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A lot’s been said about the impact of the Covid-19 crisis on digital healthcare. Formerly niche services have become critical societal infrastructure. Rapid innovation and adoption that would normally…

We’re excited to release “Online marketplaces entering the next phase”, a research report created in partnership with global online classifieds company Adevinta, and investors Speedinvest x and Point Nine.

Naspers, a ~$100 billion market cap company, this week announced that it will re-list most of the company from Johannesburg to Amsterdam. Imagine running a company that’s owning assets…

UPDATE 15 May 2019: The Takeover Bid has failed due to lack of support from more than 50% of shares, the bidders have disclosed, according to Reuters. UPDATE 15 February…

In partnership with Schibsted, the European leader in online marketplaces, Point Nine Capital and Speedinvest, we’re publishing a new research report on the future of online marketplaces, focusing on…

Farfetch aims to float on the New York Stock Exchange by the end of the year, the London-based company said. The company’s banking consortium (led by Goldman Sachs and…

Letgo, the USA/Spanish shopping app for second-hand products, received $500 million in funding commitment from Naspers at an undisclosed valuation last week. Founded in 2015, Letgo raised nearly $1…

While global e-commerce sales are on course to grow to 4.8 trillion dollars by 2021, Adobe has announced to acquire Magento for $1.68B. Magento…

Farfetch is eyeing an IPO in the US (possibly its largest market) with a rumoured valuation up to $5 billion. How to put that valuation into perspective? Farfetch’s 2016…