SevenVentures, the TV media investment arm of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group, has made a eight-figure media-for-equity investment in Aachen-based navabi, a leading online retailer for plus-size fashion. To read more click on the following link: https://www.wuv.de/medien/sevenventures_steigt_bei_navabi_ein

Signa Sports United greift nach Tennispro, dem führenden Online-Tennis-Händler in Frankreich und Südeuropa. https://www.signa.at/de/news/signa-sports-united-uebernimmt-fuehrenden-online-tennis-spezialisten-in-frankreich-und-suedeuropa

Click on the following link to find out more about the media sector: https://bluetreegroup.de/download/valuation-snapshot-media-may-2019/?wpdmdl=2403&refresh=5ced5222d0b6d1559056930

Luckin Coffee,  the ambitious Chinese upstart that’s going after Starbucks, could raise nearly $600 million from its upcoming IPO. That’s according to a price range released by the Chinese startup. If you want to read more please click on the following link: https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/06/luckin-coffee-500-million/

Cloud misconfigurations, business email compromise (BEC) and intellectual property theft are all up in the Verizon DBIR 2019 from last year. To read more click on the folllowing link: https://threatpost.com/verizon-dbir-espionage-c-suite-cloud/144486/

Tesla says that next year, it’ll leverage a fraction of the millions of Tesla cars on the road to launch an autonomous taxi service powered by its Autopilot software. For more info please click on the following link: https://venturebeat.com/2019/04/22/tesla-plans-to-launch-driverless-taxi-service-in-2020/ 

Pinterest wants to sell its shares at between $15 and $17 when it goes public. That could value the company at nearly $11 billion. Still, that is less than some recent private valuations of the company. For more details please click the following link: https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/08/pinterest-ipo-range/

Barcelona-based Red Points has closed a $38 million Series C led by Summit Partners. Existing investors Northzone, Mangrove, Eight Roads Ventures and Banco Sabadell also participated in the funding round which follows a $12M Series B last year. Click on the following link to read more: https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/03/red-points-closes-38m-series-c-for-its-antivirus-saas-for-brands/?guccounter=1

An abrupt surge in Bitcoin sent the world’s most popular cryptocurrency to the highest level since November, jolting the $160 billion market for digital assets after three months of calm. If you want to know more, click the following link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-02/bitcoin-s-sudden-jump-propels-cryptocurrency-above-5-000