Nathaniel Fetalvero · · 1 min readThe Weekly Snapshot: News from Google, SoftBank, Wavemaker, and more
Jio Platforms is in the news again, bagging investments from Qualcomm and Google, Wavemaker Partners closes its third Southeast Asia fund at US$111 million, and SoftBank’s share prices are on the rise.
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Hear the details on all these stories and more on this week’s episode of The Weekly Snapshot.
Timecodes:
00:00 – Intro music
00:11 – Tributes pour in for Skype founder Toivo Annus, who passed away at 48
01:24 – Grab, Gojek used to intimidate activists in Indonesia
02:51 – Luckin Coffee ousts co-founder Charles Lu, names new CEO
05:38 – How SoftBank rode its multibillion-dollar bets through extreme highs and lows
06:48 – Wavemaker closes third SEA fund at US$111 million
07:49 – Jio Platforms snaps up US$97 million from Qualcomm
08:14 – Google injects US$4.5 billion into Jio Platforms
09:05 – Reliance Jio continues to headline Asian fundraising in June
09:17 – Google to pour US$10 billion into India’s digital future
Download the full transcript here.
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