Part 1: The truths and myths of 5G deployment – a technical perspective
In this article series, we explore the opportunities and boundaries of 5G.
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NGP Capital appoints former Finnish Prime Minister Esko Aho to its Advisory Group
With extensive experience from politics, business, and academia, Esko brings insight and new opportunities to investing around NGP Capital’s vision of the Connected World.
World of Connections Shanghai is a wrap! 5G and developing markets drives disruption
More than 800 entrepreneurs, VC investors, and experts gathered together at World of Connections Shanghai organized by NGP Capital.
The World Economic Forum: From Israel's 'start-up nation', 4 lessons in innovation
Ranked sixth in the world by Start-Up Genome’s Start-Up Ecosystem Rankings in 2019, Israel has been recognized internationally as the start-up nation, punching above its weight for a country with a population of only 8 million. How does this tiny nation manage to be so creative?
TechCrunch: SoftBank-backed Getaround is raising $200M at a $1.5B+ valuation
Getaround, a car-sharing platform, will enter the unicorn club with a roughly $200 million equity financing. Getaround acquired NGP Capital portfolio company Drivy earlier this year.
Inc42: Quikr Plans To Go Public By 2021 After Recent Acquisition Spree
Bengaluru-based online classifieds marketplace Quikr is looking to go public in 2021. The company has raised $352.8 Mn in funding from investors such as Tiger Global, Kinnevik, Warburg Pincus, Matrix Partners, Norwest Venture Partners, eBay, and NGP Capital.
Platform9 Raises $25 Million to Power Cloud-native Infrastructure, Managed Kubernetes and Hybrid Cloud Environments Across the Globe
The round was led by NGP Capital, with participation from Mubadala Ventures and all existing investors.
Scoop Secures $60 Million in Series C Funding to Drive Continued Growth
The round was led by Activate Capital, with new investors including NGP Capital, BNP Paribas, and Total Ventures.
Celect-ed by Nike!
NIKE has acquired Celect, a leading retail predictive analytics and demand sensing firm based in Boston. Celect is Nike’s latest acquisition, fueling its Consumer Direct Offense strategy, serving consumers personally at a global scale.
TechCrunch: Peloton’s new automated vehicle system gives one driver control of two trucks
The trucking world has been inundated in recent years by startups all aiming to solve the big three problems with freight: safety, fuel costs and driver shortages. For Peloton Technology, a Silicon Valley company that launched in 2011, the answer doesn’t strip out the human driver.
Forbes: NEXT Trucking's Path To A Lucrative Niche—And A $500 Million Valuation
Specializing in an overlooked trucking niche has helped NEXT get a fast start, and the company is just scratching the surface of a lucrative national market worth $60 billion.
Forbes: Ida Tin Is Leading The Charge In Femtech, A $50B Industry
Ida Tin is credited with coining the term femtech, that is technology which addresses women's biological needs. It's expected to be worth $50 billion by 2025.
TechCrunch: SoftBank-backed Getaround acquires Norwegian car rental startup for $12M
Fueled by its $300 million Series D round led by Softbank last August, Getaround is making its second-ever acquisition this year with a $12 million purchase of Norwegian car rental startup Nabobil. This acquisition brings Getaround into seven European countries.
Livemint: Volkswagen ties-up with Zoomcar for shared mobility
German auto giant Volkswagen on Tuesday announced its foray into the shared mobility space with a tie-up with self-drive car rental platform Zoomcar. Read more from Livemint!
Port Technology International: FreightTech pioneer NEXT Trucking looks to solve long beach congestion
NEXT Trucking, a FreightTech pioneer that connects shippers and carriers, has struck an agreement to open an 18-acre drayage facility to ease congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the two largest seaports in the US. Read more from Port Technology International.
Vida Health Raises $30 Million in Series C Funding Round
This round will go towards funding sales and marketing and expanding Vida’s national coaching and therapy network.
SecurityScorecard Closes $50 Million in Series D Financing Round
Today, SecurityScorecard’s platform is the “gold standard” for security ratings used across 175 countries for cybersecurity insurance underwriting, M&A due diligence, reputation management, and vendor risk management.
How Moovit improved its app to help people with disabilities ride transit with confidence
Moovit is a leader in inclusive technology, with innovative work that helps people across the disability spectrum use buses, trains, subways, ride-hailing services and other modes of public transit.
Here is How AI is Bringing Equality to Education in China
Squirrel AI, NGP Capital's investment in China, is one of the few companies that specializes in intelligent adaptive education in China.
Deliveroo and GetYourGuide pick up around half a billion each in new funding
GetYourGuide and Deliveroo both announced new funding today, with Deliveroo raising $575M led by Amazon and GetYourGuide $484M led by Softbank’s Vision Fund. NGP Capital first invested in both companies in 2015, both investments were made in NGP Capital’s Smart Mobility theme.
Xnor releases AI2GO: A self-serve edge AI platform for building smart on-device solutions
AI2GO gives developers access to hundreds of deep learning models, which can be deployed on resource-constrained devices such as car dash cams and home security cameras with a few lines of code.
VentureBeat: Inside Nokia’s factory of the future: Robots, data, automation, 5G, and even some humans
As 5G networks begin to roll out, one of the most heavily hyped use cases is Industry 4.0, or the “factory of the future.”
Reuters: Inside SoftBank's push to rule the road
Traditionally in venture capital, funds do not invest in direct competitors. “There are tremendous synergies, but on the other hand there is significant risk of tremendous conflicts of interest,” said Paul Asel, Managing Partner at NGP Capital and a longtime mobility investor.
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