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...ChemChina, a Chinese state-owned enterprise, purchased Syngenta in 2017....
...Syngenta aims to reduce that dependence. Results out on Wednesday revealed that its Chinese seed and chemical business was flourishing....
...The new ETFs began with about $113mn combined in seed capital, according to spokespeople and regulatory disclosures....
...The fund had raised $10mn in seed funding and is targeting a $100mn launch for its fund, according to two people involved....
...More importantly, Syngenta, a Swiss-based producer of seeds and pesticides that operates in more than 90 countries, is one of the most international companies ever to list in China and has longstanding relationships...
...According to the Seraphim Space Index, the number of seed funding deals rose by 55 per cent in the 12 months to the end of March, even if the total funding was lower than a year ago....
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...Verisem, by ChemChina-owned Syngenta....
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...Pinsent Masons O: 5; L: 8; I: 7; Total: 20The firm is supporting Singapore’s growing “alternative” food sector.It advised on the S$2.2mn ($1.6mn) seed funding round for Float Foods’ plant-based egg substitute...
...After a few weeks, Liu figured out how to tame his AI dragon: “By taking the seed from LaMDA and saying, ‘Yes, and . . . ’ I can force myself to go down routes I wasn’t thinking of exploring and make new...
...Now that the Swiss seed giant Syngenta is Chinese owned, Beijing must convince both its own industry and the outside world that it now supports the interests of the innovator alongside those of the farmer...
...The group, which now manages more than $4bn, also makes seed investments in other hedge fund managers, including some of the close to 200 hedge fund firms, according to LCH Investments, that can trace their...
...Seed money After parting ways with his former firm Sequoia Capital, Michael Goguen left Silicon Valley to set up shop in Whitefish, Montana....
...According to research by LCH Investments, almost 200 hedge fund groups can trace their origins back to Tiger, either because the founder worked at the firm, Robertson provided seed capital or they were a...
...The attitude has shifted since the Chinese acquisition of Syngenta, the Swiss agritech group whose large business portfolio includes seeds and the development of domestic GM producers....
...Case in point: partners at the firm are committing $1bn of their own cash to back seed funds that focus on early-stage start-ups, as The Information revealed....
...It raised $9.1mn back in April, in a seed round led by Alameda Research and Ship Capital. Since then, not a whole lot of news....
...According to Black’s lawyers, Harris enlisted Steven Rubenstein, a public relations executive who was on retainer with Apollo at the time, to develop “talking points” about Epstein and “help seed harmful...
...“We have the talent, the business angels, the seed funds, venture funds and now the late-stage investors....
...In criticising the review process behind SSE’s decision to stick with renewables, which it described on Tuesday as “opaque” and “deeply flawed”, Elliott is sowing the seeds for a debate over SSE’s governance...
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