Amazon seeks second HQ
Amazon plans to invest over $5 billion to open a second headquarters in a yet-to-be-determined city in North America. The Seattle e-commerce giant is soliciting proposals from local and state governments interested in serving as a location for the facility, which it estimates will provide up to 50,000 jobs.
Deere buys Blue River for $305M
Deere & Co., the most famous brand in tractors, announced that it is acquiring Blue River Technology, a developer of machine learning and robotics technology for agriculture, for $305 million. Silicon Valley-based Blue River previously raised about $30 million in venture funding.
Wuxi NextCode raises $240M
Genomics firm Wuxi NextCode has closed a $240 million Series B financing led by Sequoia China and joined by Temasek, Yunfeng Capital, and 3W Partners.
Podcast startups get little VC love
Although podcasts are pretty popular, podcasting startups have not been a hit with investors. Over nearly a decade, venture backers have put less than $160 million into various podcast-focused companies, according to a Crunchbase News analysis.
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