a deal valuing the Brazilian firm at around 1.3 billion, which Carrefour said would boost its earnings. Carrefour said on Wednesday that it would buy the company from Walmart and investment firm Advent International. It added that the transaction values […]
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GameStop Loses Second Senior Exec as Shakeup Deepens

GameStop Corp said on Tuesday its chief customer officer Frank Hamlin will resign from the company on March 31, pointing to a deepening of changes driven by its new biggest shareholder, Chewy.com cofounder Ryan Cohen. This is the second executive departure at GameStop since it tapped Cohen to spearhead a transition to ecommerce. Chief Financial […]
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Abu Dhabi Funds Invest 150M in Telegram Messaging App

Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala Investment Co and Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners, partowned by Mubadala, said on Tuesday they had invested a combined 150 million in messaging app Telegram. Mubadala invested 75 million in fiveyear, preinitial public offering IPO bonds of Telegram, while Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners invested a further 75 million. Telegrams user base […]
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Autonomous Driving Startup Momenta Raises 500M from SAIC

BEIJING Reuters Chinese autonomous driving startup Momenta said on Friday it has received 500 million from SAIC Motor, Toyota Motor and auto parts supplier Bosch, as the global auto industry pursues the autonomous future. Other investors in the funding round include Daimler AG, Temasek, Yunfeng Capital and Tencent, Momenta said in a statement. It did […]
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