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COVID-19 fails to dampen spirits of startups seeking early-stage funding in APAC during Q1 2021, finds GlobalData

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the venture capital (VC) investment landscape in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, but it has not dampened the spirits of startups and organizations seeking early-stage funding (seed, Series A and B). In fact, early-stage funding rounds accounted for 66.6% share of the total VC deals during the first quarter (Q1) of […]
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Bob Carver, Lesley Carhart top cybersecurity influencers on Twitter during Q1 2021, reveals GlobalData

An analysis of GlobalData’s Cybersecurity Influencer Platform, which tracks more than 300 leading industry experts and their discussions pertaining to the emerging trends, pain areas, new fields of innovation and other popular areas on Twitter, has revealed Bob Carver, Principal – Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence and Analytics at Verizon, as the top cybersecurity influencer during the […]
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Venture capital investors shift focus to low value deals in Asia-Pacific during Q1 2021, finds GlobalData

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region sees notable venture capital (VC) investment activity. However, the pandemic has forced VC investors to shift their focus to low value deals during the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, finds GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company An analysis of GlobalData’s Financial Deals Database reveals that out […]
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Zomato sees 100% jump in influencer conversations post IPO announcement, reveals GlobalData

Indian food delivery unicorn Zomato Media Private Limited (Zomato) unveiled its plan to raise US$1.1bn from initial public offering (IPO). Against this backdrop, the company witnessed a staggering 100% jump in influencer conversations on Twitter during the last week of April compared to the previous week, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. […]
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Number of discussions around EVs rise multi-fold among APAC tech companies during 2020, finds GlobalData

Entering the electric vehicle (EV) space continues be a major driving force for companies, with several Asia-Pacific (APAC) technology companies joining the fray. This reflects in the filing documents of the APAC technology sector, where discussions around ‘EVs’ grew by 93% year-on-year in 2020, reveals GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The number of […]
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North America dominated VC funding landscape in Q1 2021 while EMEA region registered significant growth, finds GlobalData

Global venture capital (VC) funding witnessed moderate growth during the first quarter (Q1) of 2021 with North America continuing to attract the highest number of investments, while Europe and Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region witnessed significant growth in deals volume as well as corresponding share, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. […]
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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Watson Farley & Williams top M&A legal advisers by value and volume in power sector for Q1 2021, finds GlobalData

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Watson Farley & Williams were the top mergers and acquisitions (M&A) legal advisers in the power sector for Q1 2021 by value and volume, respectively. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom advised on eight deals worth US$19.1bn, which was the highest value among all the advisers. Meanwhile, Watson […]
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Influencer conversations on Nvidia surge 3X post announcement of data center CPU Grace during GTC 2021, reveals GlobalData

Nvidia Corporation (Nvidia) unveiled its first data center CPU ‘Grace’, an Arm-based processor designed to address the complex computing requirements for the world’s most advanced applications, including natural language processing, recommender systems and artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputing, during the Graphics Technology Conference (GTC) held on 12 April 2021. Against this backdrop, the company witnessed a staggering 300% jump in […]
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Increasing regulatory risks affected valuation of some major global technology companies in Q1 2021, says GlobalData

Despite poor performance by Apple and Amazon, the FAAMG group (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft and Google) added over $80bn in valuation in Q1 2021 Semiconductor companies’ Market Capitalization (MCap) increased over $200 billion The overall MCap of the top 25 global technology* companies increased 3% in Q1 2021 despite the fact that Apple and Amazon […]
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Influencers on Twitter cherished Coinbase public debut on Nasdaq, says GlobalData

California-based cryptocurrency exchange platform Coinbase Global, Inc. (Coinbase) made its Nasdaq debut on 14 April 2021. Against this backdrop, the company witnessed a 500% jump in influencer conversations on Twitter during the third week of April 2021 over the previous week, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Coinbase’s share price soared above […]
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